(May 24, 2015 at 11:32 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(May 24, 2015 at 2:17 pm)dyresand Wrote: One time or another you can say god dammit and pretty much saying that you won't give forgiven if you damn god. There is some things in the bible
that aren't forgivable like god dammit, because damming god and such and you can't damn any part of the trinity.
As far as I understand, the unforgivable sin bit is reserved for only the holy ghost. You can call the all-mighty a syphilis infected pile of monkey shit and his bastard child the source of all flatulence in the world but, merely whisper that the Holey Casper doesn't exist, however... Oops. Did it again, didn't I?
Looking at the Catechism of the Catholic Church, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the “deliberate refusal” to accept God’s mercy and forgiveness (no. 1864). Six species of this sin have been identified over time as (1) Despair; (2) Presumption; (3) Impenitence or a firm determination not to repent; (4) Obstinacy; (5) Resisting divine truth known to be such; and (6) Envy of another’s spiritual welfare.
The short answer is from definition. The following is from a commentary by John Paul II on the Scriptural prohibition of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit:
“According to such an exegesis, 'blasphemy' does not properly consist in offending against the Holy Spirit in words; it consists rather in the refusal to accept the salvation which God offers to man through the Holy Spirit, working through the power of the Cross” (Dominum et Vivificantem, Encyclical Letter on the Holy Spirit, no. 46).
