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Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

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Has anyone ever struggled with obsessions that they may have blasphemed the Holy Spirit and committed an unforgivable sin?

I have struggled with this for years.
 
Xianity needs to drop its Puritanical roots in this country and the mindset of nearly a priori guilt and shame that it confers.

ebola
 
The Holy Spirit doesn't care if you blaspheme, only humans do.

Nothing about Divinity will harm you. Quite the opposite.
 
Judas sold out Christ and realizing his error hung himself, he knew he had no hope for sinning against the holy spirit. King David had the husband of the woman he wanted sent to his death, essentially murdering him, yet he was forgiven. According to the bible your sins may be so many as to be scarlet, red with blood on your hands but you can be forgiven. Ease up on yourself.
 
Christ is a metaphor for how 'god' is supra logical and omnipresent. Christ is somehow human but not, and also contradictorally generated by himself.

(by 'god' I mean the conditions of possibility for being, which are ineffable, laying beyond all conceptualization. They also don't 'exist', being possible rather than actual, rendering this 'god' compatible with the atheist position.)

ebola
 
Ya, I am pretty sure you decide what to do first, then you reconcile it with yourself. So there are precious moments of blasphemy for every person infected by the fate of religious intolerance. Oo. My favorite is deciding that God is a fucking asshole that needs to eat shit and die. :)
Yet, I am completely full of God's love!
Edit: It is not just religion though, I always feel like I am "wasting" time. But I just remind myself of things like the world population and my freedom as an individual, that helps me acheive a sense that what I am doing is not a waste of time.
 
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cbtodacb said:
Has anyone ever struggled with obsessions that they may have blasphemed the Holy Spirit and committed an unforgivable sin?

I have struggled with this for years.
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You might enjoy this article:
http://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2012/10/what-is-the-unforgivable-sin/

“If you’re worried that you may be guilty of the unforgivable sin, you almost certainly are not,” Rick Cornish aptly points out in his book Five Minute Theologian. “Concern about committing it reveals the opposite attitude of what the sin is. Those who might be guilty wouldn’t care because they have no distress or remorse over the possibility.”
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The "Holy Spirit" equates to the spirit of God (Love, peace, truth, freedom etc) so to reject and rebel the holy spirit, is essentially to reject love, peace and truth. If that's the way your heart is inclined, and life is lived, then you may consider yourself guilty of the "unforgivable sin".
 
Would a child raised in an agnostic family have undergone such trauma? Would a child feel secure without being assured that there may be a god, and that there is an answer to all of their fears within a dusty tome? No person should have their beliefs forced upon them, especially when they are ultimately traumatizing (an invisible man in the sky is watching you while you play with yourself; you will burn in hell for eternity for not satiating the ego of said jealous man; you were born with original sin, and should be disgusted with your body; etc).
 
My advice would be to ask a spiritual director in person and not random people with various beliefs from every end of the spectrum over the internet.

For me I was taught the unforgivable sin is believing you cannot be forgiven. For example thinking your sin is so great that God doesn't have the power to forgive you. If you don't believe you can be forgiven, how can you be forgiven? It's not a one time only deal either, even if at one point you didn't think you could be forgiven. You can always repent and seek forgiveness. God has all the power fathomable to forgive and He is always willing to take us if our heart is open to Him. Have hope and best wishes to you.
 
Apo said:
Would a child raised in an agnostic family have undergone such trauma? Would a child feel secure without being assured that there may be a god, and that there is an answer to all of their fears within a dusty tome? No person should have their beliefs forced upon them, especially when they are ultimately traumatizing (an invisible man in the sky is watching you while you play with yourself; you will burn in hell for eternity for not satiating the ego of said jealous man; you were born with original sin, and should be disgusted with your body; etc).
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I don't think that there's a middle ground in this case though. Continuing existential angst and reckoning with the enigma of mortality can too confer great trauma; we all maturate via trauma.

ebola
 
Apostacious said:
Would a child raised in an agnostic family have undergone such trauma? Would a child feel secure without being assured that there may be a god, and that there is an answer to all of their fears within a dusty tome? No person should have their beliefs forced upon them, especially when they are ultimately traumatizing (an invisible man in the sky is watching you while you play with yourself; you will burn in hell for eternity for not satiating the ego of said jealous man; you were born with original sin, and should be disgusted with your body; etc).
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Completely agree.

I think the way to approach religion with your children is from a neutral stand point.. Explain that some people believe this, some that and obviously your belief.. Let them make up their own mind when they are old enough.
 
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