I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin.
- Jesus, Mark 3:28-29 (NIV)
I’m a bit late mentioning this one, but better late than never, right?
You may have heard of the Blasphemy Challenge. It’s a site that asks people to create a small video of them saying “I deny the Holy Spirit”, and upload it to YouTube.
According to Jesus, blaspheming against the Holy Spirit is the one unforgivable sin. Anything else may be forgiven, but not that. Anyone who does so is damned.
Well, I’m too lazy to create a video, and I don’t have anything better than my cell phone’s camera to do it, so I’ll have to skip the video. 
But believe me when I say the following:
I, Pedro Timóteo, deny the Holy Spirit, and every other made-up supernatural crap.
And, no, I’m not afraid. Not because I’m “incredibly brave” or anything. Unlike Christians love to say, I don’t “know deep inside that there is a God”. I’m not denying his “obvious” existence because I’m “angry at God”, “want to rebel”, or “want no moral rules” above me.
I’m not afraid, because I have every reason to believe that there’s nothing to be afraid of.
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I’ve already done that a few times in my life.
But I won’t believe what someone said Mark said Jesus said anyway.
Because of a lack of understanding the context, you have (unfortunately?) not succeeded in your goal of blaspheming the holy Spirit. Sorry.
-micah
http://emergentchristian.blogspot.com/
[quote comment="6876"]Because of a lack of understanding the context, you have (unfortunately?) not succeeded in your goal of blaspheming the holy Spirit. Sorry.[/quote]
I understand what I read. I have no way to travel back in time and ask Jesus (if he really existed) what he really meant (if he really said that).
But, please, elucidate me. How can I properly blaspheme the Holy Spirit?
It’s real simple… blaspheming the Holy Spirit is accomplished by denying that Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God - God in the flesh. If you deny Jesus ever existing or that He is the Christ, then I’m afraid you have doomed yourself to eternal separation from God (rather than to be with God in heaven). You can’t have it your way and think that God is simply going to let you get away with your contempt for Him because you would like to think that He is son kind of nice wussy guy.
If you read Jesus’ statements about those who deny Him (like the pharisees that frequently opposed Him), it is clear to anyone who can has even minimal intelligence that Jesus is all Love, but He doesn’t put up with denying His deity. Go ahead and read His words…
[quote comment="9306"]
If you read Jesus’ statements about those who deny Him (like the pharisees that frequently opposed Him), it is clear to anyone who can has even minimal intelligence that Jesus is all Love, but He doesn’t put up with denying His deity. Go ahead and read His words…[/quote]I’ve never understood this. How can Jesus be all love if there are things he refuses to forgive. I love my friends, but I wouldn’t turn my back on them if one day they started having doubts about how amazingly awesome I am. And I certainly wouldn’t send them to a place of eternal, unquenchable flame so thar they could experience the unpleasant sensation of having their flesh burn for all eternity. Where is the love there? Does that mean I’m a more forgiving person than God?
[quote post="198"]I’ve never understood this. How can Jesus be all love if there are things he refuses to forgive. I love my friends, but I wouldn’t turn my back on them if one day they started having doubts about how amazingly awesome I am. And I certainly wouldn’t send them to a place of eternal, unquenchable flame so thar they could experience the unpleasant sensation of having their flesh burn for all eternity. Where is the love there? Does that mean I’m a more forgiving person than God?[/quote]
No You are not a more forgiving person than God.
So what your friends may deny your awesome. How is that even comparable to denying God. Your just you…and God is God. You certainly do not deserve the praise and honor that he does. And try forgiving billions of people for every sin. Not one friend for denying you. He has compassion. [insult removed by the administrator - please don't abuse other commenters here. Pedro]
That wasnt an insult by the way…merely a truthful comparison.
And Im sorry if I offended you.
Pedro Satans gonna a greet you , kiss you and finally ask you to lick his arse
Delete it? Naaah… as a commenter said here:
I’m sorry I didn’t catch this one earlier.
“But, please, elucidate me. How can I properly blaspheme the Holy Spirit?” - Pedro
What Jesus says in the context, is that you can reasonably disagree with him or God, and it’s understandable. But if you see the miracles (ie, the holy spirit at work), and ignore those, you’re in trouble.
“Blaspheming the holy spirit”, in context, means SEEING Jesus’ miracles and denying that they came from God.
Since none of us have seen Jesus work miracles on the earth, none of us can blaspheme the holy spirit.
You or I might reasonably think that Jesus was a fraud, and according to Jesus, that’s understandable. But people who SAW him raise the dead have no excuse for not believing.
-micah