Way of the Mind

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.