Question

[CWGBuckeyes]

I saw someone ask this and it stuck with me



Why does God forgive all sins but the sin of disbelief?

Why is that sin the one sin that can not be forgiven

[Walter]

Some people's God thinks that way.
Mine doesn't.

...and for the record, neither does Joe Pesci last time I talked to him.

[DrSchadenfreude]

Mar 23, 2024 17:05:31 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

I saw someone ask this and it stuck with me



Why does God forgive all sins but the sin of disbelief?

Why is that sin the one sin that can not be forgiven

Mike,

    Disbelief is not a sin in traditional Christian theology.  The Apostle Thomas, himself, was in disbelief about Christ's Resurrection.

    The Church calls it, "the Blessed Doubt."

    The only unforgivable sin in Orthodox Christianity is "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (of God.)

     This is rare.  It is committed only by people who deny and blaspheme God AFTER the grace and truth of His Holy Spirit has been genuinely revealed to them.

     In the Gospels, Christ gave the example of this type of blasphemy in relation to some Pharisees who had witnessed his miracles, then accused him of being Satanic.

[Walter]

Mar 23, 2024 18:32:12 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

Mar 23, 2024 17:05:31 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

I saw someone ask this and it stuck with me



Why does God forgive all sins but the sin of disbelief?

Why is that sin the one sin that can not be forgiven

Mike,

    Disbelief is not a sin in traditional Christian theology.  The Apostle Thomas, himself, was in disbelief about Christ's Resurrection.

    The Church calls it, "the Blessed Doubt."

    The only unforgivable sin in Orthodox Christianity is "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (of God.)

     This is rare.  It is committed only by people who deny and blaspheme God AFTER the grace and truth of His Holy Spirit has been genuinely revealed to them.

     In the Gospels, Christ gave the example of this type of blasphemy in relation to some Pharisees who had witnessed his miracles, then accused him of being Satanic.

A guy walking around performing miracles all day would be mighty impressive.

[cbisbig]

Mar 23, 2024 17:56:54 GMT -5 Walter said:

Some people's God thinks that way.
Mine doesn't.

Of course, beelzebub wants as many followers as he can get.👺

[AlaCowboy]

Mar 24, 2024 8:19:14 GMT -5 Walter said:

Mar 23, 2024 18:32:12 GMT -5 DrSchadenfreude said:

Mike,

    Disbelief is not a sin in traditional Christian theology.  The Apostle Thomas, himself, was in disbelief about Christ's Resurrection.

    The Church calls it, "the Blessed Doubt."

    The only unforgivable sin in Orthodox Christianity is "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (of God.)

     This is rare.  It is committed only by people who deny and blaspheme God AFTER the grace and truth of His Holy Spirit has been genuinely revealed to them.

     In the Gospels, Christ gave the example of this type of blasphemy in relation to some Pharisees who had witnessed his miracles, then accused him of being Satanic.

A guy walking around performing miracles all day would be mighty impressive.

If you ever accepted God and Jesus Christ, that would be a miracle indeed!

[Walter]

Mar 24, 2024 8:50:08 GMT -5 AlaCowboy said:

Mar 24, 2024 8:19:14 GMT -5 Walter said:

A guy walking around performing miracles all day would be mighty impressive.

If you ever accepted God and Jesus Christ, that would be a miracle indeed!

All he needs to do is show up at my door and ask.

[Buckeye Dale]

Mar 24, 2024 9:24:48 GMT -5 Walter said:

Mar 24, 2024 8:50:08 GMT -5 AlaCowboy said:

If you ever accepted God and Jesus Christ, that would be a miracle indeed!

All he needs to do is show up at my door and ask.

Because you're too stupid to read, and/or just look around see for yourself?

[nu5ncbigred]

Momentary disbelief is forgivable. It is the constant refusal to believe despite prompts of conscience that will one day grieve away the Holy Spirit that is not. By then the person is given over to their delusions and no longer has any interest in God or seeking forgiveness. That is the unpardonable sin. Ultimately disbelief, the refusal to believe is the one and only unpardonable sin or a slew of related sin actually.

[Walter]

Mar 24, 2024 10:19:20 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Mar 24, 2024 9:24:48 GMT -5 Walter said:

All he needs to do is show up at my door and ask.

Because you're too stupid to read, and/or just look around see for yourself?

Read? That's God's chosen method of communication? God's not terribly creative, and what is left for me to read is some really crazy ass bullshit.

Look around? Come on...seriously? That's a selling point? War, famine, death, and a whole lot of hate spewed all across the planet as 'The Word of God'.

If that's all God's got, that's pathetic.

Supreme Beings must do better.

[Buckeye Dale]

Mar 24, 2024 11:38:29 GMT -5 Walter said:

Mar 24, 2024 10:19:20 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Because you're too stupid to read, and/or just look around see for yourself?

Read? That's God's chosen method of communication? God's not terribly creative, and what is left for me to read is some really crazy ass bullshit.

Look around? Come on...seriously? That's a selling point? War, famine, death, and a whole lot of hate spewed all across the planet as 'The Word of God'.

If that's all God's got, that's pathetic.

Supreme Beings must do better.

Not creative (AFTER CREATION ITSELF), But you've always had a problem with FACT and TRUTH...as we can all see by your description.

Yes, look around...ALL that crap you spouted is MAN, and SATAN...not God.  Look at the trees, the flowers, the sun, CREATION...it didn't just happen on its own, now did it?

ALL GOD'S GOT???  Quit acting like a damned fool...oh, I forgot what I said before...you're obviously not acting.  

[Panama pfRedd]

Since when is disbelief a sin? This whole thread is a lie.

[Walter]

Mar 24, 2024 13:45:26 GMT -5 Panama pfRedd said:

Since when is disbelief a sin? This whole thread is a lie.

If it is not a sin, why can't a non-believer enjoy eternity in Heaven?
It isn't a sin, yet it's the only thing that that will keep you out of this christian paradise you claim exists?

Seems to me, it's the greatest sin there is. It's a mega-sin; the queen mother of all sins.

[nu5ncbigred]

“War, famine, death, and a whole lot of hate spewed all across the planet as 'The Word of God'.”

No. Those are the words and actions of the other side led by the great deceiver. Only secular progressive atheists blame God for the crimes of those who rebel against Him.

[nu5ncbigred]

Mar 24, 2024 14:07:18 GMT -5 Walter said:

Mar 24, 2024 13:45:26 GMT -5 Panama pfRedd said:

Since when is disbelief a sin? This whole thread is a lie.

If it is not a sin, why can't a non-believer enjoy eternity in Heaven?
It isn't a sin, yet it's the only thing that that will keep you out of this christian paradise you claim exists?

Seems to me, it's the greatest sin there is. It's a mega-sin; the queen mother of all sins.

Clung to disbelief after repeatedly seeing the evidence and refusal to in the face of what is known to accept God and believe that Jesus is the savior who grants us eternal life if only by faith we believe is indeed the mother of all sins. Some of the words you’ve written here can cause some to wonder if you’ve said no to God one too many times and if the Holy Spirit has not yet been grieved away. Hopefully one day you will see the light.