Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: goguenm@chopin.udel.edu (Matthew L Goguen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Unforgiveable Sins Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 91 06:24:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 57 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article lindborg@snow.cs.washington.edu (Jeff Lindborg) writes: >In article psburns@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (MAUREEN BURNS) writes: > >>I firmly believe that, with one grave and serious exception, there is no >>unforgivable sin.... >> The only exception is the refusal of one to accept Jesus's death as >>that sin dept payment, and therefore refusing to accept Jesus into your >>heart as Lord and Savior. > >What about those of us who are not able to believe your hypothesis? >Quite simply I am not able to force myself to believe that Christ was the >Son of God (or that there is, indeed, a god in the first place). I >believe that (according to you) your god is responsible for giving me my >skeptical mind... is He not then responsible for my eternal damnation >too? It is written: Every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Christ is Lord and Saviour. Ref. Romans 14:11 This is a rough paraphrase of the verse. According to what is written you will bow before God and will answer to him for all YOUR works (DECISIONS). I don't write what is in the book I only try to explaine it. >>That refusal results in an eternity in hell, >>forever separated from God's glory and majesty and love in heaven. > >I should think that I wont mind being separated from the so-called >"love" that involves the eternal torment and pain of the majority of the >human population for the sins committed within the period of a lifetime. Let's play with an anology for a minute. If God were reduced to man and man were reduced to computers. Wouldn't God have the right as the creator to smash a computer, reprogram it, or turn it off whenever he wants? Only we are a little more capable than a machine. God is much more capable than us. Computers don't see, hear, feel, taste, or touch. We can can not God do more? Religion may seem archich to you but so is the 1800's to most people today. Take a trip to Williamsburg VA sometime. It might enlighten you to a simple fact, we haven't advanced as much as you might think we have. The founding fathers were brilliant considering what they could do with the primitave materials they had. We required perfection to do almost anything, they were able to use dirt. Who was smarter? >Doesn't sound real merciful or kind either... Maybe so however check out SATANISM some time you might like their mercy and kindness better. They would like to see you dead only they won't tell you that. >Jeff Lindborg ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Matthew L. Goguen // Choose this day whom ye // // ELEG(SOPH) // will serve as for me and // // goguenm@chopin.udel.edu // my house we will serve // // goguenm@brahms.udel.edu // the LORD. Joshua 24:15 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////