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To: antiRepublicrat
Don't blashpheme if you're Christian. Hellfire for eternity, and no second chance.

Interesting you should pick that verse

Mark 3:28-30: "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." He said this because they were saying, "He has an evil spirit."

Jesus is specifically talking about the very men who would condemn him to death. He knew their hearts were hard and that they would never change their minds. Jesus also says that once you are his, NO ONE can take you away.

It's kind of like the descendents of Ham, or the descendants of illegitimate children to the 10th generation.

True. (But the bible says the sins of the father will be visited on the 3rd and fourth generations, but I could be wrong.) However, Christianity offers chance to leave that old life behind. In Hinduism, if you are born an untouchable, you will die and untouchable if you cannot leave that country.

53 posted on 05/03/2004 8:22:09 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Jesus is specifically talking about the very men who would condemn him to death. He knew their hearts were hard and that they would never change their minds.

I don't see your interpretation. If anything, he's referring to the unclean spirits who fell down in front of him earlier and cried "Thou art the Son of God."

But the bible says the sins of the father will be visited on the 3rd and fourth generations, but I could be wrong.)

No, you're right. I'm talking about another one specifically for illegitimate children.

In Hinduism, if you are born an untouchable, you will die and untouchable if you cannot leave that country.

True, but that same cast system has existed in many religions and places. Likewise, it wasn't good to be a serf in medieval Europe. You guys are doing some good work to try to stop this modern-day serfdom.

55 posted on 05/03/2004 8:36:34 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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