If one thinks the Holy Spirit is speaking through their organization, and you speak against that organization, then some can be confused into thinking you have blasphemed the Holy Spirit. The problem with that accusation is the only one who can bring it is Jesus Himself, because only Jesus was and is 100% infallible in knowing whether the true Holy Spirit has been blasphemed.
By way of example, the only Scriptural case in which that charged was laid was against the Pharisees, who were eyewitnesses to the Spirit working mightily through Jesus, yet accused Him of being empowered by Satan, That right there is the only validated instance of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Which is why it is above anyone else’s pay grade to bring such dangerous accusations. As noted above, the only people who were ever officially accused of it were the Pharisees who were eyewitnesses to Jesus’ ministry, the most “religious” of men, righteous in their own eyes, and accountable, not to the word of God, but to their own whims, which they styled as the commandments of God, but according to Jesus were nothing but the traditions of men.
Much better to approach the matter with humility and fear of offending God with false, presumptuous judgments, and pray to God the errors of others may be forgiven them, as according to the Golden Rule we would hope the same for ourselves.
Peace,
SR
Thanks for the post.
Knowledge seasoned with wisdom.