[Mrs. Don-o]

CB, my friend, one thing that makes our conversation difficult at times, is that you attribute things to me that I did not say.

For instance, you said:

"Simply not accepting Christ is not one of the meanings [of blasphemy]." ---supposedly refuting me, as if I had said that "simply not accepting Christ is blasphemy."

I never said that, I never implied it, and I do not believe it.

What I said was,

• "Insulting, railing against and rejecting Him [the Holy Spirit] is blasphemy.

• "A person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit so disposes his soul that he does not receive mercy or the Source of Mercy: he rejects it."

That is not identical to "simply not accepting Christ." Say there is a ten year old child in North Korea who has simply not accepted Christ. That child is not guilty of "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit."

I apologize for any time I have carelessly or inadvertently misconstrued words of yours. We will both find the conversation more profitable if we're careful about that.

[CynicalBear]

>>I never said that, I never implied it<<

Here's a quote from you.

>>>>Insulting, railing against and rejecting Him is blasphemy.<<

That clearly said to me that you included "rejecting Him" as blasphemy.