"Tell me what to say."

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John,

Thanks for you reply.

To:

><< Idea here is not that one "swears" to blaspheme, but rather, since the

Holy

>Spirit ("HS") is The Truth, to _deny_ the truth unto salvation is the

>"blasphemy." >>


You said:

>Huh?  Tell someone down at the local fundie church that to say, "f___ the

Holy

>Ghost" is not blasphemy.  (They might pay lip service to the notion that it

is

>not, because that would allow them to pretend that the speaker may still be

>saved.)

>

>There are problems with profanity in that it has a strong emotional

component,

>and is also vague.  It seems to me however, that if one uttered the words

>quoted above, it could well be because one denies the very existence of the

>Holy Ghost and considers all associated concepts (i.e., the Bible) to be

>nonsense.  Is this good enough to qualify as blasphemy?  If not, tell me

what

>to say and I will say it.

>

Golly, John, real hostility going here.  Sorry, say all the bad things you
want -- ain't gonna scare God away.  He died on the cross for just this type
of thing.  And, even after you say all those bad things, He's still there
loving you, calling you.  We all do things that breaks His heart every day.
He died for it all.

What to "say"?  Nothing.  What to do?  Nothing.  Nothing else for you to
worry about -- and, nothing else for you to do.  Well, maybe just one thing:
Don't die before you find the Lord.

2Pt 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should
perish but that all should come to repentance.

Gary Kuehl

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