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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:57 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:17 am
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:39 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:53 am
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hm. interesting question. i've actually come to think that the actual sins you commit don't matter. it's who you are that matters. if you are a truly good person at heart, but circumstances have conspired to make you do a lot of horrible things throughout your life, you would still go to heaven (or whatever) as long as you were still good deep down. the opposite would be true, too, of course. if you are a terrible person fundamentally, no matter how many good things you force yourself to do, and no matter how good you try to act, you would go to heck (or whatever). sounds kind of harsh, but at least that way some evil genius couldn't get a nice afterlife by exploiting some sort of spiritual loophole. don't get me wrong, though. if a bad person does a bunch of stuff and somehow manages to change into a good person, then they would have a nice afterlife like all the other good people.
so, to answer the question, yes, i think any sin can be "forgiven", simply because the sins never would have mattered in the first place. actually, yes or no would both work as an answer by my logic. if the sins don't matter, then the issue of whether or not they can be forgiven kind of becomes irrelevant/moot.
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:08 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:50 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:20 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 8:07 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:46 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:42 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:05 pm
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Before I give my opinion on this you must already believe several things.
Given: you are a Christian or a denomination thereof. You believe that Jesus died to save you from your sins and you also believe everything in the Bible is true. I do not wish to begin a debate on the merits of Christianity itself. That is for another thread altogether.
That being said. I believe that there is no such thing as an unforgivable sin. The very word unforgivable does not apply in the context of God's grace and forgiveness.
When Jesus died for our sins, he died for ALL of them. He died for past, present, and FUTURE sins. That's important.
As a Christian, I believe that to be saved is to accept the gift of salvation from Jesus Christ. Meaning that His death now covers my past, present, and FUTURE sins.
I highlight FUTURE because of this: One of the most common misconceptions is that suicide is an unforgivable sin because, like many have already stated, you cannot do penance for a sin you've committed after you are dead. This would be logical were it not for the fact that we as Christians are NOT required to 'do penance' for our sins. This is not to say that there are no consequences, only that our suffering only lasts while we are present on earth. Jesus died so that we could be forgiven for every sin we ever have or ever will commit, whether we ask for that forgiveness or not. He has already given it, we only need accept it.
The same goes for all other sins. Many many people have a very hard time wrapping their minds around this fact: that even the most heinous of criminals CAN and WILL be forgiven, if they only accept Jesus Christ just as any other person can. Murderers of children and serial rapists can still be forgiven if they are truly repentant for their sins. It is a hard fact but a true one all the same.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:59 pm
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Well, seeing as how this thread still has interest apparently, I'll through in my two cents. Also, I'm going off the idea that you are a Christian of some sort and follow the Christian bible.
I don't believe that there is an unforgivable sin. Romans 6:23 states that the payment for sin is death. This means that once you die, your sins have all been payed for. Since you have payed for your sins at death there is nothing to be forgiven because the payment has been given. Like a loan, there is no need for loan forgiveness once you finish paying it off.
However, I don't believe that this means you are automatically saved after death. Neither does one trying to be a nice person necessarily mean that you are going to gain the benefits of the promised resurrection.
To enjoy the benefits of the resurrection, one needs to follow God's word and commandments, which means more than simply giving money to people in need and volunteering your time to helping someone. If being a nice person was all that was needed, then the idea of going to church would be pointless since all you have to do is be nice in order to get whatever rewards you have been promised. Just look at the ancient israelites. If someone disobeyed one of God's commands, they were punished no matter how nice a person they might have been, for the simple fact that they disobeyed their God. Same goes for today, you can be a nice person all you want, but if you refuse to obey god and do what he tells us to do then you won't get the rewards promised to you, though you're sins will be paid off at the time of your death.
Again, just my two cents.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:44 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:16 pm
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