its a documentary found on video.google.com

Im watching it right now October 12th 6:13 PM eastern standard time, and it is EXTREMELY entertaining. Its sort of like penn and tellers bull****, only without all the profanity

I'd recommend it highly

There seems to be this really popular belief among christians that there is this sin that can actually cause God to not forgive you. A sin that the blood of jesus is insufficient to cover.

This sin is the action of blaspheming against the holy spirit.

where do christians get this idea?

It comes from only1 verse in the entirety of the canon which refer to the same exact story. This story is presented in the Gospel of Mark. There is another verse in Luke, but its the same story

Now, when you look at the context in which this verse is, Jesus is only speaking to a very small group of people, and it is extremely questionable whether or not this applies to us today

Now, its important to remember that when you are studying the bible, you cant just come up with some idea about christian theology based on only 1 verse taken out of context

Not only was this verse taken out of context, but it contradicts almost all of the entire new testament

When reading the new testament, especially the 4 Gospels, you can quickly realize that the blood of jesus ,in christian theology, is enough to cover ALL sins. All throughout the new testament, this is the basic message about the blood of jesus: It is enough to cover all sins. You never hear that its enough to cover all sins, except for this one, no, you never hear that.

right now, Im at the quarter-way mark in the book Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis, page 50

Im just gonna start out, this is a GREAT book. The reason I say its great is because it is extremely easy to follow the points that C.S lewis makes

the second reason I think its a great book is because when discussing the actual existence of morality, C.S lewis makes an extremely good argument for the existence of an actual standard of right and wrong, whichprobably didnot come from purely naturalistic means

so, yeah. Its a great book, and if you're interested you can pick it up at a local book store for like 10 dollars

The book is mere christianity by C.S lewis. Its supposed to be a classic work in christian apologetics.

Im really looking forward to reading it, and I will write another blog post and tell you whatI thought about it

so, yeah

Lately, its been tough believing the things which are mentioned in the bible. Well, not that tough. just been thinking a little. Im still extremely confident that knowlegeable christians can help me resolve this issue, or that I'll just resolve it and stay a christian. This moment of doubt isn't an extreme moment of doubt, just a few thoughts

Now, as of now, these are the only 3 ideas regarding God which make sense to me because they require almost no faith

1: Deism. Deism is this idea that there is a god, but he doesn't interfere with our universe. He just created the universe and let it be. This kind of makes sense because there are properties in our universe which are extremely fine tuned. Does this prove that there is a God? Maybe. Does it prove that the bible is right and there really was a messiah who saved us from our sins so our souls can go to heaven when our bodies cease to function? HELL NO

2: Agnosticism: Basically, we have absolutely no idea which god is the true God. This idea requires absolutely no faith to believe because its a simple statement of fact. we dont know, and we probably will never find out before humanity destroys itself. Yes, it will come some day. either we will destroy ourselves, or nature will do the job for us

3: Atheism: There is no God at all. there is nothing supernatural.

The first and last options require faith. Dont kid yourself atheists, they most certainly do require faith. Do they require as much faith as believing the bible does? hell no.

So, Those are the only 3 ideas regarding God that make sense to me. I will continue to ponder this for some time, and hopefully I will arrive at the conclusion that Jesus really is the son of God, the Christ, the messiah, and the savior of humanity.