tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post1098908432465786557..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: Unpardonable Sin 4Ken Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-21659346453043620872012-04-27T14:40:23.135-04:002012-04-27T14:40:23.135-04:00Ken,
I had a question on this. There is a very p...Ken, <br /><br />I had a question on this. There is a very popular form of charismatic belief that very much seeks to avoid the problem of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. <br /><br />The form it takes it "speaking against the Lord's anointed." Many people I know are genuinely afraid of the consequences of this and thus never speak out against Benny Hinn? or other disreputable faith healers.<br /><br />How would you approach this if people in your church were struggling with it?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Norm SmithSmitty101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04176390814571479726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-85574210895159487092012-04-27T12:42:18.670-04:002012-04-27T12:42:18.670-04:00"Sin" is a religious term that only has ..."Sin" is a religious term that only has definiton within a particular religious context. This is why I am weary of religious terminology."Sin" is a correspondence view of truth, not a coherent one. Correspondence uses Plantonic or transcental "understanding" via a text/tradition to come to terms with "truth" and "sin".<br /><br />Our nation's principles are based on the prinples of liberty. But, the religious are upset over the lines and definitions of "sin". <br /><br />Liberty in our society is a principle that protects individuals under the principles of Constitutional government (the Bill of Rights). But, those that want to prescribe a "God" usually do so under an "order" that underlies our Constitution. This is a natural rights/law argument. But, such is also the theological understanding of government, which brings a rational base for human order. But, such an understanding also allows for resistance or appeals to government as government was not an absolute, only the individual under government.<br /><br />Liberalism will undermine Constitutional government for a view of evolutionary development of human history that uses the "natural rights" or "natural law" argument for the liberal principles of "human rights". Conservatives want to protect the "rule of law", or the Constitution that grants/protects rights to individuals within our own society. Idealistic or transcendental understanding versus a practical and realistic assessment of human realities.<br /><br />One uses transcendental appeals to "the human", while the other is practical in their understanding of government and the protections it is to uphold. And such use of "the human" is the liberal agenda of using religious conscience to appeal to universal principles. There are no "universals" in practical realities, there is only the indivdual within context.<br /><br />Individuals within context understands how group behavior can be intolerant and inhumane becauase group identification are prone toward defending their identity. We were a nation that didn't grant any authority over the individual other than his own consicence. This was the reason why our government did not establish religion, because the Founders weren't prone toward transcendental realities, but practical ones...Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.com