Mine hit me with the “We’re spending all this money on you now so you can’t grow up and say we didn’t spend money on you when your were a kid.”

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      Damn, I’ve never blasphemed that one. I may die and end up in heaven due to my religious upbringing. Can’t have that…

      FUCK THE HOLY SPIRIT

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        Cursing the holy spirit is not blaspheming the holy spirit.

        The only way to blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to have the Holy Spirit move through you, where you know beyond any shadow of any doubt that the essence of God itself is working in your actions, to be purified and elevated above mankind, and then to claim that this purification, elevation, and miracle comes from the devil and not from God.

        It is very difficult to do this, and even then, Jesus himself said you would be in danger of Hellfire, not guaranteed to go to Hell forever.

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      I believe the “angels on the head of a pin” were Victorian scholars parodying the medieval debates they were studying at the time. It’s somewhat unfair because the mediaval scholars are much more sophisticated than that but the parody has endured.

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      Welcome to “I interpret scripture as whatever benefits me” or whatnot.

      He’s actually a spiritual leader in our community. It all sucks. Lol

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      Also: taking the Lord’s name in vain is doing something bad and saying you did it for religious reasons.

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      Is that denominationally specific? I’ve never heard of it.

      Knowing the actual theology is so rare in Christianity (or any religion) it’s basically not an important part. Which explains history.