Part 1
I do find the Catholic idea of sin interesting.
As do I. <snip this part for brevity>
Blaspheming the Holy Spirit means that we refuse to accept God, to accept His love, we refuse to repent, accept forgiveness and the salvation offered by the sacrifice of Jesus. We thus are denying God.
This is the only unforgiveable sin. Every other sin could be forgiven.
The info from the link you posted does not support that which you write above. However, to address what you wrote: That would not be a one time occurrence, but rather a lifetimes accumulation of refusing and dying in said state. Which, if given the fact have having heard, makes a case for refusing / denying. Given someone who had never heard, that is an entirely different matter. And no, Paul's verse regarding creation (Rom 1:20) does not work here, for Paul spoke of those "knowing God".
Since this is not the time before Noah, there is no preaching to the spirits in prison
again (cf 1 Peter 3:19-20) imo. So while theoretically we can include this, it is not the same type of scenario as Matthew 12 and Mark 3.
Grieving the Holy Spirit (or quenching) is different.
Fully concur. Though as above, when taken to the extreme, results in the same only worse.
Heb 10:29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Mat 12:43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. ... (also Luke 11)
2 Pet 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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I see what you mean. Yes, the 10 do not cover everything.
There is much to be learned within ha-Torah (the Instruction (law)).
Nothing there about taking drugs either.
Why? We follow general rules that cover a lot.
If we treat our bodies like temples, this covers many sins.
Let's say I treat my body perfectly, but I am desperately in love with another man, may I lay with him? Yes, I know that Paul speaks of this, but from where does Paul pull from with regard to this.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Paul writes "peace and safety", do you know from where Paul was speaking? (Hint: Yirmeyahu 23) The more you learn of both ha-Torah and ha-Nevi'im (the Instruction and the Prophets), the deeper the meaning of Paul's writings shall be to you.
However, let me ask you: Does treating our body like the temple of YHVH, allow us to eat that which He has stated is "unclean"? I mean, after all, it was an "unclean" animal that was involved in the first "abomination of desolation".
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What do you understand blasphemy of the Holy Spirit to be?
According to Mathew 12:31 you would be correct.
It does say that if one speaks against the Holy Spirit (a one
time event, as you said) it will not be forgiven him.
I understand it according to Matthew 12 and Mark 3, as attributing Ruakh ha-Qodesh (The Holy Spirit) itself as being as evil / unclean spirit, and / or attributing the workings of Ruakh ha-Qodesh as being that of an unclean / evil spirit.
That is where I stop. A one time event, unforgivable.
As in the beginning of your post: You can "refuse to accept God, to accept His love, we refuse to repent, accept forgiveness and the salvation offered by the sacrifice of Jesus" all of your life over and over and over ad infinitum, yet repent after decades of such and that is still forgivable. There is no repentance for "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit". I once knew a man, he came the closest to "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit" that I have ever seen.
I just looked up a couple of links and will post this one. It explains blaspheming the way I understand it and have been taught by two different large denominational churches.
I am going to snip to the chase and only address one point:
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Paul in 1Tim 1:12-13 said that He had even blasphemed the Holy Spirit, but that he had done this out of ignorance.
Oy vey! This is stretching it, not all blasphemy is against Ruakh ha-Qodesh. I am snipping the rest as ignorance.
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We were speaking here of a verse which does not matter at this point.
I just want to say that I don't believe I'm being hypocritical
I didn't say that you were. You are acting according to your level of knowledge. You have a zeal, that I shall never have that level of again in this life. It has been refreshing, but needs tempering.
Sorry, I had to break this reply in two. I got an error message as it is over 10,000 characters.
To be continued.