Are there levels of hell? If I'm going to hell anyway, what incentive is there to behave morally? I deny the Holy Spirit's existance and Mark 3:28-29 says "whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven".
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Well the thing is, if you believe Mark 3:28-29 in the first place you aren't subject to that punishment. If you don't believe Mark 3:28-29, who cares? Dante has levels of hell, but I don't remember that being in the Bible. The incentive to behave morally comes from a basic need for survival initially - what behavior ensures my survival and the survival of my loved ones, and more generally, my community, all mankind, and the Earth. Then there is the aspiration to achieve, to reach the highest understanding of yourself and your connection with every other manifestation of existence. From that comes the realization that by respecting the rights of others, by respecting the preciousness of life and by continuing to discover and use the elements of life we improve the quality of life for ourselves and all forms of existence. This is moral behavior. Behavior motivated by these goals is moral. It has nothing to do with reward and punishment by a higher being; we inflict those on ourselves quite well enough.
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you just love yourself and live a good life.
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If you read in context of why Jesus said that starting from verse 22 all the way through verse 30 you find out that These religious teachers were questioning his works because they didn't want to proclaim he was the Messiah. They told him he was doing satan's work. I don't think anyone can really be a judge of whether or not another is going to "Hell" anyway because we are not qualified. This means we aren't qualified to judge ourselves either. We need to read the Bible and pray to God for Wisdom. If there's a concern about whether or not a belief is correct then I think praying to God and asking him to reveal his Wisdom to us is the only true way to find out.
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There is no incentive, since the almighty, all knowing and omniscient god already knew your destiny before he stuck the little key in your back and gave it a wind. If we're to believe the Christian view, we've already got heaven or hell stamped on out foreheads, so what we do in this life is irrelevant.
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Ahhhhh, the levels of hell. Well, according to the Divine Comedy of Dante's, yes - I'll even give you a nifty like to them! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy#The_Circles_of_Hell According to that, you'd go to where the blasphemers go, which is the Inner Ring of the Seventh circle, where'd you enjoy a life of lying in a hot, flaming desert with fiery flakes fall from the sky. You'll be joined there by the sodomites and the usurers. But I don't beleive the bible makes any mention of any layers or levels of hell.
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There is always time for redemption, and there will be a time in which you seek it. Think of all the people that you affect everyday, now think of all the things that these people rely on you for. All of the things.
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You have not committed the unpardonable sin according to Mark 3:28-29. Eternity is not a forgone conclusion for you. As far as behaving morally is concerned, fear of hell and hope of heaven are not even the primary motivators for believers. If they are, they will never be able to pull it off.
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Finding out that you can only know God through a gal named Beautrice is enough, and that is paradise. (Dante reference for those who can read)
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Denying the Holy Spirit's existence isn't blaspheming the Holy Spirit; blaspheming the Holy Spirit is attributing his work that you feel in your heart to the devil. And it has to be a lifelong thing. But why do you deny the Holy Spirit's existence? It's found from Genesis 1:3 to the last chapters of Revelation. Hundreds and hundreds of times.
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you see.. you are getting to understand, and what you need is someone who can show you how deep that rabbit hole is.. most of us just except three in one, one in three, which is totally unexceptable unless you just stop caring.. It is not what they say in reality; can you think of a single king that has only one son, and shared his kingdom with other two identities in a total hormany? I know many kings who were executed by their sons and friends around them instead.. Do you want to share authority in your family with someone else? Do you want your sons and daughters love another person and call him/her daddy or mummy? Come'n, i love my parents but there are times when we disagree on some issues; don't you think The Holy Spirit may become disagree on some issues with God, like sharing the Kingdom.. or regulating the universe.. Yep, the superiority belongs to the only one, otherwise the hormony that we have today would have been destroyed trillions of years ago..
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