When is it really Blasphemy ?

Question

Is it blasphemy is one doesnt blaspheme knowinly. For example... If someone were to not know Jesus and made a blasphemous statement. Would that be unforgivable? Or what is a person didnt know what blasphemy was and inadvertently did it. Would that be unforgiveable....

For clarification it is not me I have Jesus as my personal Savior and am filled with his spirit. I just hear so many blasphemous statements in this area of yahoo. I was wondering......

Answer 1

The sin of blaspheming God's Spirit of truth is called unbelief. It is unpardonable for obvious reasons. Those who commit this will have understood the truth of the gospel and rejected it anyway. The penalty is death in the lake of fire.

"And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come." Matthew 12:31-32

"And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven." Luke 12:10

"But the...UNBELIEVING...shall have their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death." Rev. 21:8

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Rev. 20:15

Answer 2

Oh how complex.
About the blasphemy... I believe people speak blasphemously because they know what they are doing. Why else to people curse in God's, or Jesus' name?
About the forgiveness issue, the best way to answer this is from the source.
Jesus spoke on this very matter in Matthew 12:31-32
"31And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."

Every sin will be forgiven if forgiveness is sought. That is the power of Jesus forgiveness. However, to speak blasphemously against, or about the Holy Spirit, that won't be forgiven.

In Acts chapter 5:1-10, Annanias and Saphira lied to the Holy Spirit, and they died immediately. Check it out...
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%205:1-10;&version=31;
If that doesn't answer your question... Email me...

Answer 3

If someone were not to know Jesus and made a blasphemous statement, that would not be unforgivable. The Catholic Church has a term for that: the Invincible Ignorance. If you not aware that something is sacred, your apparent disrespect is completely involuntary, and therefore forgiven.

Answer 4

This is a good place to start (my read on this is that you don't need to know what it is you are blaspheming; the act itself is what matters):
"Blasphemy has been a crime in many religions and cultures, wherever there is something sacred to protect. Socrates was prosecuted for blasphemy, and Mosaic law prescribed death for cursing the name of God. Jesus was tried for blasphemy, while Christians regarded the action of the Jews in trying him as itself blasphemous.

Secular modern states often retain blasphemy laws, but they are infrequently enforced. In the United States, state blasphemy laws remain on the books, but the Supreme Court's expansive interpretation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution makes it likely that any blasphemy prosecution would now be regarded as an impermissible establishment of religion. In countries governed under Islamic law, the concept of blasphemy is broad, embracing many kinds of disrespect or denial of religion; the condemnation (1988) of the author Salman Rushdie by Iranian clerics is a recent example of theocratic action."

Skip the http://www.dantesworld.net/Blasphemy7.htm if you are susceptible to bad dreams.

Answer 5

I believe that blasphemy is something that you can only commit if you have full knowledge of what you are doing. Before I go on, I want to clarify my interpretation of "knowledge". Knowledge in terms of blasphemy has two different meanings to me, the first is one embraced in the Bible and in modern Christian ethics of being "ignorant to Jesus and the Holy Spirit" by never learning of Jesus' work through God. If someone were to commit blasphemy under these conditions, I believe they would be forgiven because of no knowledge to God's word. I think this would be most common in remote, third world areas where knowledge of God is not that well known or areas where the teachings of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have not spread to.
Now my second intepretation of blasphemy is a more analytical one and has no connection to anything in the Bible to my knowledge. I believe blasphemy to be a sin where you have to have full knowledge and commitment to be able to commit true blasphemy. In other words, I believe that blasphemy is not something you can do by accident. Committing blasphemy is tied to some belief or emotion that you are fully devoted to. Maybe it is that blasphemy is considered unforgivable because a person who commits it is not willing to ask for God's forgiveness and accept Jesus as God's son and their personal savior. I do not believe that blasphemy is something you can do on accident such as taking the Lord's name in vain because if that is the case and if it really is unforgivable in that case, then we are all doomed because I'm sure most all of us have taken His name in vain accidently at some point in our lives.
In conclusion, I believe that only true enemies of God commit blasphemy because they are fully devoted to seeing God's word and the teachings of Jesus cast down. I believe that if you are a true Christian and your intentions are to benefit God and Jesus, then you will never commit blasphemy to an unforgivable degree. However, as for the full ignorance of knowledge while commiting an act of blasphemy, I believe that this person will be forgiven but then the responsibility falls on us fellow Christians to bring to light the teachings of God and show them the right way so that they may make their choice (and no I am not talking about colonizing them to fit a socially acceptable status).

I hope this helps

Answer 6

Biblically....The unforgiveable blashphemy must be intentional and continuous in my opinion.

It is to reject the conviction of Holy Spirit that we are sinful, need a Savior, and that savior is Jesus. If we do not admit sin and confess it, we can never be forgiven. Inadvertant sin is still sin. However... it is forgiveable.

Answer 7

It's blasphemy whenever you question the Church's demand for absolute authority over humanity. In the past they just burned everyone at the stake but they have lost that power. I hear they are still VERY bitter about that.

Answer 8

the unforgivable one is dying without accepting Jesus Christ. This is whY Jesus warned the pharisees about it. Because after witnessing Jesus' miracles they still refused and Jesus warned them saying they were in danger of comitting the sin.

Answer 9

I say until you know the true way to live and you knowingly commit a true blasphemous act then you are fully accountable for it.

Answer 10

it's blashphemy when someone disagrees with someone elses doctrine or belief.
And who decides if it's unforgivable? YOU ?? The clown in the pulpit??
You gonna put me to death?
Now, go find your life and stop worrying about this garbage 'cause their isn't any religion that isn't corrupt.