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im a spectator to this violence living there and i can tell you its nothing to do with religion, its simply a difference to fight over. Catholics and Protestants are divided over everything, the reason for the fighting is for unionist / nationalist reasons. Some oppose british rule and others favour it. And these are mainly unruly youths fighting nowdays, with nothing better to do. They do not have God on their minds, i doubt if half of them could really care less about church. Dont confuse these as some kind of Holy wars or anything. Plus its not like some kind of epidemic, any serious fighting like i said has been to oppose british rule, the fact that nationalists are catholic and protestants unionists is the result of a lot of factors, they used to be united in hating england.

foolishness. when's the last time they seen the stock take of europe's nukes never mind the US's?

haha here was me thinking i was the only one with this. thank you for sharing Aida i know im not alone. yeah i know its a vicious cycle and the worrying parts awful, its like i have to have somehting to worry about, i know a litle worry is healthy but it can really be ridiculous. ^^; i actually struck back this morning with the awesome help of God, i was praying for strength mainly that morning as i had a few thoughts which were completely shocking. Later on, after praying some more i gave the Devil a peice of my mind, i turned the tables saying "it was going to take more than that" and the beast shut right up. i could control it effortlessly today, i don't normally get it, its like once a month , but i felt it coming on today and i just told satan to get lost and there was no place for him here. Pray for strength , i found it essential help today.

On the contrary, we owe God everything, God owes us nothing at all. Life is a gift, how would you feel if you gave someone a vauable gift and they tossed it away like garbage? of course you wouldn't want to punish them eternally , but none the less you would be very peeved and hurt. But this is much bigger, there is no greater gift than life, so if you reject it , God would be very hurt. On the whole eternal punishment thing, God doesn't send you to hell you send yourself there, you know the rules and the commandments and the consequences of not trying to obey them. God brought us into the world to give us the chance to prove ourselves as good christians and if we are, we get eternal life and happiness, i dont think thats harsh for obeying a few rules now is it? lol very generous if you ask me.

i was doing some research into it last night and apparently it is impossible for a true Christian to commit blasphemy of the holy spirit, you'd have to associate the works of someone like Christ with unholy forces or something. According to the same source the only unpardonable sin is to die an unbeliever. :/ i've the feeling some dark corner of my mind is desperately trying to put me in bother and give me something to worry about, but most of the things it suggests are completely the opposite of what i really believe. Im sure God knows that.

i am very grateful for your swift replies, thank you Reverend, ill remember to turn to God with prayer first in times like that, hopefully i'll be able to completely recover soon. those are the bible references i was talking about as Mark has pointed out i see. Well i pray i have never commited such a sin where my stoning would be encouraged ^^; There's no way i'd ever choose to live my life without God or ignore any guidance from the holy spirit, too essential to my life. I welcome any guidance since it's pretty easy to get lost on this planet.

im a little confused as to exactley what is meant by blasphemy. Don't worry i haven't been out defiling churces or ranting about how cruel God is, however there seems to be various definitions of blasphemy. Until about a month ago i had always been pretty happy and i didn't ever question God and the universe and all that, then i spontaniously took a plunge into severe depression pretty much lasting from the moment i woke up until i lost conscious at night, it was mostly about death and uncertainty things like that, athiest arguements infiltrated my faith during this time also so i was pretty messed up. Also im convinced i have a form of obsessive compulsive disorder which was pounding me with thoughts of death and gloom 24/7, im recovering now and im taking the *im not listening* approach and reading up on God more , and i'm smiling again. anyhow to get to the point, the OCD i fear that i have can sometimes, very rarely , but someitmes spring some blasphemous thoughts on me, even though i straight away deny it and say it isn't true, i fear these thoughts and my doubting have landed me knee deep in blasphemy. and according to some bible refrences it is the unforgivable sin, if you'd asked me to guess what that was i'd have said mass murder or something, but i'd have thought that was a bit down the list. so basically im worried about that, are my worries justified?