To a Christian, getting a new follower is probably great news. Getting an atheist to convert is probably an even larger victory. The problem is an atheist has committed the only unforgiveable sin. I am not talking about the whole we are all born atheists arguement either. What I am trying to say that as soon as anybody is competent enough to declare themselves an atheist, they are denying the existence of the Holy Spirit. Here are some direct quotes from the Bible:
Luke 12:8-10: “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. 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.”
Mark 3:28-30: “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they utter. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.
Matthew 12:30-32:…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.
Really anything else can be forgiven in some form. Once you have denied the Holy Spirit though, you are fucked. Game over. You are 100% for a fact going to Hell. Of course this means absolutely nothing to me since the concept of Hell doesn’t scare me. Even if you have “saved” an atheist and converted them to Christianity, aren’t they still damned? It seems to me once anybody declares themself an atheist they deny God’s existence. It’s a waste of time, because once somebody has commited the “eternal sin” there is no going back. This doesn’t worry me at all. Part of my disbelief in God, and the Holy Spirit is an equal belief in that there is no Heaven or Hell.
The folks over at Beyond Belief Media graciously provided me with a copy of their movie. In return I am writing a review on it. I stand to gain absolutely nothing in giving them a good or bad review. If I had truly hated it I would just as soon write it here. But I didn’t. I loved it. The movie made me think and at the same time scared the shit out of me. For some weird reason my computer ended up playing the Interviews part first. It had your typical question and answer session with a Christian and some atheists. One you might recognize was Sam Harris. Throughout the course of these interviews it brought up many new and interesting ideas. Such as the theory that our Universe is actually most perfectly setup to create the most black holes. Or the fact that 1 out of every 5 children born without modern medicine would kill their mothers because of the large head. Why would God make such a large inefficient organ as the brain? Don’t we only need souls? Also there is a discussion about comparisons between other mythical gods and Yahweh. What scared me is something Sam Harris said. We have people living with 7th century customs and 21st century weapons. How long until they use them?
Next I watched the original film. It outlined more of the history of Jesus and the like. It also included more bits from the interviewees. Essentially the story is this. Jesus died around 33 AD. People forgot for 40 years and around 70 AD the Gospels were written. This movie also brings up the Passion of the Christ. It shows how Christians seem to prefer a barbaric and tortuous portrayal over any other version. It includes a breakdown of the violence in the movie which is considerable. Or the violence of the Crusades. The problem is this is what being a Christian is about. Moderate Christianity doesn’t make sense. Jesus didn’t sort of rise from the dead, he did or didn’t. You either follow the whole Bible or none of it.
Brian Flemming also tells his own personal story of becoming an atheist. The one crime you cannot commit is denying the Holy Spirit. You do that you are fucked. Eternally. Really the Jesus myth is disturbing. If you hear aliens talking or deny the Holocaust you are deemed insane. Yet nobody dares say that about the religious. Hell the Christians can’t all agree with each other on facts.
In summary, it was a great and informative movie. I think if I was a believer it would have had an even more profound effect. You can purchase the movie at thegodmovie.com I have not had a chance to listen to the commentaries from Richard Dawkins due to some technical problems with my DVD player.
