by Mark Pitstick, MA, DC

If you’ve not already, please read . . .

  1. ‘The Great News‘ (article #19 at SoulProof.com/Articles)
  2. ‘Eight Developments for Widespread Conscious Living Now’ (#125)
  3. Greater Reality LIVING Program: Integrating ‘The 8 Developments’ Into Your Daily Life (#72)
  4. Greater Reality HEALING Program: Journeying FROM Deeply Grieving TO Brightly Shining (#82)

The evidence-based information and holistic resources outlined in these articles will help you to:

  • realize your true nature as an eternal being of consciousness / life-force / energy 
  • receive guidance and assistance from highly evolved energies and Source / The Light
  • heal old wounds, release lower energies, and update erroneous teachings
  • create the greatest life YOU have envisioned (YOU = your higher self / soul)
  • help others by sharing your greatest gifts
  • make our world a better place

As enough people do this, widespread personal and planetary change will naturally unfold. 

Unforgiveable Sin?

Many people have asked if there is an unforgivable sin.  If there really is such a thing, you would want to know what it is so you can avoid it, right?

As is often the case, there several facets to this topic so stay with me . . .

An unforgiveable sin is allegedly anything that blasphemes God.  And what would irritate God that He – for a She would never consider such a thing – would send people to a fiery hell forever?  Here’s one fear-based religion’s list: burning a religious book; vandalizing a church; worshipping Satan; committing suicide; and stating that God is unkind, unjust or cruel.

Wouldn’t you think the Creator and Sustainer of All Life would be a little less touchy and a little more understanding about how easy it is for humans to become imbalanced and make poor choices?

The concept of unforgivable sin was based on ancient teachings that emerged during – you guessed it, the Dark Ages or earlier.  That should raise your suspicions right off the bat, right?  What other beliefs from medieval times does anyone living today trust implicitly?  In case your memory of history is rusty, that was about 1000 to 1600 years ago.  

The notion of unforgivable sin assumes the existence of a judgmental and wrathful God.  A belief in unforgivable sin only exists in the most conservative denominations of three major religions.  That’s a relative handful from among the many religions and denominations that exist.  And, yet, these fundamentalist sects receive a lot of attention because they scare people.

I think it’s blasphemous to imagine that God would even consider such a thing.

I attended theology school, in part, to address bizarre teachings that begged for sensible answers.  It’s a historical fact that many significant changes – purposeful deletions, additions, and arbitrary interpretations – have occurred in The Bible.  And that doesn’t count mistakes by well-meaning scribes, and translation errors from Aramaic, to Hebrew, to Greek, to German, and then English.

People more interested in control and money than teaching the Golden Rule profited mightily from these changes.  Creator may have inspired The Bible, but He/She/It didn’t write it, and definitely didn’t make all those changes.

After a near-death experience, millions of people report that the Light is loving, nonjudgmental, forgiving, and caring beyond human understanding.  Further, they see that we each are one with and part of Source Energy right now and eternally – not maybe, someday, if we believe in or live a certain way.  To learn more about post-NDE views about the nature of God, read Lessons from the Light by Ken Ring PhD.

After Life Between Lives sessions by Michael Newton PhD or therapists he trained, tens of thousands of people have reported the Presence in the same way.  You can learn about their descriptions of the Ground of All Being in Newton’s books Journey of Souls and Destiny of Souls.

The question of unforgiveable sin sounds even more ludicrous when using terms for Source such as the Light, the Presence, and the Ground of All Being.  Only when a huge patriarchal and mercurial guy in the sky is envisioned does this concept make sense to some people.

Similarly, some evidential mediums describe a Universal Intelligence of unfathomable love that is like a glue that holds together an exquisite tapestry.  Each person is an important and interconnected thread in this creation.  See The Afterlife Experiments by Gary Schwartz PhD to learn more about these sensorily sensitive persons who have been researched in multiple university settings.

From a commonsense perspective, what good parents would not forgive their child for any transgression?  And yet we are supposed to believe that Life Source has a list of unforgivable sins?

Most importantly, many adults report that, as a child, they could never believe that a loving Creator would forever condemn one of Its creation for any reason.

Again, only a vociferous and fear-based minority of denominations teach this concept.  Most religious groups stopped teaching about a literal hell – if they ever did so in the first place – a long time ago.  The sources mentioned above – near death experiences, life between lives sessions, and reports from evidential mediums – deny the concept of unforgiveable sin.

The concept of eternal torment is usually associated with belief in unforgivable sin.  Other denominations view that God may only turn away from a person for eternity.  Again, parents, would you ever turn your back on your child? 

Let’s consider the issue of ‘sin.’  (I’m not talking about unforgivable sins now, just everyday garden-variety sins.)  Different denominations and religions have varying lists of what constitutes a sin.  In my Lutheran upbringing, it was only vaguely mentioned.  Stern scripture passages were read, but the minister and others in the church were so loving and caring that I assumed God was the same way.  The love, understanding, and forgiveness of Creator – I reasoned – was surely exponentially more than the best earthly parents.

In my late high school and early college years, I attended a fundamentalist church for the best of all reasons: my girlfriend went there.  This church warned about a long list of sins that would lead us right up to the door of – or perhaps into – the burning pit forever: dancing, swearing, girls wearing their skirts too short, guys wearing their pants too tight, being gay, any kind of premarital sexual activity, masturbation, rock and roll music, pot, drinking, not tithing, not attending church regularly, etc.  It was a long list.

But they never clearly specified what the unforgivable sin was.  Naturally, I and others feared that whatever we were doing was the big one.  Or maybe a combination of ones listed above exceeded a threshold and sent one off to hang out with Beezelbub and his cronies forever.

As I matured – and became more educated about theology, psychology, science, and metaphysics – I realized what a perfect control device the concept of an unforgivable sin was.  Obviously, that list was created to control hormone-challenged teens, but it didn’t work very well.  You attract more bees with honey than vinegar.  People make the best decisions when they know they are important and beloved parts of the creation, not when they are made to feel guilty, prone to error, and evil.

Regarding unforgivable sin, the Creator and Sustainer of all life I know would never imagine such a thing.  But humans who seek to scare and control others would.  My current understandings about God, heaven, and hell are discussed in articles #13 and 14 at SoulProof.com.

Let me address the elephant in the room: suicide.  Some, perhaps many, people believe that suicide is THE unforgivable sin.  Let’s think about that one for just a moment with an ounce of common sense.  Would the Source of all that exists really pile on those who are already in so much mental and/or physical pain that they destroy their physical body?  “You think you had it bad before?  I’ll give you something to really suffer about!  Off you go to hell forever!”  (for more information when a loved one passes on by suicide, see article #4)

This way of thinking and those actions are not consistent with the concept of G.O.D.  That acronym stands for the Guiding, Organizing, and Designing presence and power that is behind all life and is all life.  Further, in this enlightened perspective based on much clinical evidence, we each are infinite, eternal, integral, and beloved parts of G.O.D. now and always.

In my opinion – based on good evidence, personal experience, an open heart and mind, and common sense – an unforgiveable sin does not exist.  But don’t just believe me.  What makes the most sense to you now and as a child?  Conduct your own research and discover how much powerful political and religious officials twisted The Bible’s messages for their own gain.

Pray and meditate about whether there really is an unforgivable sin.  Spend time in nature, playing with children, cuddling a pet, listening to sublime music or outrageous comedy, or serving others.  Then consider whether the Birther of All Life really works that way.

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Thank you for telling others about this article!  Your life, and that of others around you, will be more enriched when you:  

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Hugs, love, blessings, and let it shine!
Mark

Mark Pitstick, MA, DC
author, lecturer, counselor, and holistic chiropractic physician; spokesperson, research assistant, and strategic planner for the SoulPhone Project; founder of Greater Reality Living, Healing, Helping, and Sharing Programs

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Mark Pitstick, MA, DC is a master’s clinical psychologist, holistic chiropractic physician, and clinical nutritionist.  He has also helped others in pastoral counseling and suicide prevention / education settings.  His goal is to help you know and show that this earthly experience is a totally safe, meaningful, and magnificent adventure amidst eternity. 

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I created this article while ‘wearing the hat’ of a clinician, counselor, and educator.  My statements are based upon some scientific research; much clinical and experiential evidence; my personal experiences; and my best current understandings.  This program does not reflect my roles with the SoulPhone Project since those require solid scientific data for all statements.