1. The angel said that there is no hope for those who both worship the beast and his image AND take his mark. 2. This means no repentance, no forgiveness. 3. Jesus stated there is only one unpardonable sin, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. So... in what way does taking the mark resemble the unpardonable sin, since the angel basically said it is unpardonable.
If this is the only way it is presented, then there is no unpardonable sin. So if people can be forgiven for all their sins, and every slander they utter, then that means God is evil for not doing that, right? Isn't that the basis of your argument against God?
Mark 3:28-30
28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
That doesn't sound like taking the mark, it's sounds like slander of the Holy Spirit, that seems like a verbal thing, NOT a physical thing.
Yes. Yes He did. So I guess that means that a whole bunch of people who don't have to go to hell, since God can forgive them, go to hell because God hates them, and won't.
If God hates them, why does he command people to repent and believe in the gospel then?
Post modernist clap trap.
You claimed God can do whatever he wants, but when I point out some things he can't do, you answer with this.
Yet that isn't the gospel. The gospel is that Jesus took your place on the cross.
Are you trying to tell me what the gospel is, because you think I don't know it?
No one, in and of themselves, has the ability to repent and be saved, because JESUS SAID SO. Who then can be saved? With man this is only sometimes possible, if the moon is blue, and at a weird angle. He said it is IMPOSSIBLE. If I recall, that means that it is slightly possible, if you will it hard enough that all the veins in your skull pop out.
So you are no different to those sinners who can't repent either then. You also rejected the gospel, so why do you try and make a claim that you are different from them, everyone has no ability to repent according to Calvinists.
No one can make themselves born again, that is impossible for man, true, but they can repent and trust in God, that is possible I believe.
No. They aren't saved because they reject the gospel. When did I say that? It is scripture that says that, so I just repeat what scripture says.
You are no different from the unrepentent sinners, no ability to repent and believe, that is what Calvinists claim, so why make a special argument that the non elect rejected the gospel? Did you not reject it, until God made you receive it, gave you the power to receive it?
You are trying to make a false distinction between the non elect and the elect on the basis they were unwilling to do something you were willing to do, but the reality is, according to Calvinists, you we both unwilling to accept the gospel or even trust in God.
The reality is that they cannot accept it unless God makes it possible.
and neither could you, so what is the point of saying this, how does that make them worse than anyone else?
Jesus said that. Take it up with Him, if you hate what He said so much.
Why do I hate what Jesus said, my interpretation of scripture is different to yours.
Wait, if Calvinists teach it, then by definition it is what scripture teaches... (it goes both ways.)
My interpretation of scripture is different to yours, so I don't believe what Calvinist teach is biblical.