GiantParrot:
1.Since you claim ignorance even though I'm quite certain you're engaging in avoidance out of pride, I'll make it clear:
1 John 5:17: "All iniquity is sin, but there is a sin unto death" . Means there's clearly a distinction between sins. Some are more grevious than others and your position is wrong.

Matthew 12:31 "For this reason, I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven" A sin that cannot be forgiven is obviously not equal to the ones that can be forgiven. Your claim that sin is sin and no difference exists is wrong.

Hebrews 10:29: "how much more, do you think, someone would deserve worse punishments, if he has tread upon the Son of God, and has treated the blood of the testament, by which he was sanctified, as unclean, and has acted with disgrace toward the Spirit of grace?" Worse punishments means an obvious difference in punishments for different sins. Your claim again is proven wrong.

Matthew 5:22 "But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, 'Idiot,' shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, 'Worthless,' shall be liable to the fires of Hell." Obvious differences in liabilities for different wrongs demonstrate a clear difference in the gravity of wrongs. Your claim again is proven wrong.




2. Because of your pride, you cherry-pick scripture and deny the parallels between human justice and God's justice systems clearly depicted in scripture as shown in the verses above. You can construct comprehensible sentence, which suggests you are literate enough to comprehend written words. But you choose not to comprehend these verses because they do not agree with your viewpoints. Your pride has made you superior to Christ Himself in your heart.

3. You are not the mouthpiece of God. No one gave you that authority and it is an act of arrogance to arrogate such authority to yourself. Defend your words with evidence.

1. Again, Jesus Christ gave us about 100 commandments in total in the New Covenant Law of the Kingdom of God. Of almost 100, exactly 1 sin is listed as grievous, the sin of Blasphemy. Why? Because according to Jesus Christ,
it is unforgivable, and it is in fact it is implied by Jesus Christ that death is what will follow the commiting of such sin.

Now, imagine the case of a man who lusted in his heart after his neighbor's wife, and moments later had a heart attack and died - no time to seek forgiveness from God. Does this man not end up in eternal damnation(hell) alongside all men who commit the sin of Blasphemy?

Is there a different hell for those who die after committing blasphemy? NO, the judgment for all sins is the same in scripture and that is eternal damnation irrespective of sin committed- Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46. No matter what sin a person commits, God's decision is that all those tainted by sin - the unrighteous - end up in eternal damnation.

2. God's justice system in no way compares to man's justice system which grades crimes and punishment as men see fit. According to God's Law, even the one who commits what you consider the least sin ends up exactly the same as the one who commits what men consider the greatest sin - eternal damnation. There are no small sins or big sins. All sins end in the same place - eternal damnation.

3. Well, read what Jesus Christ tells you of the process in Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46. There are only two ends for all those who belong in His Kingdom ... and all those who sin ,the goats, are headed in the direction of Eternal damnation, this according to Jesus Christ.

Lots of illiterates on this forum. Jumping to conclusions without understanding what he said.

Kobojunkie:
1. Again, Jesus Christ gave us about 100 commandments in total in the New Covenant Law of the Kingdom of God. Of almost 100, exactly 1 sin is listed as grievous, the sin of Blasphemy. Why? Because according to Jesus Christ,
it is unforgivable, and it is in fact it is implied by Jesus Christ that death is what will follow the commiting of such sin.

Now, imagine the case of a man who lusted in his heart after his neighbor's wife, and moments later had a heart attack and died - no time to seek forgiveness from God. Does this man not end up in eternal damnation(hell) alongside all men who commit the sin of Blasphemy?

Is there a different hell for those who die after committing blasphemy? NO, the judgment for all sins is the same in scripture and that is eternal damnation irrespective of sin committed- Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46. No matter what sin a person commits, God's decision is that all those tainted by sin - the unrighteous - end up in eternal damnation.

2. God's justice system in no way compares to man's justice system which grades crimes and punishment as men see fit. According to God's Law, even the one who commits what you consider the least sin ends up exactly the same as the one who commits what men consider the greatest sin - eternal damnation. There are no small sins or big sins. All sins end in the same place - eternal damnation.

3. Well, read what Jesus Christ tells you of the process in Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46. There are only two ends for all those who belong in His Kingdom ... and all those who sin ,the goats, are headed in the direction of Eternal damnation, this according to Jesus Christ.

You have now admitted that all sins are not equal even though you claim that only one is different from the others. So in your belief system, all but one sin are equal.

You can choose to ignore Hebrews 10:29 (greater punishment) and Matthew 5:22 (different liabilities for different wrongs).

You're claiming from Matthew 25 that there are only two possibe outcomes, eternal life and enternal damnation (which is broadly correct), and you suggest that there are no distinctions inside each of these two outcomes. A position unsupported by scripture. It is clear from 1 Corinthians 3:15 "If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire. " Those who suffer loss and have their soul saved clearly have a different experience from those who did not suffer loss and yet have their soul saved without experiencing anything like fire. And the difference between the experiences of these two groups is based their works. Can good works be burned by "fire" and the doer suffer loss?

GiantParrot:
1. You have now admitted that all sins are not equal even though you claim that only one is different from the others. So in your belief system, all but one sin are equal.

2. You can choose to ignore Hebrews 10:29 (greater punishment) and Matthew 5:22 (different liabilities for different wrongs).

3. You're claiming from Matthew 25 that there are only two possibe outcomes, eternal life and enternal damnation (which is broadly correct), and you suggest that there are no distinctions inside each of these two outcomes.

4. A position unsupported by scripture. It is clear from 1 Corinthians 3:15 "If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire. " Those who suffer loss and have their soul saved clearly have a different experience from those who did not suffer loss and yet have their soul saved without experiencing anything like fire. And the difference between the experiences of these two groups is based their works. Can good works be burned by "fire" and the doer suffer loss?

1. I am afraid you are still not following any of what I continue to say on this. One sin is listed by Jesus Christ as being greivous but when compared as in the scenario I presented, the consequence of said sin turns out no different from that which awaits those who commit any of other sins, dying right afterwards.

According to Jesus Christ, there is only one judgement to take place after He returns. And that judgement, as you can see in Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46, is not of what sin was committed by whom and when, but instead of whether one is righteous or not righteous.

2. I am afraid I don't follow what you mean when you suggest Matthew 5 vs 22 indicates different liabilities for different wrongs.

3. According to Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46, there are only two possible outcomes as far as the Kingdom of God is concerned - Eternal reward for the righteous and eternal damnation for the sinners.

Now as far as distinction inside each of those, well, Jesus Christ never indicated that there would be. In Matthew 20 vs.1 - 16, using a parable, Jesus instead indicated that those who will work in His Vineyard will be given the same reward for work done, this whether last or first. Should we dis believe Him in this?

As for those headed for eternal damnation, how else can one qualify eternal damnation to make it seem any less than it sounds?

4. I am afraid your understanding of what Paul wrote there in 1 Corinthians 3 vs 15 is in question. Jesus Christ is the one to whom the Kingdom belongs He more than makes clear the fate that awaits the sheep(righteous) and the goats(unrighteous) as far as the Kingdom of God is concerned, in Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46

Righteousness2:
The Word of GOD, the Holy Bible says clearly that the wages of sin is Death.

The Word of GOD clearly says Fornicators , adulterers and Unrighteous folks will not see Heaven.
1Corithians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Pope says it is not a serious sin.
These are the Last of the Last Moments. The foot soldiers and false Prophet of the antichrist are being revealed!

Watch and Pray that you will not be caught in their web of deceits and Delusion.

If you are engaging in sex outside Marriage, it is not Dating! It is Fornication! it is Evil. It is a terrible sin and will destroy your soul in Hell.

Immorality of any kind is Evil. Fornication, adultery, beastiality, homosexuality, lesbianism,etc. It is Sin and will Destroy your soul in Hell.

Ask your self if truly Hell exist?

headSmasher:
The gOD of Igbo Catholics have spoken, GOD killed Onan for sexual deception, God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for sexual perversion,10 of 12 Solomon kingdoms was handed over to his servant for sexual perversion and marrying of strange women, David son from Bathsheba died, he was chased by Absalom his son sent him away from the throne and slept with his wives on the roof top, David son Amnon raped Tamar, Amnon was killed, destruction came upon Israel all because of David sexual, the only thing that was able to balak to overcome Israel was sexual relationship with the ungodly, sexual sin brought down and consumed Samson, Even various laws of the Bible gave a draconian punishment of death fro sexual sin until CHRIST gave them the room for repentance, even up the now the only reason you can divorce your wife is if she is not a virgin when you marry her.

Are you not guilty of sexual sins too?
And the bolded must be in your village, not the bible sir.

Righteousness2:
The Word of GOD, the Holy Bible says clearly that the wages of sin is Death.

The Word of GOD clearly says Fornicators , adulterers and Unrighteous folks will not see Heaven.
1Corithians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Pope says it is not a serious sin.
These are the Last of the Last Moments. The foot soldiers and false Prophet of the antichrist are being revealed!

Watch and Pray that you will not be caught in their web of deceits and Delusion.

If you are engaging in sex outside Marriage, it is not Dating! It is Fornication! it is Evil. It is a terrible sin and will destroy your soul in Hell.

Immorality of any kind is Evil. Fornication, adultery, beastiality, homosexuality, lesbianism,etc. It is Sin and will Destroy your soul in Hell.

Now I can confirm that you are insane indeed.
If you had taken theological courses then you should understand how to manage humanity with a spiritual approach and stop chocking people with ur end time gibberish.
Assignment—Discuss Anger and Murder as a sin.

maiquel:
Just a little sin

This is the result of failing comprehension in school.
He never said sexual sins are little sins neither did he say they were not serious sins.

He's simply opening your bloodshot eyes to what matters most which is humility, love, faith, and mercy. Matt 23:23
The opposite of which is pride, hate, unbelief and unforgiveness.

These are the most serious sins than fleshy sins.

Religious people are hypocrites (Christian's, Muslims and Jews alike). While condemning sins publicly, they are shamelessly committing their own sins in their privacy.
They can quote scriptures and speak "religionese" and look holy publicly but be doing worse.

They are quick to jump to condemn anyone who is caught, for what they themselves are guilty of.

"Let he who is without sin be the first to cast a stone."
This statement by Christ says it all.

The Pope's statement is just what you would have heard from Christ. He stood against hypocrisy and never condemned sinners. He simply taught the better Way to live and overcome sin.

POPE FRANCIS HAS BIBLE GENE IN HIM AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT. SO THE POPE KNOWS WHAT HE IS SAYING.

DubaiLandLord1:
All sins are equal

Is not about the equality of sins..
It’s about the gravity of the punishment.
Anger and killing are sins but the punishment for both are different.

oshozondii:


https://independent.ng/sexual-sins-is-not-most-serious-sin-pope-francis/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

I will give you full reply of the pope so you can make of it what you wish.

Pope was questioned on why he accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris "Aupetit" this was his full reply

"Before answering I will say: do the investigation, eh, do the investigation … because there is a danger of saying: he was condemned. Who condemned him? Public opinion, gossip. But what did he do? We don’t know, something … If you know why, say so, otherwise I cannot answer and you will not know why. Because it was his failure, a fault against the sixth commandment — but not total — of small caresses and massages that he gave to the secretary, so stands the accusation. This is sin, but it is not of the most serious sins, because the sins of the flesh are not the most serious. The gravest sins are those that are more angelic: pride, hatred. These are graver. So Aupetit is a sinner, as am I — I don’t know if you are aware … but probably — as was Peter, the bishop on whom Jesus Christ founded the Church.
Why did the community of that time accept a sinful bishop, and with sins of such an angelic nature as denying Christ! But it was a normal Church, it was accustomed to everyone always being sinful, it was a humble Church. You can see that our Church is not used to having a sinful bishop. We pretend to say my bishop is a saint. … not this red hat … we are all sinners. But when the gossip grows, grows, grows, and takes away the reputation of the person. He will not be able to lead because he has lost the reputation, not because of his sin, which is sin — like Peter’s, like mine like yours — but because of the gossip of the people responsible for reporting things, a man who has lost his reputation so publicly cannot govern. And this is an injustice and that is why I accepted Aupetit’s resignation, not on the altar of truth, but on the altar of hypocrisy. This is what I want to say.”

He didn't say it is not a sin. He didn't say it is not a serious sin. He said it is not the most serious sin. which is correct.
If you sleep with someone before marriage, It is not the same thing as killing someone na

Kobojunkie:
I quote you the books of Matthew. Mark, Luke and John were Jesus Christ in His teachings and commandments gave to us what is God's New Covenant Law and agreement between God and Man, in the Kingdom of God.

Since you find it difficult to actually open a Bible to find out things, let me drop this.

Matthew 22:34-40

Jesus Christ emphasises that we love God above all and then that we love our neighbours as ourselves. He ended by saying that all laws and commandments depend on those two.

From this, you will see that love is greater than all, and if that is so, hatred and bearing false witness out of contempt is definitely the worst sin you can have.

I still maintain that sins aren't weighted equally. Be more aware.

Kobojunkie:
Even the statement in bold is a lie. There is no one sin more serious than the other.

According to God's Law, as taught us by Jesus Christ, breaking one of God's Law amounts to breaking all of God's almost 100 commandments as given us by Jesus Christ.

I still wait where Jesus Christ said this.

Kobojunkie:
There is no such thing as most grievous sin to begin with. That idea is of men, and it was created to decieve you all by your Popes and Mogs.

God gave us about 100 rules that clearly define sin, this through Jesus Christ, and whether you break one or all 100 rules, you are guilty of sin. It is that simple!

The same Jesus Christ said all sins can be forgiven except sin against the Holy Spirit.

How often do you study the Bible?

arazanbal:
our body is the temple of the holy spirit bro according to the bible so using the body to commit fornication and so on is serious as other sins out there

Did the pope say fornication is not grievous? No.

He said it is not the most grievous sin.

The Bible says sin against the Holy Spirit is the most grievous sin.

GumGum:
Since you find it difficult to actually open a Bible to find out things, let me drop this.
Matthew 22:34-40
Jesus Christ emphasises that we love God above all and then that we love our neighbours as ourselves. He ended by saying that all laws and commandments depend on those two.
From this, you will see that love is greater than all, and if that is so, hatred and bearing false witness out of contempt is definitely the worst sin you can have.
I still maintain that sins aren't weighted equally. Be more aware.

If you had bothered to in fact digest there what Jesus Christ said in that there passage which you quoted, you would have come to the realization that Jesus Christ was in no way giving you or anyone a new commandment, but instead speaking of the Old commandments which God had given in His agreement with the children of Israel.

34 The Pharisees learned that Jesus had made the Sadducees look so foolish that they stopped trying to argue with him. So the Pharisees had a meeting.
35 Then one of them, an expert in the Law of Moses, asked Jesus a question to test him.
36 He said, “Teacher, which command in the law is the most important?”

37 Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and most important command.
39 And the second command is like the first: ‘Love your neighbor[d] the same as you love yourself.’[e]
40 All of the law and the writings of the prophets take their meaning from these two commands.” - Matthew 22 vs 34 - 40

The Law of Moses is found written of in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. and consists of 613 statutes/laws in total of which the most important, the shema, is as recorded in Deuteronomy 6 vs 4 - 9, and the second greatest is found recorded in Leviticus 19 vs 18.

In the passage above, Jesus Christ simply pointed out the 2 greatest of the 613 commandments, as given by God to the descendants of Jacob- Deuteronomy 30 vs 15 - 20- are the culmination of all God's message to the people through His prophets of Old.

The New Covenant Law of the Kingdom of God, however, is a different and separate Covenant from the Old - Matthew 26 vs 28 - 30 - and is as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John .

Kobojunkie:
The Pope is wrong in claiming that pride and hatred are more serious sins because that claim is against God aka Sin.

How do you mean? You mind explaining how it is against God?

Kobojunkie:
If you had bothered to in fact digest there what Jesus Christ said in that there passage which you quoted, you would have come to the realization that Jesus Christ was in no way giving you or anyone a new commandment, but instead speaking of the Old commandments which God had given in His agreement with the children of Israel.
The Law of Moses is found written of in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. and consists of 613 statutes/laws in total of which the most important, the shema, is as recorded in Deuteronomy 6 vs 4 - 9, and the second greatest is found recorded in Leviticus 19 vs 18.

In the passage above, Jesus Christ simply pointed out the 2 greatest of the 613 commandments, as given by God to the descendants of Jacob- Deuteronomy 30 vs 15 - 20- are the culmination of all God's message to the people through His prophets of Old.

The New Covenant Law of the Kingdom of God, however, is a different and separate Covenant from the Old - Matthew 26 vs 28 - 30 - and is as recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John .

In all you have written, you haven't shown where Christ said that all sins are equal. I have shown you severally, and others too have, that sins are not equal.

The life of Jesus Christ, which Christians should emulate, was full of love. He also highlighted it as one of the two greatest commandments. If there are commandments greater than others, then breaking some commandments will be weightier than breaking others.

freeborn02:
The same Jesus Christ said all sins can be forgiven except sin against the Holy Spirit.

How often do you study the Bible?

All sins can be forgiven except one sin does not mean all sins are not judged the same, right?

Consider this scenario. Mr. A lusts after his neighbor's wife and moments later dies of a heart attack, while Mr. B lies against the Holy Spirit, and hits the ground dead moments later. Both men never got a chance to ask forgiveness of sins. Will Mr. A end up in with a different judgment at the end from Mr. B?

The answer, if you did not know this before now is No. Judgment for everyone, sinners and saints happens at the end - Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46 - and according to Jesus Christ, Mr. A and Mr. B will both end up in the same exact bag for eternity, regardless of the difference in sin and circumstance.

No matter what you want to believe of sin or how you want to weigh them in your minds, the Truth according to Jesus Christ is that judgement will only happen after He returns and when He does judge, it will not matter what sin you committed or didn't commit but whether you are righteous or not - Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46. And I hope I don't need to tell you that sinners are unrighteous.

GumGum:
In all you have written, you haven't shown where Christ said that all sins are equal. I have shown you severally, and others too have, that sins are not equal.

The life of Jesus Christ, which Christians should emulate, was full of love. He also highlighted it as one of the two greatest commandments. If there are commandments greater than others, then breaking some commandments will be weightier than breaking others.

Jesus Christ never said all sins are equal neither did He say that all sins are not equal. As far as His teachings and commandments to us, sin is sin and all sin is unrighteousness which will never enter into His Kingdom- Matthew 25 vs 31 - 46.

The idea of weighing one sin against another is of men and not of God. The same punishment awaits all men , whether little sinners or big sinners.

Again, the 2 greatest commandments are, as Jesus Christ made clear to you and all in Matthew 22 vs 34 - 40, of the Old Covenant Law or Moses and and prophets. The New Covenant Law of Kingdom of God is a different and separate zlaw fom the Old Covenant Law of Moses indicated.

obailala:
How do you mean? You mind explaining how it is against God?

God never indicated that pride and hatred are the most serious of sins. Suggesting they are, this where God Himself did no such thing, is against God. No man has authority to add, remove or change God's own laws.

Also, if you think the other way around of what your pope said you will realize how wrong he indeed is. According to God, all sin is unrighteousness in His sight. If all sins lead directly to a eternal damnation, then how do you even begin to imagine any sin as being less serious than the other?

GumGum:
I still wait where Jesus Christ said this.

Read the entire books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, in order to learn of the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ - the terms and conditions of God's New Covenant Law and agreement between God and individuals , this in the Kingdom of God.

LoupGarou:
He didn't say it is not a sin. He didn't say it is not a serious sin. He said it is not the most serious sin. which is correct.
If you sleep with someone before marriage, It is not the same thing as killing someone na

Does the most serious sin land on in a different place of eternal damnation than the least serious sin will?

If you sleep with someone before marriage will you not end up in the same exact place of eternal damnation that murderers end up?

headSmasher:
The sin of David never lasted more than one week before God forgave him, have you heard of the SURE MERCY OF DAVID, David received unparalleled favor, grace and mercy from GOD that cannot be march by any human being, it also extended all his generations, he was a man after GOD'S heart, Solomon repented before he died, some theologians said his last days were spent in the temple.

See Esau, who did nothing. Then Saul who only disobeyed. Ask yourself how many per cent of mercy he has for you.
How y'all worship a nepotic, partial being and project yourself as the special is crazy.

Benoxvals:
Is not about the equality of sins..
It’s about the gravity of the punishment.
Anger and killing are sins but the punishment for both are different.

Gravity of the punishment? As far as the Kingdom of God is concerned , Jesus Christ declared that all the unrighteous will end up in place of eternal damnation, this regardless of sin committed - Matthew 25 vs 40 - 46

You speak of gravity of punishment and here God is saying the sentence is eternal damnation for all sins, so what are you referring to?

profmallor:
I am not Catholic but I agree with the Pope. That thing called pride and hatred has led to genocides, wars, ethnic cleansings and some of the most needless lose of lives. Those atrocities are greater than any form of sexual perversion there is. The Bible says sexual sins are sins to ones body and God himself would supervise the punishment of such so its no small sin either. However compared to Pride, that's a real monster right there. Pride is so great a sin God calls it witchcraft and the penalty is death. The devil himself is the master of pride bot sexual sin.

You sounded so wise. Exactly what I tell close ones.

But that doesn't mean that Adultery and fornication are not offensive unto God but don't compare with sin of pride and hatred.

God detests the two sins more. No wonder God loves charity to repel hatred and He drove satan out due to pride.

Only wise people understand this God's principle BUT DON'T GET IT WRONG, SHUN ADULTERY AND FORNICATION.

Some people could not understand the Pope stand and statement

Kobojunkie:
God never indicated that pride and hatred are the most serious of sins. Suggesting they are, this where God Himself did no such thing, is against God. No man has authority to add, remove or change God's own laws.

Also, if you think the other way around of what your pope said you will realize how wrong he indeed is. According to God, all sin is unrighteousness in His sight. If all sins lead directly to a eternal damnation, then how do you even begin to imagine any sin as being less serious than the other?

I'm sorry to say but if we claim all sins are equal, we only deceive ourselves. There's absolutely no way the sin of cold blooded mass murder can be on the same level as a 12 year old lad pilfering an extra piece of meat from his mother's pot. If the punishment varies, then the sins cannot be termed to be equal; punishment for some sins start right here on earth.

Even Christ himself tells us all sins can be forgiven except the sin against the holy spirit. Isnt that sufficient evidence to prove to you that all sins aren't viewed equally by God? What exactly is the basis of argument on this thread? Or is your position just purely based on a prejudice against the Pope?

stalwart123:
He's right!!

Sexual sin is a sin to your body.

Defiling your body.

Sin should always be a sin.

Sin should be constant, if at any time, different situation, it stops being a sin, then it was never a sin.

It would not matter if you create a social prison, marriage, for it to be engaged in. But, then again, how do they term sexual intercourse between married couples sinless, if we are all conceived in sin?

Christians are dxmn dishonest...

obailala:

I'm sorry to say but if we claim all sins are equal, we only deceive ourselves. There's absolutely no way the sin of cold blooded mass murder can be on the same level as a 12 year old lad pilfering an extra piece of meat from his mother's pot. If the punishment varies, then the sins cannot be termed to be equal; punishment for some sins start right here on earth.

Even Christ himself tells us all sins can be forgiven except the sin against the holy spirit. Isnt that sufficient evidence to prove to you that all sins aren't viewed equally by God? What exactly is the basis of argument on this thread? Or is your position just purely based on a prejudice against the Pope?

Commendably said.

obailala:
1. I'm sorry to say but if we claim all sins are equal, we only deceive ourselves. There's absolutely no way the sin of cold blooded mass murder can be on the same level as a 12 year old lad pilfering an extra piece of meat from his mother's pot. If the punishment varies, then the sins cannot be termed to be equal; punishment for some sins start right here on earth.

2. Even Christ himself tells us all sins can be forgiven except the sin against the holy spirit. Isnt that sufficient evidence to prove to you that all sins aren't viewed equally by God? What exactly is the basis of argument on this thread? Or is your position just purely based on a prejudice against the Pope?

1. First you need to stop confusing Sin with crime. Sin, for those of us who are of the New Covenant, is as clearly defined in the almost 100 laws given to us by Jesus Christ, God's Law and agreement between God and individuals in the Kingdom of God.

Sin refers to direct disobedience of any of the almost 100 commandments of God's Law to us, and the judgment at the end of all sins, regardless of how you personally chose to rank it in your mind is the same - eternal damnation. Whether a one is guilty of adultery or mass murder, the end is the same - eternal damnation.

2. I already been through this with others, but here again. Do you know what end awaits the one who blasphemes the Holy Spirit and the man who commits adultery- lust in his heart? You guessed it - eternal damnation in the very same hell where all sinners end up- Matthew 25 vs 40 - 46.

If the end for every sin is the same - eternal damnation- on what basis do you then rule one sin as being more serious than the next sin?