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one day i read on here about how someone said that if they had a bad thought they would put a "not" on the end of it to canel it out....well one morning i was laying in bed thinking about it and i said in my head what the pharasis said about Jesus and then i put a not on it, i was not a compulsion or an obsession, i was clearly thinking and i don't know why i did i don't think i mean anything abd but still i don't think i matter if i did i still said that, is that the unforgivable sin...im really scared now!!! it wasn't an accident i did not mean any harm but i still did that in my head, i know people say that God isn't legalistic but i still did what he told me not to, i wasn't trying to be directly defient i don't think i was just doing what that person said they had done, i don't know why i did it but i did...i don't know what to do now...or if im forgiven?
 
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No, I wasn't obsessing that day...i was clearly thinking, because i read what that person wrote and then i thought that thought (on purpose) to put the "not" after it, just to like "try it out" i guess, and just do it....i don't know...but i feel really bad for it, it's always been in the back of my mind but i always just figured it didn't mean anything but then i started thinking about it and i think that it really does, im so scared now.
 
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Caty said:
one day i read on here about how someone said that if they had a bad thought they would put a "not" on the end of it to canel it out....well one morning i was laying in bed thinking about it and i said in my head what the pharasis said about Jesus and then i put a not on it, i was not a compulsion or an obsession, i was clearly thinking and i don't know why i did i don't think i mean anything abd but still i don't think i matter if i did i still said that, is that the unforgivable sin...im really scared now!!! it wasn't an accident i did not mean any harm but i still did that in my head, i know people say that God isn't legalistic but i still did what he told me not to, i wasn't trying to be directly defient i don't think i was just doing what that person said they had done, i don't know why i did it but i did...i don't know what to do now...or if im forgiven?
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Caty when you thought this and put a not at the end of it ..you were doing that in order to cancel it ...That means you weren't trying to blaspheme and since we can't really commit the unpardonable sin unintentionally then you didn't . ...Actually you were just trying to fight this stuff ..
 
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No, that's not it...see i was clearly thinking ( i wasn't trying to blaspheme) but i did it on purpose...it wasn't an accident. i was just thinking in my head about what that person said they did and i thought so this is how she does it, and then i did it, i didn't mean any harm but i did it on purpose.
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I understand what you are saying now ...

No that is forgivable you were basically ruminating , and parroting in your mind what she did ... You were not trying to say that about the Great King . plus the fact that you put a not behind it shows you dont agree with it .
It would be like if you heard a dirty joke about the Holy Ghost and one day you thought it in your mind in order to examine it ..not to agree with it not to
enjoy it but just to think it ...that itself would not be the unpardonable sin .
 
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im really worried now that i may have had a thought (actually im pretty sure) i've had thoughts that i may have meant at the time but i've never delighted in them, i dont think, its worrying me though cause im pretty sure ive had thoughts against God that have not been my ocd.
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Well to be honest and im not saying you are not but bona fide Christians have those who do not have ocd .

A pastor told me that he did not know a pastor who had not had blasphemous thoughts ..

One pastor told me he was angry at God one day and really said things he should not have ..
 
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Caty said:
im really worried now that i may have had a thought (actually im pretty sure) i've had thoughts that i may have meant at the time but i've never delighted in them, i dont think, its worrying me though cause im pretty sure ive had thoughts against God that have not been my ocd.
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Its hard to comment on this because those that have this form of OCD will have constant bad thoughts, all people have bad thoughts but usually when someone who doesn't have OCD they just chalk it up as being from the devil or just an obscure thought, and then forget about it, but people with this form of OCD (scrupulosity) seem to think that they are responsible for all of them regardless.

The best thing you can do Caty is to not let these thoughts control your spiritual life, they are all from the devil and the devil and your OCD are working together to get you in a doubting, fearful mess.

We are commanded to put every thought captive to the obedience of Christ:

"casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." (2 Corinthians 10:5)

My advise to you Caty would be to tell God that He can have all your thoughts, He already knows your condition and what your going through, but just give it all to Him, when you have one of these thoughts just tell yourself "this isn't from God, I will ignore it" the worst thing you can do is dwell on it, just give it all to Jesus, He loves you and knows better what your going through than you do yourself.
 
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