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Gibberwock
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I am fairly new to the Catholic faith (was confirmed this Easter), and as I often ignorantly believe I know more than I actually do, I end up occasionally misconstruing Catholic doctrine until I am corrected.
My situation is this: I was arguing with an acquaintance of predestination. It was my understanding that the Catholic Church believed that all men were given the opportunity to be saved, and thus predestination in the sense that some men are simply chosen to be saved and others are allowed to be eternally damned was simply not true. I was unfamiliar at the time with the Thomist arguments, and thus I said something along the lines of “The God of predestination would be a liar, because He told us in the Bible that He desired all men to be saved, yet didn’t give all men a chance to respond to His grace.” As well, I asked how God could not be a liar if predestination was true, and might have referred to the concept as heretical. Clearly I was unfamiliar with the Catholic teachings on the subject, and was spouting off on something concerning which I did not have nearly sufficient enough knowledge.
My question is, by saying such things as mentioned in the quote above, did I commit the mortal sin of blasphemy? I did not (and do not) believe for one moment that God is a liar, and the only reason I said those things is because I was confident that God, in fact, gave all men the opportunity to respond to His grace. Had I known more about the doctrine of St. Thomas and others, I don’t think I would have said such foolish things. Have I committed a mortal sin?
My situation is this: I was arguing with an acquaintance of predestination. It was my understanding that the Catholic Church believed that all men were given the opportunity to be saved, and thus predestination in the sense that some men are simply chosen to be saved and others are allowed to be eternally damned was simply not true. I was unfamiliar at the time with the Thomist arguments, and thus I said something along the lines of “The God of predestination would be a liar, because He told us in the Bible that He desired all men to be saved, yet didn’t give all men a chance to respond to His grace.” As well, I asked how God could not be a liar if predestination was true, and might have referred to the concept as heretical. Clearly I was unfamiliar with the Catholic teachings on the subject, and was spouting off on something concerning which I did not have nearly sufficient enough knowledge.
My question is, by saying such things as mentioned in the quote above, did I commit the mortal sin of blasphemy? I did not (and do not) believe for one moment that God is a liar, and the only reason I said those things is because I was confident that God, in fact, gave all men the opportunity to respond to His grace. Had I known more about the doctrine of St. Thomas and others, I don’t think I would have said such foolish things. Have I committed a mortal sin?
