prominent Methodist catechism, "A Catechism on the Christian Religion: The Doctrines of Christianity with Special Emphasis on Wesleyan Concepts" states: This Wesleyan–Arminian interpretation of the unforgivable sin includes the deliberate labeling of good as evil, as rejecting the conviction of the Holy Spirit, of publicly attributing the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan, and attributing the work of Jesus to Satan. The United Methodist Church, a Methodist connexion, thus teaches: Latter-day Saints Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also nicknamed Mormons, have a similar understanding of eternal sin. Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said in the King Follett discourse: Church apostle and later President of the Church, Spencer W. Kimball, stated that "the sin against the Holy Ghost requires such knowledge that it is manifestly impossible for the rank and file [of the church] to commit such a sin". Southern Baptism According to Billy Graham continuing to reject Jesus is the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In Judaism A very similar, although not identical, parallel to Matthew 12:31–32 can be found in the Avot of Rabbi Natan: However, Talmudic sources in several places qualify the above and similar statements and explain it to mean only that repentance is made more difficult because of the severity of such a sin. The Talmud's golden rule is that the gates of repentance are never, ever closed and, to quote Maimonides, '...even if one is a heretic his whole life and repents on his dying day, his penitence is accepted.' In Islam In the Quran, shirk is an unpardonable sin: God does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives anything less than that to whomever He wills. Whoever associates anything with God has devised a monstrous sin... God will not forgive that partners be associated with Him; but will forgive anything less than that, to whomever He wills. Anyone who ascribes partners to God has strayed into far error. (Quran 4:48, 116) One who persists in shirk without repenting at death is doomed to eternal damnation in Jahannam. Shirk includes polytheism, such as believing Jesus is God or taking rabbis as one's lords in derogation to God.() See also Anantarika-karma Lincoln's House Divided Speech references the episode in Matthew Chapter 12 and Mark Chapter 3. Seven deadly sins Catholic hamartiology References External links CCEF Counseling article What is the Unforgivable Sin? by Jeremy