Sin against the Spirit

"The sin against the Spirit consists in knowing a thing to be good and hating it because it is good."
Simone Weil

Admirers, detractors, and theologians engage in hopeless debate about whether Weil was a Christian or not. As with Emily Dickenson, there is considerable support for both judgments. Neither their writings nor their life stories furnish an indubitable answer. Obviously, their Christian commitment can be challenged. Nonetheless, both provide valid theological insights in spite of all they have written that is contrary to those insights.

Simone Weil presents an interpretation of the sin against the spirit that is closer to Romans 1:20-32, than to the words and intention of Jesus.

No matter what way the sin against the Spirit might be interpreted, this much remains true: I have known those who reject the good because it is good, individuals who deliberately chose to flaunt their "badness." Whatever has produced such individuals probably varies, but they sadly sentence themselves to death.