Nobody Goes to Hell
Minister Labeled a Heretic
One Minister Challenges the Idea of Hell and Loses His Congregation.
Ref. https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3362554&page=1
I do like the aspect of him teaching to learn to love and respect yourself. But to have a minister say there is no hell I think it is time he puts away the alter and goes to stand at the airport. I bet he thinks being gay is not against gods wishes the bible either.
I have to admit that I laughed out loud when I read this, but really it's so serious, it shouldn't be funny at all. What made me laugh, was the fact that this Pastor actually thought that the whole packed out congregation would actually sit back and accept what he was saying without even challenging such notions.
Whether there is a hell or not, as far as I'm concerned isn't the issue here, but rather that he was preaching to a whole congregation that had an unshakable belief that there was a hell, and you can't really expect to just stand up one day and expect everyone to scrap their beliefs that they have built their lives upon, just because one man has decided that's what they should do.
Personally, I feel that people could get their answers from God through prayer, so in theory, they wouldn't just have to accept what the Pastor was saying...or maybe that's just what they did do...
God never promised an ever lasting life in heaven for a good person nor an ever lasting damnation in hell for a bad one. Jesus was the one who promised all those unimaginable things. If you want to know the truth about God's Words, I recommend that you should read the book "The Ten Commandments Are For God's Beloved Children!" which is the most honest and objective book about God and about religion I have ever read. That book has changed my life forever. If you really love God and seriously want to be closer to Him, that book could change your life too!
Edited: Allison on 20th Sep, 2007 - 3:39pm
Did anybody ever stop to think that maybe-just maybe, he was telling the truth? why is it that when a priest stands up in front of his congregation preaching these ridiculously far-fetched stories as truths from a book that has been concretely proven to be nothing more than a "guideline" to how we should live and treat ourselves as well as others, it is belived to be fact, but when the same man stands up in front of the same congregation and says there is no hell people are offended and taken aback by this "apalling" yet thoroughly true statement.
I am not trying to offend anybody here, but remember this-99.9% of all christians believe the world is only 5,000 years old, ok, I can live with that (as false as it is), but when you try telling me that man and the dinosaurs co-existed that's when I walk out of the room in a fury.
Imagine watching the flintstones as if it were a documentary.
I am not religious by any means, nor am I completely against religion. I just think people should stop and take the time to actually use the electrical impulses in their brain known as "cognitive thoughts" and question the things that are around them and being force-fed. besides, wouldn't a priest know better than any of us about such issues as "is there a heaven and hell?"
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why is it that when a priest stands up in front of his congregation preaching these ridiculously far-fetched stories as truths from a book that has been concretely proven to be nothing more than a "guideline" to how we should live and treat ourselves as well as others, it is belived to be fact, but when the same man stands up in front of the same congregation and says there is no hell people are offended and taken aback by this "apalling" yet thoroughly true statement. |
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but when you try telling me that man and the dinosaurs co-existed that's when I walk out of the room in a fury. |
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I just think people should stop and take the time to actually use the electrical impulses in their brain known as "cognitive thoughts" and question the things that are around them and being force-fed. |
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wouldn't a priest know better than any of us about such issues as "is there a heaven and hell? |
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mydyingheart Did anybody ever stop to think that maybe-just maybe, he was telling the truth? why is it that when a priest stands up in front of his congregation preaching these ridiculously far-fetched stories as truths from a book that has been concretely proven to be nothing more than a "guideline" to how we should live and treat ourselves as well as others, it is belived to be fact, but when the same man stands up in front of the same congregation and says there is no hell people are offended and taken aback by this "apalling" yet thoroughly true statement. |