Exec. Editor of TIME: If Rob Bell Were Liberal, This Would Be No Biggie

[nureallycool]

I don't know....maybe I wanna go to church on Easter because I believe in the significance of Jesus and God! Look, I don't think of hell when I think of God or when I pray (which is rarely)! All I think about is God's love for me and what he has given me in life! Contessa, if you're going to start making stupid allegations on why people go to mass on Easter, try looking at the devil in the mirror once in a while. It wouldn't hurt ;)

[jimmietfreeway]

The Kingdom of God is within you...

Hell is an illusory state of mind.. that thinks it's separate from God..

but nothing can separate us from God..

we all may go through "hell" and 'suffering" because of our actions.. but it's not an eternal punishment for failing to subscribe to some dogmatic view... the Spirit of the Law gives life.. the letter of the law kills... is God fear or love? in my book, God is love.. perfect love that casts out all fear.. cause fear is based in punishment.

[truthdonthurt]

@jimmietfreeway God is love...and just. Perfect love for imperfect people can't exist without justice.

[jimmietfreeway]

@truthdonthurt The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.  "you will count my steps, but not keep track of my sin. My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin."

[truthdonthurt]

@jimmietfreeway Romans 1:18,21,25 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!

[truthdonthurt]

@jimmietfreeway

Romans 1:32; 2:2,5 - Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things. But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!

[truthdonthurt]

@jimmietfreeway

Quoting verses is fun, isn't it? The problem with what you posted is you're not taking into account the fact that people have to REPENT.

[hellsunicorn]

In conclusion, as an Old Catholic Ultrajectine who holds scripture in equal prominence with that of most Protestants, I can firmly assert that Bell is no Protestant and definitely no Evangelical. The minute you've divorced yourself from God's revelation (scripture), you divorce yourself from his church.

[RangerMcFriendlie]

@hellsunicorn

Indeed.

[hellsunicorn]

Specifically on the conduct of these MSNBC kooks, there have been people within the Anabaptist community pushing this "there is no hell, don't believe what the bible tells you" bastardized version of Christianity for centuries. This is nothing new, and the only thing that makes Bell appealing to these media magi is that he is a useful idiot that is pulling uneducated people away from biblical Christianity.

[hellsunicorn]

Anyone who follows Rob Bell's Antichrist cult should consider the following two verses from Psalm 73.

"Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches." (Psalm 73:12)

"Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction." (Psalm 73:18)

Time Magazine has been pimping heretics like Bell for decades, and sooner or later it will catch up with them.

[welovesarahpalin]

I'm not particularly religious anymore but it sure takes a lot of gall from MSNBC to put on two Leftist de factor atheists to discuss Christian religious beliefs with such certainty. What's next, these two twits are going to discuss the Theory of Relativity with the same certainty?!

[kmg501]

I'm a non believer but if I had to describe Hell, it would be having to deal with metro progressive Cultural Marxists (AKA liberals). That's Hell.

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