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and this passage is abhorrent to us (as it should be). But understood in its context it was progressive for the day. One step that led to the change that led to our current situation. You probably don't agree and don't care but i hope that helps.

@gtrjunky I am not disputing that there have been christians throughout time who believed in eternal damnation, I am arguing that it was not universally agreed on nor was it seen as heresy until later. Look I came from an extremely conservative Christian background and I am not saying that I am f...

@dlewis1498 sigh. He is not making up a God! he is looking at the same God differently than you do, and honestly he knows scripture better than you do I would be willing to bet. Everything he does is steeped in the word of God.

The problem is the assumption that Rob Bell is not being scriptural, that he is just making things up. That is simply not true. He is not questioning God or scripture or the validity of either. Bell is questioning our understanding of those scriptures. If you read the book all he does is talk ...