The Last Western Heretic - Lloyd Geering part1

A documentary about the New Zealand theologian Lloyd George Geering. Broadcast on TVNZ 12 Jan 2008.

Part 1 - Introduction

Watch the whole thing here:
http://nz.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BA1273B1BAB3B174

Geering is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University, Wellington. He holds a D.D. from the University of Otago, a Masters Degree in Mathematics and was a minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and turned to theological teaching in 1956. He was tried and found not guilty of heresy in 1967 by the PCANZ. Geering is a controversial commentator on theological issues and considers Christian and Muslim fundamentalism to be a social evil.

In 1967 Professor Geering gained a high profile when the Presbyterian Church charged him with heresy for his radical beliefs. During his "trial" he claimed that the remains of Jesus lay somewhere in Palestine, and that the resurrection had been wrongfully interpreted by churches as a resuscitation of the body of Jesus. He also rejects the notion that God is a supernatural being who created and continues to look over the world.

He is a member of the Jesus Seminar and a participant in the program Living the Questions, an alternative to the Evangelical Alpha course; he is also a member of the Sea of Faith Network.

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[matije7]

Show me the Scripture brother. Either you can teach me or you can learn from me.

[pppz0r]

Scripture might be your god, but it's not mine.

[matije7]

The bottom line is that any unorthodox teaching is a heresy. The orthodoxy has to be based on the Scripture only. Roman Catholic Church before second Vatican Council have branded different christian movement as heretical but Catholic church is in itself one of the most heretical churches according to the Bible.

In Christ

[pppz0r]

Thanks for your fundamentalist perspective. You're exclusivistic understanding of Christianity is one of the most heretical I've encountered.

[matije7]

Heresy

Greek noun hairesis, adj. haireticos

Acts 24:14, 1 Corinthians 11:19, Galatians 5:2, 2 Peter 2:1, Titus 3:10, Acts 24:5,

There other examples of this word in more neutral way, like "sect of Pharisees".

[pppz0r]

That doesn't have quite the same meaning as the way the tradition defines it, which is how Geering employs it....

[rivertonmuso]

Just light years ahead of the rest.. Wake up people this guy knows all about the facts

[lazyperfectionist1]

Heretics are those not backed with a sufficient array of battalions to render them orthodox.

[TheMarathonomahos]

Geering never said there was no God. He claimed God is not what we commonly portray him to be, a supernatural being that sits above us.

[quantumphysics3]

Heratic Heratic

[Ghastlyfartest]

im related to the woman it's kinda scary!

[stevenpeterse]

i met this man, I found him to be haughty and extremely arrogant. He negates and hates the christian religion and is more a buddist in his intellectual masturbation.

[sweetsweatyfeet]

I wear the term "heretic" as a badge of honour because heresy means free and independent thought.

[bchungdmd]

@pppz0r Not mine either.

[castronic123]

religion is an intangeble emotional solice for those who require it.the only thing divinitive about our world is life itself

[KincumberBoy]

He is an academic no doubt. A heretic is someone who steps outside Christian doctrine- the Scriptures . We all have some heretic values. Once it was deemed worthy of execution. I'm glad we don't do that any longer.

In spite of his academia he is foolish if he thinks he can edit the scriptures to his own taste. 2 Tim 3:16-17 If Christ didn't rise again, the human race is lost.