'Hell' as an invention of the church

John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal bishop from Newark, N.J., talks about why Christianity must change its view of hell. Spong is one of the leading spokepersons for liberal Christianity.

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[BlackBlackorBlack]

Lovely, sensible man. My new hero!

[Sam Burns]

"Wait a second...are you saying that a fiery place beneath the Earth or somesuch place doesn't really exist?"

lol, classic.

[Jesse Kaellis]

No hell? Where did they get the blueprint? You mean its even worse?

He says, "I'm not trying to threaten you with hell or anything." I told him, "You can’t.” He laughed. He understood what I meant.

Spong is a stupid man.

[JohanR888]

haha thank you :-)

[qbulb]

University-educated people have tried to show that the Bible could not be accurate after all this time and many of them ended up believing the Bible because of what they discovered. You say it "has most likely been changed" so when you say "most likely" you don't know for sure. Why don't you go where you can talk about something you know something about or learn the truth before speaking? You "should read the bible and does research" so you can figure it out. ....bless you.

[Birgit Barnes]

Amen, I couldn't have said it better myself

[JohanR888]

If all these hateful spiteful egotists who spend all their time in their righteousness attitude are going to heaven. ... can i go to Hell/ Hades?

I just want peace and to get on with people and not argue and hate.

[JohanR888]

Well In Judaism Hell is very different to the Christian interpretation.

Jesus Spoke of hell as Gehenna. (valley of hinnom) those who heard him speak in their local dialect knew exactly what he meant.

Abrahamic religions all have golden rule at their core, That which is hateful to you do it not to your neighbour. But, many people enforce their egos by preferring to be right, rather than compassionate.

[neoguy216]

False prophet talking smooth things.

[dveil69]

You really read a book that has most likely been changed over time? The 2000 years on this planet, if you think it hasn't been warped you honestly have some severe mental problems, also your promoting a book re-written by a tyrant King just for your information. Also, let me add in that I am a Spiritual Satanist, so don't God bless me if you respond. That Christian "God" is a self-indulgent bastard who loves nobody but himself, if one read the bible and does research they can figure it out.

[Marilyn Armstrong]

Pity this isn't the majority opinion.