The Last Western Heretic - Lloyd Geering part2

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

Part 2 - We Create the Concept of God

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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[pppz0r]

Yeah pretty interesting

[19Xfaster]

Excellent.

[roscoebrowne2]

fantastic and most interesting

[TheMarathonomahos]

@BritneyAddicted4EVA What a dork you are.

[TheEgull]

Talks common sense. This man is a realist.

[BritneyAddicted4EVA]

@rawrock24 Jesus is willing to forgive to all who repent and earnestly seek Him. This includes sir Lloyd. :)

[rawrock24]

@BritneyAddicted4EVA You seem proud that he committed a sin that your god wont forgive him for.

[BritneyAddicted4EVA]

Class of spiritual beings? Obviously he refers to demons. God is the LORD. There was only one and always will be one God: the LORD, Jesus Christ!

He committed a blasphemy of the Holy Spirit!

Q_Q

This guy is just sad... even for an atheist.

[BritneyAddicted4EVA]

He basically says that human language makes us human. Soooo... someone made language and then decided to make it human because language doesn't do it on its own nor does non-human create language. Lloyd, sir,.... repent of that atheism of yours.

[BritneyAddicted4EVA]

By 5:15 and on this moron actually said universe was created by a chance. Bloody atheist...

Sorry about harsh words. 

[BritneyAddicted4EVA]

This guy is insane. I'm really scared for his soul. Someone who spent so much time reading the Bible should know God better. God is a loving father. This use of nobody as no-body is really ignorant. This video makes me angry but I'll watch it anyway. At least helps to fight heresy.

Jesus is the only way!

[faith2au]

I was baptised by this man...does his heresy negate the baptism lol

[royalcourtier]

Repetition doesn't make your argument correct, MrBlackhaw.