Church Bells

I am definatly one of the millions of people that was tricked by cruelest communication malfunction. This is a created hell.
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Here's the Ira GlassThis American Life episode (1hr) about Rev. Carlton Pearson's theological shift, specifically that he eliminated the idea of Hell from his theology; the idea that if you don't get saved, you suffer and toil in Hell for the rest of eternity. Pearson's conclusion: it's not that God invented Hell, sent Satan there, and then abandons us; rather, that God creates us, loves us, and then we who do not take the Word to heart, we create hell for each other here on earth.. Hell is man-made.

What's the point of salvation, then, there's no Hell, where do people go when they don't accept Jesus? Irrelevant, says Pearson, Jesus died for all of mankind, even the ones the Evangelicals didn't approve of. The Evangelicals cried "universalism!" and of course, Rev. Pearson was drummed out of the charismatic movement.

I really believe that some people are comforted by the suffering of others. In order to set themselves apart from the riff raff, there must necessarily be riff raff.

You shall know the truth, Reverend, and the truth will set you free.

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Finally, check out the Ira Glass' postscript (starting at 54:45) regarding all the ways the Bush Administration hyped the country into going to war in Iraq by distorting pre-war intelligence, a claim that Cheney has fiercly denied.

The hell in Iraq? Sure, it stars al Zarkawi and the insurgents and was assembled in Iraq, but make no mistake; it's Made in the USA. At this point, we can only hope that the Iraqis figure out peace and democracy sooner rather than later. At this point, we can't take it back.