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libodem

(19,288 posts) Sun May 18, 2014, 03:59 PM May 2014

Six Heretics who should be Banned

Mostly I wanted to leave a link to an interesting site:

. http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/church/6-heretics-should-be-banned-evangelicalism

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Six Heretics who should be Banned (Original Post) libodem May 2014 OP

hmmm...banned from what? Leme May 2014 #1

Thought it was an interesting site libodem May 2014 #3

As one who compares evangelicalism to the Taliban and other so called Religious Fundamentalist... gordianot May 2014 #2

I enjoyed this, maybe because I'm all sorts of heretic. hunter May 2014 #4

. hrmjustin May 2014 #5

For a moment I thought you meant people who should be banned from DU! LeftishBrit May 2014 #6

Poked around there a bit. Not bad ... struggle4progress May 2014 #7

Leme

(1,092 posts)

1. hmmm...banned from what?

Reply to libodem (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2014, 04:35 PM

May 2014

I looked, most are dead... some a long time. I guess maybe the article means they / their teachings should be ignored or such.

libodem

(19,288 posts)

3. Thought it was an interesting site

Reply to Leme (Reply #1)

Sun May 18, 2014, 05:01 PM

May 2014

And I'm not sure banned from what other than the Evangelical Movement, itself. So obviously this is mostly rhetoric. I enjoyed reading the ideas they espoused.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)

2. As one who compares evangelicalism to the Taliban and other so called Religious Fundamentalist...

Reply to libodem (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2014, 05:00 PM

May 2014

in my opinion being banned would not be so bad. A few hundred years ago I would have risked being burnt at the stake by more than a few Christian sects even today the murdererous nature of some Evangelical Christians lies below the surface. The Evangelical concept of Diety is not inviting a heaven full of them sounds like hell.

hunter

(38,311 posts)

4. I enjoyed this, maybe because I'm all sorts of heretic.

Reply to libodem (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2014, 05:05 PM

May 2014

Evolution? Check. Trained as an evolutionary/environmental biologist.

Hell is only temporary? Oh no, far worse that that. Bad people have to live with all the good souls they tried to crush forever. Being thrown into a fiery pit would be mercy compared to that.

That all good people are saved? Yes. Good dogs and horses too. Maybe even a few cats. (Don't feel sad for the cats. They tend to be more interested in reincarnation. Preferably as a tiger.)

That the atonement is not about God’s wrath being poured out on Jesus in our place? Yes.

That Scripture is errant? No, it's metaphor and garbled human language, as all human languages are. And sometimes the person holding the pen was and asshole. You want the greater certainty of math and physics? You'd better go study math and physics.