tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832933828316160024.post8364065996800912731..comments2023-09-19T09:45:06.812-04:00Comments on His Feet on the Street: Calling People to Repent and Believe the True GospelDawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06667201139980869656noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832933828316160024.post-74333052532336081872010-01-27T12:51:37.637-05:002010-01-27T12:51:37.637-05:00This is the second time I have allowed you to post...This is the second time I have allowed you to post your heretical ramblings on this blog and promote your heretical book.<br /><br />It will be the last.<br /><br />You may post all you like on my other blog, www.dawgonthelawn.blogspot.com.<br /><br />Dawg-On-The-Lawn is dedicated to let everyone speak their mind and post (both within reason of course) on any topic they wish.<br /><br />This blog does not serve that pupose.<br /><br />The intention of this blog is to help/educate/strengthen fellow evangelists who proclaim the true gospel of Jesus Christ; not a perverted watered-down feel good non-biblical Jesus.Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667201139980869656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832933828316160024.post-66543007353359372832010-01-25T15:59:21.787-05:002010-01-25T15:59:21.787-05:00The word "gospel" is supposed to mean, &...The word "gospel" is supposed to mean, "good news," but that's hardly the case if, as this post claims, God's intention from the beginning of creation was to wrap it all up by torturing billions of people for all eternity!<br /><br />And it's not even good news for the few who think they will be among the few who escape!<br /><br />I've actually written an entire book on this topic--"Hell? No! Why You Can Be Certain There's No Such Place As Hell," (for anyone interested, you can get a free ecopy of my book at my website: www.thereisnohell.com), but if I may, I'd like to share with you one of the many points I make in it to explain why.<br /><br />Let's say you end up in Heaven trying to sing endless praises to a God who is, simultaneously, torturing billions of others. Unless you are given a de facto lobotomy (in which case, YOU would no longer be YOU, so you might as well have not had a soul to begin with), you would have to begin wondering, "When am I next?" and the joy of Heaven would be lost, replaced by gloom and foreboding! Why? Because you could never rely on a God who is so mean to be honest about making any exceptions.<br /><br />After all, which is more difficult? For God to actively cause so much immense pain, for so many, for so long, or to go back on whatever promises he made to a few others that he would not put them in Hell too at some point?<br /><br />It would be like accepting an invitation to live as a guest with one of these maniacal men we've been hearing about lately who kidnap, imprison, rape and torture young girls in secret basements. Can you imagine such a guy, simultaneously, having some other young lady as his dinner date, and treating her with respect and care? And even if he did for a while, wouldn't his true nature unleash itself upon her at some point in time, as it has on so many others? Of course!<br /><br />So what is the REAL GOOD news? Jesus' original message explained that God loves ALL, and has not intention of ever hurting anyone. In other words, Jesus did not believe in Hell, nor could he have!<br /><br />If one is willing to look, there's substantial evidence contained in the gospels to show that Jesus opposed the idea of Hell. For example, in Luke 9:51-56, is a story about his great disappointment with his disciples when they actually suggested imploring God to rain FIRE on a village just because they had rejected him. His response: "You don't know what spirit is inspiring this kind of talk!" Presumably, it was NOT the Holy Spirit. He went on, trying to explain how he had come to save, heal and relieve suffering, not be the CAUSE of it.<br /><br />So it only stands to reason that this same Jesus, who was appalled at the very idea of burning a few people, for a few horrific minutes until they were dead, could never, ever burn BILLIONS of people for an ETERNITY!<br /><br />True, there are a few statements that made their way into the copies of copies of copies of the gospel texts which place “Hell” on Jesus’ lips, but these adulterations came along many decades after his death, most likely due to the Church filling up with Greeks who imported their belief in Hades with them when they converted.<br /><br />Bear in mind that the historical Protestant doctrine of the inspiration of the Scriptures applies only to the original autographs, not the copies. But sadly, the interpolations that made their way into those copies have provided a convenient excuse for a lot of people to get around following Jesus’ real message.Rick Lannoyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15771612313060169125noreply@blogger.com