(May 1, 2011 at 5:50 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I love Rob Bell. He's the man. A few people are saying the same thing... I heard it first a few years ago... it's an accuracy of translation thing. Traditionalists are scared shitless by anything which challenges their thinking. That's all this is.
Rob Bell responded a couple of weeks ago - the critic hadn't even read the book. Bell isn't a Universalist..... he's straight down the line Christian.
I think I read somewhere that he is indeed not a universalist but in talking about how his beliefs are that God is love he mentions that this seems to be incompatible with the concept of hell. It's funny how a bunch of Christian "celebreties" have come out condemming him and calling him a heretic. They pull out their claws at the mere suggestion of everyone going to heaven.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
