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“…the reality of hell, as it is commonly understood, would cause people to lose their mind.…so they (end up) hating God.”
“…an infinite amount of punishment for a finite amount of sin seems to question God’s loving nature.” “That creates a rational problem….that raises questions about the goodness of God.”
“If you want me to have a sense that you (Jesus) and God can be trusted and ultimately care for me,”
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Especially the last one: me, me, me, me, me, me.
Also, the whole concept that Christ’s warnings of judgment have already come to pass I simply can’t comprehend. That the ‘judgment’ was the destruction of the temple (and so it’s all done now) is just goofy – I just don’t follow. It is such an earth-based, now/me theology, it makes the afterlife an afterthought instead of the meaning of life.
And the idea that what was said/written in the Bible was not intended to carry the meaning and gravity that we now give it guts scripture in its entirety. That is, Paul was writing correspondance like we write emails to Rome, Corinth, etc. etc. and would die laughing if he saw us using these letters as scripture. I just don't get it.
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McLaren is gaining remarkable influence and recognition, even in historically confessional circles, e.g., Calvin College invited him last year to lecture at their "Worship Symposium".
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This is distressing. If they could, they would probably invite Anton LaVey to "enrich the dialogue."
