32nd Live Stream with Carlton Pearson - Shift has begun

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"There is no God" or "There is no devil". Which statement/concept could you accept more easily or do you believe one is not possible without the other? Do you perceive them as necessary opposites? If you don't believe in a literal hell after life, do you believe in a literal heaven with streets of gold and walls of jasper? Can one exist without the other and are both created, managed and supervised by your god or his devil? Can you imagine a God without a devil or one whose existence depends on a devil to eternally vex or oppose its essence and moral character, demanding possibly billions of unbelievers to be sentenced to eternal torment in hell with weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth? If so, what redemptive value or virtue do you find in that concept? Can your god be eternally angry, vengeful or vindictive and eternally unable to forgive? Are you willing to rethink the whole idea of an angry, vindictive God, that holds at least 6,000 year old grudges or can you rethink the virtues and values of a bible (book) that portrays and presents divinity in that manner or at least interpret it differently? I'm just sayin! "A truth's initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed...When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker, a raving lunatic." - Dresden James Finally, are you atheist or a theist? If God changes not (an Old Testament statement), is Jesus, whom fundamentalists are taught is God, the same as the previous rendition of the "unchanging" God of the Old testament? (Malachi 3:6) Carlton Pearson After college at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa Oklahoma he served for 15 years on its Board of Regents, and two years as Associate Evangelist of The Oral Roberts Association, (ORA). In 1977, Pearson founded Higher Dimensions Ministries (now New Dimensions ), in Tulsa, which grew to over 5,000. Bishop Pearson was consecrated to the office of Bishop in 1996 thru a College of Bishops headed by Bishop Charles E Blake, presently the Presiding Bishop of the Churches of God In Christ, the denomination he was raised in and through whom he was ordained in 1971. In 1993, Carlton married the former Gina Marie Gauthier who is a professional Life Coach and Yoga teacher. More recently, he has felt a passion to proclaim the "Gospel Of Inclusion" and has written a widely acclaimed book by that name, published by Simon and Schuster. It confronts the Christian church's exclusivism as being inconsistent, in spirit with the teachings of Jesus. Pearson's frank and often controversial take on a number of different subjects has earned him appearances on television programs such as NBC and MSNBC's Dateline, ABC's Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, The Edge with Paula Zahn and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Monique Show on BET, and a number of other television, radio and print media outlets. Bishop Pearson was recognized as one of America's 10 Most Influential Black Ministers by Gospel Today and Belief.net. He has received several honorary doctoral degrees. Bishop Pearson recently served as the Interim Senior Minister at Christ Universal Temple in Chicago. He and Gina now host New Dimensions of Chicago, building a local multi-cultural and radically Inclusive spiritual community that emphasizes expanded consciousness and Self Actualization. His newest book, God Is Not A Christian, Nor A Jew, Muslim, Hindu...God Dwells With Us, In Us, Around Us, As Us was published by Simon and Schuster and released in the spring of 2010. Visit our Youtube Channel for more video! Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/bishoppearson Website: http://www.bishoppearson.com Join Email List: http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=cqgwpvn6&p=oi&m=1011112155650