67th Live Stream with Carlton Pearson - Angry God

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Does your bible support the belief in and worship of an angry, frightened and frightening, paranoid, judgmental and all but terrorist God who hates sin and sinners so much, that he plans to torture them as long as "he" exists which is forever? Does the so-called crime deserve the time? Dale Carnegie said: "Any idea that is held in the mind, that is emphasized, that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient and appropriate form available" The word translated "hell" as we've been taught it, appears nowhere in scripture as originally spoken or written. The only word Jesus used was the Hebrew word "Gehenna", which means Valley, gully or gorge of Hinnom and is mistranslated hell in the 16th century KJV. I realize hell is precious and important to many sincere fundamentalists out there, but the concept itself has proven most destructive on and to the planet for millennia. We all need to know and study the original languages of the bible, first Hebrew, where the word hell doesn't exist, (Sheol just means death or the grave) and Greek where "Hades" appears a few times and represents the mythological Greek god of the underworld, something Christians claim they don't espouse. Additionally those interested or addicted to the bible as the infallible, inerrant "Word of God" must learn to go beyond just "reading" it to thoroughly studying it, which will reveal things you never imagined about the good new you call gospel, which most so-called believers have not been fully taught. I don't mean to sound arrogant or over-confident, just that after 45 years of specific study, I can no longer deny what is true and untrue about the Judeo/Christian bible. Remember, Jesus did NOT preach the gospel that fundamentalists preach. He didn't preach Jesus, the blood, the cross or religious dogma. Fundamentalists tend to preach Jesus, not what Jesus preached. I realize it's hard to let old traditional or traded down habits and headsets go, but the time has come to do so. You really can grow in grace and knowledge, but you must be willing to let some of your unstudied and stagnated beliefs go, particularly your romance with the obscene and vulgar concept of eternal damnation, something completely bereft of the moral character of a loving God....in any religion. As a human race, we can all be free, but freedom is not for cowards or those afraid of a perceived angry God or "his" followers." 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

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