71st Live Video Stream with Carlton Pearson - God's Earth Project

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Is God's earth project, including we clumsy and sinful human beings, all one big failure? "The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled." Genesis 6:7....More on the Movie Noah: Not only the Noah movie, but the Noah story as recorded in the Bible, is one of the saddest, most violent and senseless scenarios in biblical story telling and folklore. Its entire basis is not dissimilar to that of most fundamentalist religions in the world throughout history: feeble and sinful humankind trying to appease a frighteningly angry God or please a difficult one, in order to avoid or escape its violent and vicious wrath. It appears that the subtle and essential nature of the biblical God, especially in the Old Testament where this story takes place, is vicious anger with repeated temper tantrums ending in the death or killing of billions who would then be admitted to an eternal customized torture chamber called hell that indirectly seems to be cherished, devoted to and even worshipped by a billion Christians. I'm not angry, just eager, eager to inspire millions to reconsider what they believe and why they believe it and how those beliefs (right or wrong) add or subtract from the quality of their lives, life experiences and life expressions. My message is not as much about curing as caring for humanity. I'm not sure what a cure for humanity would look like, but care seems both practical and possible. 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