Comments on: Playing With Fire, Hell Fire http://inamirrordimly.com/2005/12/22/playing-with-fire-hell-fire/ A theology and culture blog with the Bible in one tab and a news feed in the other. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ed http://inamirrordimly.com/2005/12/22/playing-with-fire-hell-fire/#comment-119 Ed Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:22:58 +0000 #comment-119 Thanks for the correction on Pearson's doctrine of hell. <br /> <br /> Even if This American Life got the details wrong, I still think this is a good story to discuss. Thanks for the correction on Pearson’s doctrine of hell.

Even if This American Life got the details wrong, I still think this is a good story to discuss.

]]> By: qqq http://inamirrordimly.com/2005/12/22/playing-with-fire-hell-fire/#comment-118 qqq Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:39:07 +0000 #comment-118 When I checked out Dr. Pearson's site and other Inclusion sites it linked to, I found it stated in several places that they *do* believe that hell exists, just that souls cannot dwell there eternally, they'll eventually be saved. "Will Hell for some people last 10 minutes or 10 million years...we don't know."<br /> <br /> "...Inclusion is not a license to sin. Sin will cost you. Sin is still Sin, still wrong, still a bad idea and not what you want to do. Sin will destroy you, your family, your finances, your health and more. Don't sin. You will regret it."<br /> <br /> "...a Hell filled with souls lost for eternity would have to stand as proof positive that God is not all powerful (he couldn’t save those souls) and that God’s efforts in redemption failed to achieve it’s purpose. It would appear, from the viewpoint of Evangelical Christianity, that for the souls lost forever in Hell, Jesus died in vain."<br /> <br /> So Ira Glass was mis-stating Dr. Pearson's position... I thought it was suspicious that Pearson never said anything about hell not existing himself. So much for the media not having a liberal bias. When I checked out Dr. Pearson’s site and other Inclusion sites it linked to, I found it stated in several places that they *do* believe that hell exists, just that souls cannot dwell there eternally, they’ll eventually be saved. "Will Hell for some people last 10 minutes or 10 million years…we don’t know."

"…Inclusion is not a license to sin. Sin will cost you. Sin is still Sin, still wrong, still a bad idea and not what you want to do. Sin will destroy you, your family, your finances, your health and more. Don’t sin. You will regret it."

"…a Hell filled with souls lost for eternity would have to stand as proof positive that God is not all powerful (he couldn’t save those souls) and that God’s efforts in redemption failed to achieve it’s purpose. It would appear, from the viewpoint of Evangelical Christianity, that for the souls lost forever in Hell, Jesus died in vain."

So Ira Glass was mis-stating Dr. Pearson’s position… I thought it was suspicious that Pearson never said anything about hell not existing himself. So much for the media not having a liberal bias.

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