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A friend recommended this book to me about a decade ago. Lent me his copy. I read it extremely fast. It provoked many lines of thought and study that I might have never engaged in had I not actually read this book. Originally, I'd thought I'd read it and debunk it. But, after reading it, I wanted to understand Bell's perspective better than I did. Ended up buying my own copy and rereading it. Pondering its topics and exploring the questions that I came up with from reading it and the books that I later read to further explore those questions. You're summary of the book is very good. And, the question about whether or not Christianity is viewed as more hateful now than it was when "Love Wins" was first published is a good one. Sadly, I would say that it is, in many cases viewed as more hateful. I think this is likely do to the pushback from certain Christians against Left-leaning political and social positions and agendas. Those that oppose those Christians see their form of Christianity as hateful.

I have read many of Dr. Bart Ehrman's popular and scholarly books over the last 30 years. Most of those books I read AFTER I became a 12er Shi'ite Muslim in 1999 at the age of 39. You might call it my mid-life crisis. Dr. Ehrman is worth reading even if one doesn't believe all his positions because he is a good academician. Like Dr. Ehrman, I had a "Born Again" experience in my teens (the 1970s). As time went on, I learned many of the same things about the Bible and Church History that Dr. Ehrman learned. Dr. Ehrman was so disappointed that the Bible was not the inerrant book he thought it was that eventually he became what he calls an "agnostic atheist". I had Roman background before I became a Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian at age 17. Dr. Ehrman, as I remember, was raised in a family that was not very religious. So, when he reached his conclusions about the Bible, he lost his faith in God altogether, which is not a happy process. When Fundamentalist Evangelical Christianity didn't work for me anymore, I went back to the Roman Catholic Church. It was wonderful to come back. The problem is that I could no longer believe several Christian doctrines. However, I still had faith in one God, albeit not a Trinitarian one. Islam was a better fit for me than Judaism. Reading about the Succession Crisis after the passing of Muhammad, I became a 12er Shi'ite Muslim. Many who end up becoming a Muslim may become Sunni. Some become Wahabis (Fundamentalist). A few become Quran alone, which is not a cohesive group at all. I liked you concise review of Dr. Ehrman's book and liked your video and subscribed to your channel. Peace.

When reading Erhmann, PLEASE REMEMBER that he is engaging in wild speculation. The Holy Trinity is first seen in Genesis. The first Verse of Saint John' Gosple points to this. The Word, spoken at Creation, made flesh to dwell amongst us. Anyone walking next to Jesus, seeing him reorder matter and raise the dead, would KNOW this is something only GOD does. It's complicated and it isn't really something we can COMPLETELY understand. Early Christianity knew this. ALSO there were not "early Christianities" there was always ONE Church, and later, people split from it. And they are STILL splitting from it today. Erhmann is a Desciple of Von Harnak, who near the end, didn't believe. Erhmann is spreading B U L L S H I T. DON'T STEP IN IT.

Excellent video. It includes even some details that I have not seen in Ehrman's online discussions.

Good summary.

Why does that only have 89 subs? This is an immense undertaking ! Thank you for the time you invest, I would love to see your channel grow more.

It's better if when people find flaws in their text they try and see if there is another religion that might be correct instead of continuing in falsehood. Most of humanity had a decent excuse, but we have the internet now

Thank you! Wonderful summary of Ehrman's points.

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Hey Mr. Endris, it Ciara a student you used to teach at GrandLake and I found your channel and it really interesting your doing really good keep it up and keep spreading the word that's what the world needs.😁

6:17 - I do believe that some current applications of Christianity - as other religions - have many hateful aspects to them: restrictions, retributions, revenge, adomination. For example , look at the Westboro Baptist Church which goes to funerals of gay people celebrating those deaths and chanting hateful commentaries. I do think trying to migrate a religion to reflect only love or compassion is the right way. I do love the constant mentioning of a 3 minute review and all the while the clock pops up at 4 minutes 💪🏻🙌 Good Video - enjoyed it.

Short, concise, and easy to understand, this will defiantly be my next read, Thank You!

Great Summary. Looking forward to the longer version. Glad to see you've started posting again!

“Whether you read that as a literal fall or not?”…? There’s no such thing as a Christian who believes Adam didn’t “fall short of the glory of God” in the garden.

Change Your Story, Change Your Life. Using Shamanic and Jungian Tools To Achieve Personal Transformation. Carl Greer, Phd, Psy D He invites us to be a storyteller in our own narrative. It synthesises analytical psychology and ancient shamanic practices as a way to dialogue with our multiple worlds within and to go beyond our personal life stories to the source and rework our story. -Ashok Bedi M.D Psychiatrist and Jungian Analyst I've been exploring this as a way to understand my own life and perceived truths to shift and find a deeper connection to purpose and to heal wounds of the soul.

'Christ' is half Greek sophistry and half Messianic myth.

Thank You for the Book❤

From The Stability of just Being Pure I AM…….., Deliberately taking on the Limitation of Being(I AM)➡️This or That doesn’t affect your Peace on a fundamental level. Then you can go out and enjoy fulfilling your own potential and actualize & manifest our inner genius to the highest degree. A Balance of Self Realization + self Actualization

I find that By Shedding all the Mental concepts of who we think we are by Self inquiry(From Ramana Maharishi’s Who Am I?) and Recognizing our non-conceptual essential Self prior to the qualifications and limitations of Objective Experience, then when we do take up a new self concept to create new circumstances in our Life Experience there’s an unshakable foundation of that Pure Awareness of Being, which is Unconditioned & Unchanging even in the midst of Changing Conditioned States of Experience❤One Love😊

Much appreciated.

I must hunt this book down. A very good breakdown.

Vince, this is an absolutely excellent analysis of Dr. Cone’s work. What a behemoth in the world of theology; Cone was totally right and he hit the nail on the head every time. Love it, God bless.

Thank you!!

"Jesus was the human manifestation of Christ." Okay, but in John when Jesus says I am in the Father and the Father is in me where do we find Christ? It seems to me that John uses the Spirit language intentionally,, doesn't he?

"In the beginning was the word or the christ or the logos and the word was with god." I don't mind calling that the Christ, but why? In the beginning was Sophia, wisdom, too. And in creation "the Spirit was hovering over the formless void." It feels too tied up to me. I think I'd rather have the ends to be a little looser.

How is the "living Christ" distinguished from the Holy Spirit? It seems to me that much of the Universal Christ could and has already been identified with the Spirit? Take Christ in Jesus for example. How is that to be distinguished from the Spirit in Jesus?

Revelation is a difficult book. I'm not sure if I buy this, though. . .

Thank you for this. Love Rohr!

Very interesting... Thank you for this video! Hope to see more of them.

Great Video! Thanks!

Hey found your channel 10/10