Retired Bishop Explains Why the Church Invented Hell

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<p>‘Religio s te to i ve t i eas a co cepts j st like every other creative h ma e terprise, a they have leashe some remarkably ba i eas o to h ma ity. Most of these are ce tere aro the otio of telli g people what to o a how to live their lives, with the aim of co vi ci g people that co formity to ch rch g i eli es will bri g some i ta gible rewar i the afterlife.</p>
<p>O e example of ma y is the Christia belief that the o e a o ly way ot to eter ally b r i Hell is to accept Jes s Christ as the savior, as if o other eity or religio s experie ce is vali to the h ma experie ce.</p>
<p>The co cept of heave a hell has bee so i grai e i to the h ma psyche that ma y people ca ot see beyo this limiti g para igm to a y other possibility. Retire Episcopal bishop Joh Shelby Spo g, however, oes ’t seem to believe i the myth of Hell, a ri g a atio ally televise i terview he share his opi io s o why he thi ks co vi ci g the flock to believe i the co cept of ‘Hell’ is absol tely critical to the Ch rch’s s rvival.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.waki gtimes.com/2016/05/12/retire -bishop-reveals-why-the-ch rch-i ve te -hell/" target="_bla k">Rea more: Retire Bishop Explai s Why the Ch rch I ve te Hell</a></p>