Heaven and Hell

Death: Sacred, Necessary, Real

Rev. Michael Dowd | Posted 05.30.2012

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Everything we value is possible only because of death. We can no longer afford to remain ignorant of it; the cost is too high. Death is no less sacred than life.

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Hellish Imagery From The Middle Ages

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.29.2012

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While today the word "hell" is often used in situations involving long lines and a lack of caffeine, in the Middle Ages hell was darker, hotter and ha...

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Have We Gotten Heaven All Wrong?

Posted 05.17.2012

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By John Murawski Religion News Service (RNS) The oft-cliched Christian notion of heaven -- a blissful realm of harp-strumming angels -- has remain...

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Occupy Heaven

Rev. G. Jude Geiger | Posted 02.29.2012

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If it doesn't take too much imagination to conceive of a Hell of our own making, then maybe we can imagine a Heaven that's crafted by human hands as well.

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Ready For A 'Stairway To Heaven' Lager?

www.esquire.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: California, Van Halen, Craft Beers, Beer, Stairway-to-Heaven, Lost Abbey, Led Zeppelin, Heaven and Hell, Music, Rock and Roll, Craft Beer, Fifty News

Something to look forward to for fans of both craft beer and rock-'n'-roll anthems: Lost Abbey, a fine California brewery we've touted before, has ann...

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How Kids Deal With Grief And The Afterlife

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Dealing With Grief, God, Cancer, Coping With Grief, Talking to Kids About Death, Who Goes to Hell, Death and Dying, Death & Dying, Heaven and Hell, What Is Hell, Afterlife, Religion News

According to the experts, there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. We also have -- and I respectfully suggest this as a sixth stage -- Hell.

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Many Mansions In Whose House?

Bishop Pierre Whalon | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Stephen Hawking, Virgin Mary, Afterlife, Creation, Hell, Heaven, Death, John 14, Stephen Hawking Heaven, Christian Afterlife, Teachings of Jesus, Christianity, Heaven and Hell, Religion News

What else do we need to trust God for? If he has prepared a place for us for then, what about now? If we are willing to trust about our death, what about our life now?

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Karmic Relief For A Post-Hell World

Philip Goldberg | Posted 07.17.2011

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Anecdotal evidence suggests that karma has become a ubiquitous shorthand for reap-what-you-sow justice. The term crops up increasingly in song lyrics, sitcoms, news and casual conversation.

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Bill O'Reilly And His Particular Interest In Hell

Father Alberto Cutie | Posted 12.16.2011

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His fundamental premise was that if you are not afraid of hell, you are going to do whatever you want. I believe that true and authentic faith should motivate us to love -- never to fear.

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The Good News Is Better Than That: Reflections On Hell, Salvation And The Power Of Love

Rob Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

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If that message and that conviction cause controversy, I'll accept that. Because good news is what we need.

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Critics Heated Up By Bell's Hell

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Cathy Lynn Grossman USA Today (RNS) Talk about hellfire! One of the nation's rock-star-popular young pastors, Rob Bell, 40, has stuck a pitchfork ...

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Should Donald Rumsfeld Go To Hell?

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's tempting to want to believe in hell for Rumsfeld and his ilk, whether we're religious or not. It can be comforting to believe that they will suffer the moral consequences of their behavior.

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Farewell Rob Bell (or, John Piper's Inferno)

Christopher LaTondresse | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Piper, an elder statesman of the neo-reform stream of American Christianity, triggered an online firestorm over the weekend. The controversy is over the content of Rob Bell's next book.

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Does Anything Trump God's Justice?

Rothwell Polk | Posted 05.25.2011

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The establishment of justice is one of the most important Baha'i teachings. Justice in this life and on this Earth is critically important. It is the antidote to bigotry and hatred, disunity and discord.

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Morality Originates in Religion...Not

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Christianity, Morality, Religiosity, Biological Destiny, Destiny, Biology, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawins, Higher Power, Heaven and Hell, God, Heaven, Hell, Healthy Living News

Morality is our biological destiny, not a gift from god.

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