tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post4847754184170574820..comments2023-10-18T10:45:42.837-05:00Comments on Enter the KaGe.: Why Do Fundamentalists Hate Rob Bell?KaGehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17076180401466655138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post-74059479450537665972010-01-21T01:53:28.124-06:002010-01-21T01:53:28.124-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post-35703220321226641722010-01-18T13:55:14.735-06:002010-01-18T13:55:14.735-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post-83530770775218116202009-12-07T18:18:24.190-06:002009-12-07T18:18:24.190-06:00I love e-cookies, hopefully this comment will get ...I love e-cookies, hopefully this comment will get me some e-milk to rinse it down.<br /><br />I guess what I have found on the internet is that we get most of our information about various positions from people who are against that position.<br /><br />The progressive gets painted as biblically illiterate, the fundamentalist gets labeled a pharisee, the Calvinist gets accused of making God the author of sin, and the Arminian gets accused of 'works righteousness'.<br /><br />We all have a tendency to build a strawman of the opposition and joyfully tear it to shreds.<br /><br />I do agree there is some dead fundamentalism out there. Just as there are some progressives who have allowed the 'conversation' to become and idol that has replaced God.<br /><br />I think it is sad when we are known more by what we are against than by what we are for. (Which I think you did a good job of pointing out with regard to the Bell critics.) I will say that many of Bell's critics that I do read are actually thought full lovers of God do mighty things for the kingdom... others, well they just want to be against something.<br /><br />I'll chat at you later, I have some Bob the Builder to go watch with my son. (I do think that Muck, Lofty, and Dizzy are all heretics by the way.)Jay Miklovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414242753908645401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post-40737690997325259132009-12-07T15:41:43.082-06:002009-12-07T15:41:43.082-06:00E-cookies to Jay for calling me out. You're r...E-cookies to Jay for calling me out. You're right Jay. I apologize for the stereotyping. I shouldn't have. I hate it when I get stereotyped, and I hope I didn't push that on someone else. <br /><br />The first paragraph was supposed to be tempered with a sense of humor, but alas sarcasm is difficult to get across in writing. The 'Fundamentalist' I was thinking of was a person that is on the extreme end of the spectrum...more of a cartoon than a real person. And as such I don't think that someone like this would even read my blog because of various past posts...hence the irony and humor.<br /><br />But you're right (and there's no sarcasm in these words)...I am wrong from time to time (probably more than I know). I don't claim to be the final say on anything...that's not my job.KaGehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076180401466655138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post-54401808709265213262009-12-07T12:14:15.375-06:002009-12-07T12:14:15.375-06:00I read your blog and typically like it and think y...I read your blog and typically like it and think you do good work. I am not a big Rob Bell fan, I am not against him either, I do think he is way overrated, but all in all I am indifferent to him.<br /><br />The disappointing part of your post to me was the first paragraph. You assume your title alienates 'fundamentalists' (which btw I would love to hear your def. of a fundamentalist) and then proceed to make sure that if the title didn't alienate, then the first paragraph would.<br /><br />Is calling someone a 'walking contradiction' or calling someone hateful any less offensive than dropping the 'h-bomb'?<br /><br />(PS, I did not take notes, or wait to find a perfect time to spew comments.)<br /><br />Seriously you do good work here, and don't be discouraged by this comment for your blog as a whole, however the first paragraph of this particular posting truly does negate the rest of the post.Jay Miklovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414242753908645401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6607275832625421797.post-56456694008218096632009-11-24T14:22:27.440-06:002009-11-24T14:22:27.440-06:00I have heard some people again Rob Bell, and other...I have heard some people again Rob Bell, and others that like to explain the Gospel without using all the Christianese. <br /><br />Thank you for the "example," it's perfect for showing the people don't sit and figure out what Rob Bell means. I thought it made total sense. <br /><br />Honestly, when you strip away the Christianese "Christians" have a hard time knowing what they believe. Sad, but true. Because it doesn't "sound right" to them. Hell is full of forgiven people. Jesus died for the world, and everyone in it. If they choose to not take part in that forgiveness (and thus live in God's story), then they choose their own path... <br /><br />Hardly heretical.<br /><br />I am sure there are more "issues" with him. But let's not judge on the subject unless you have read their material first hand.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998449925480014851noreply@blogger.com