Universal Salvation makes sense out of the Bible and the world as we see it

[Universalist Catholic]

I couldnt help but notice many aspects of Universal Salvation make more sense out of the whole nature of the bible, such as the defeat of Death, restoration of all things, the Love of God, a way to reconcile Judgment with Love coming straight from the Bible.  Not the unbiblical and messed up theory that "WE CHOOSE HELL".  The Parables of the Lost Sheep, the Prodigal son, the missing coin, and the King and the Prisoner.  Many theologians have been trying to figure out what this fire is, with all these silly explainations.  Fire as a torturing agent, destruction, the most painful substance, and being forced into the light.  However these references to Fire and Brimstone are right in the scriptures as a purifyer.  It makes more sense that God had went through thousands of years of a plan, still to this very day and beyond, that he would get exactly what he wanted, and not fail so miserably like the Churches claim. 

The Warnings also make more sense.  All those false prophets, wolves in Sheeps Clothings, itching of Ears, the Antichrist, ect.  The Orthodox Christians claimed it was all symbolic for liberalism, gay rights, non-conformity to systems, persecution of the Church systems, humanism, the Gospel of Wealth, ecunemism, religious tolerance, sexual immorality, I could go on.  However my subconscience was thinking that if Jesus was warning about anything, it was these authoritarian Church systems.  Even though some of these things were sinful, I could not help but notice that what the Church systems were teaching was much worse than any of the mentioned. 

It makes sense that Jesus had warned against false prophets because they had taken his glorious message, and made it into a message of Terror most foul.  And we are still affected by the foul fruits of this terror message.  I honestly think that this message has turned many from Christ and instead people look to Government, and commercialism to fill the needs they have, and these systems end up doing what the Churches did, by brainwashing people into another authoritarian system.  So it seems reasonable that the stuff going on today, like sexual immorality, attacks on Christianity, emptying of Churches, pop-feelgood gospels all seem to be society saying we are sick of you guys trying to control us with your message of terror. 

And it seems many of these weakneses are more based on Carnal Weaknesses.  Basically anything to give you temporary and meaningless pleasure even at the expense of others.  And the Doctrine of Hell describes that quite well.  Fills a spirit of Revenge, justifies hate, gives someone the feeling of self righteousness, is a good way to make yourself powerful, stuff that Ultimate Reconciliation could never accomplish.  I have to say wanting the whole world to be saved is pretty selfless.  Even Annihilation can create a small spirit of Selfishness.  "I dont really like that person, but I hate to see him suffer, but I also dont want to grow to love him, Ill comfort myself with Annihilation". 

Jesus and Church Systems was a struggle for me.  I had always wondered how Jesus was such a person who hated the authoritarian self righteous actions of the Pharisees.  Yet he also starts a new system full of more self righteous Pharisees.  Yet the truth is these pharisaic systems are nothing but unholy inventions of men.  Not Jesus.  We are even warned about them.  With the Church systems, you are forced to accept a set of Dead Dogmas, under a controlled spirituality with "One way fits all" Church systems based on Absolutes.  Yet they claim that they were bearers of the truth, and that would set us free.  Free from eternal Damnation.  I really had difficulty accepting so much Dogma, which felt like a cold Authoritarian Chill of spiritual terrorism. 
The truth does set you free.  Because Universal Salvation allows one to be able to seek and search God not in terror, but in a loving Spirituality.  No longer does one have to be scared in being slave to a certain Denomination. 
You can still keep a loving spirit without compromising righteousness.  On one hand, we had the Saducees, who are only mildly condemned.  But they were too liberal.  I supposed they were humiliated about the spin the Pharisees put on the Bible.  Yet the Pharisees believed sinners were doomed to unending punishment.  And we get a cold spirit without compromising Old Testament Laws.  Dispose the sin, clean the sinner. 
Not another pop Church like all the other Churches coming out every few seconds.  It seems like some Evangelical Denomination is popping up starting their own belief system all based on the Pharisaic or Sadusaic system.  We got on one hand these new "Feel Good" churches popping up preaching on wealth, no true spirit, upbeat and yet pointless messages, and other messages full of sap.  Barf.  Yet we also got the worse Pharisee Systems where one preacher is popping up claiming that they have the absolute truth, with some new messages based on lousy interpretations.  Yet they are all fighting on who is in right, and therefore the true shepherd.  But they are all united in their belief in Eternal punishment. 
With the belief in Ultimate Reconciliation, we have nothing new.  That belief was predominant in non-computer Christian world where one was not able to start their own ministry trying to promote this absolute truth based on their interpretation of the bible, and some special apocalyptic prophecies ending in embarassment.  The Universalists were dominant in Jesus day, and for 500 years about, causing a real peaceful religion.  Yet the belief never died out, even today based on its solid bible evidence.  Every other bible cult comes and goes teaching a message that can not be supported, and dies.  So not just another new cult that popped out as all these random sects had. 

[ded2daworld]

yup :thumbsup: