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David Rosado
No. Hell is spoken of in the bible. Unless that priest doesn't agree that the bible is the final authority of his faith, hell was not invented by the church. It was discussed in the bible frequently. Also, if you don't consider the bible to be the final authority of your Christian faith, why become a Christian? Sorry, I see too many holes in this priest's statement.
First of all...I am an atheist. I admit it and I posted this video because I love the idea of a priest calling out the church for fear mongering.
Secondly we can say with confidence that the church did in fact invent hell, just as it literally invented the bible you all read today.
When Europeans canonized the many books that make up today's bible, most of Europe was illiterate. The fact that any modern, educated person can be "Christian" after we have learned about the corrupt process of the canonization of the Christian bible is insane to me.
A group of corrupt, wealthy, educated, super privileged European men sat around and decided what you would learn from these texts and what you wouldn't. There was no oversight. They could add, omit, or straight up delete forever any information they deemed fit. That is the quick history of the bible.
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