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Escape from Hell and the Almighty White Guy with a Beard is a radical challenge to the theologians who rely on a “divine wrath” and “an almighty presence” as key metaphors for explaining how God and Son go about their business on planet earth.

It is also a challenge to the theologians who have made mincemeat of Jesus’ ministry to the least by turning it into a ministry to the elect. Nothing has robbed the least, or infantilized the elect more, than the threat of hell for every serious sin except that of not treating the least as if they were Jesus.

These are not inconsequential critiques as we enter a cliff-hanging third millennium plagued with religious fundamentalism. Nor could there be a more radical critique of Christian tradition than the subtext of my story: “the incarnation is us”.

Escape is not about guilt. It is about living as Jesus lived and praying as he prayed: “Thy kingdom come on earth.” It is not about guilt. It is about doing the best we can do to bring about the Kingdom on earth with the hand that has been dealt to us. God and Son are not “Guiltmeisters” as has been highly advertised.

 

 

 
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