Why “Jesus says so” doesn’t work

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B9eDK6f96ns

 

The Fake News of Christianity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VOsmNA6jts

Did Jesus Go to Hell? (Dan McClellan; Data Over Dogma, Episode 98)

Jesus went to hell! Briefly. He gave the place a look-see after he died, and then left to go be resurrected. Or at least that's the claim that some theologies make.

Where did the idea that Jesus visited hell come from? Is it Biblical? I mean, it would have to be, wouldn't it? People wouldn't just make up something like that long after the Bible had been written just because, right? Right?

And speaking of hell, not every part of the Bible treats that place the same. In our second segment, we'll talk specifically about the book of Revelation and it's treatment of the bad place. Ol' John the revelator had some fascination notions and imagery to share, and his ideas about hell are particularly interesting!
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/62-ER0rGKnA?si=gmsiPuWhFKXuGU35

Pope Francis on "60 Minutes": Key takeaways

The pope noted during the interview via a Spanish translator that the adjective "conservative" in such instances was "one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that." 

He added: "It is a suicidal attitude. Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box."…

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/20/pope-francis-60-minutes-interview-takeaways

Grieving Mom Sues Priest Who Said Her Dead Son Might Not Go To Heaven -- The Friendly Atheist

“He was up there condemning our son, pretty much calling him a sinner. He wondered if he had repented enough to make it to heaven. He said ‘suicide’ upwards of six times.

“There were actually a couple of younger boys who were Maison’s age who left the church sobbing,” Jeff Hullibarger said. The bereaved father at one point walked to the pulpit and whispered to the priest, “Father, please stop,” but their pastor continued with statements denouncing the way their son’s life ended, the couple said.
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/11/17/grieving-mom-sues-priest-who-said-her-dead-son-might-not-go-to-heaven/
Interview:
https://youtu.be/iPyXBga1_Sg

Is 'The Handmaid’s Tale’ Coming True? Insiders Say the CIA Director Is Turning the Agency into a Center of Christian Dogma | Alternet

Many insiders are afraid to speak up.....
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/straight-out-handmaids-tale-insiders-claim-cia-director-pompeo-turning-agency-christian