Nightline: Bishop Tom Wright (Life after "Life-after-death")
BackDeparting from traditional Christianity, North England based Bishop Tom Wright explains that heaven is important but it's not our final destination, saying "If you want to say that when someone dies they go to heaven, fine. But that's only a temporary holding pattern that is life after death. And what I'm much more interested in, or the New Testament is much more interested in, is what I've called life after life after death."
From the clip from Nightline:
"Believers and unbelievers have strong views about what happens when you die. For centuries, Christians have believed that their destiny after death is heaven: a spiritual place where they -- along with a myriad of angels, -- sing praises to God for eternity. But is it possible that Christians may have gotten that part of their faith badly wrong?"
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AnHonestChristian (December 31, 2008 at 12:05 pm)
Bishop Wright is NOT teaching a non-traditional interpretation of Christian doctrine. In the Old Testament, the new heaven and earth are foretold, as they are in the New Testament, as all Christians hold today. I must question the knowledge and the competence of Nightline...
polkadotbox2 (December 9, 2008 at 11:01 pm)
Atheists don't need escapism from reality. Life is beautiful, and it ends in death. Atheists gladly accept their mortality; believers desperately search for another way, but can't turn any of the wonderful stories into facts.
God never said anything, nor will He. God was invented by people whose motives are self-service. All humans who were ever born have died or will die. There has never been even one exception. Accept this most basic fact of life, or enjoy your chosen form of escapism.
God never said anything, nor will He. God was invented by people whose motives are self-service. All humans who were ever born have died or will die. There has never been even one exception. Accept this most basic fact of life, or enjoy your chosen form of escapism.
JNdigital (December 14, 2008 at 3:27 am)
Atheists mostly probably prefer no 'life after death' and discount anything that suggests there is some kind of consciousness that is beyond temporal
polkadotbox2 (December 14, 2008 at 11:42 am)
It's not about "prefering" anything, it's about not believing silly fairy tales.
Atheist in comparison to believers are living much better lives of good deeds, without expectation of rewards, and free of fear to be punished. People of faith are motivated by rewards and punishment, just like small children who want to get presents and don't want to be spanked. Easy concept, but not sincere. I do good deeds because it's the right thing, and it makes me happy. I need no ghost stories to be good.
Atheist in comparison to believers are living much better lives of good deeds, without expectation of rewards, and free of fear to be punished. People of faith are motivated by rewards and punishment, just like small children who want to get presents and don't want to be spanked. Easy concept, but not sincere. I do good deeds because it's the right thing, and it makes me happy. I need no ghost stories to be good.
shadow3772 (January 3, 2009 at 7:50 pm)
If there is no God, then the statement that "life is beautiful" is merely a (easily contradicted) statement of faith. If there is no God, then life, for many people, is a horrid affair filled with meaningless disease and disaster, followed by a painful death. Gimme a break man: if there is no God, life is anything but beautiful. But if there is a God, then perhaps pain, death, tragedy, and dismay all have a point, a reason for existence. God's existence of the only hope we have of saying...
shadow3772 (January 3, 2009 at 7:51 pm)
"life is beautiful" reasonably.
tgatwood (December 6, 2008 at 10:16 am)
The Doctrine of Predestination makes God out to be a rapist.
God, being all-knowing, would have to know the final destiny of each and every person, but it's not by His design that any perish.
As for Bishop Wright, I'm happy to see someone who exercises good exegesis, as opposed to the eisegesis so commonly practiced by mainstream Christianity.
God, being all-knowing, would have to know the final destiny of each and every person, but it's not by His design that any perish.
As for Bishop Wright, I'm happy to see someone who exercises good exegesis, as opposed to the eisegesis so commonly practiced by mainstream Christianity.
tool2scream05 (December 5, 2008 at 11:30 pm)
actually Bishop Wright would not be for a rapture. Reason being, he doesn't believe in a tribulation. That's probably where he was going after "no." The tribulation, according to Wright (and the Bible)is something LONG past... it was the period between 65-70AD during the Roman destruction of Jerusalem. Wright would even go as far as to say that Jesus wasn't literally prophesying a tribulation at all.
StJamesCourt (December 4, 2008 at 12:18 am)
MR FRANKETTE, only a few Christians believe such a monstrous doctrine. They're called Calvinists
I'm perfectly content with my ONE life, it brings me plenty of happiness. Religious zealots demand MORE, they must live forever in heavenly bliss.
Sorry, but I prefer the reality of this life to your fantasy alternative. I'm 100% happy. Are you?