The Slippery Emergent Slope

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Socialite

Is Bashir the Religious Establishment??

The issue here is he keeps giving interviews, despite not having much to say. Good Morning America, MSNBC, and it's just beginning.

As one blogger put it "It is becoming more evident that he is not prepared to handle the onslaught that will come his way. Whether or not he has something beautiful or heretical to say is one thing; that he is now being made to look like someone who just wants to sell books is something else altogether... this interview from MSNBC. It is ugly. It is the equivalent to a media TKO. I don’t know anything about Martin Bashir, except that he is fierce and he was ready to go after Bell. Bell was not ready."

You don't need to give anyone words to hang you on, but at some point, an answer is helpful. What's the point on raising the subject, but having nothing to contribute to it.

Jesus gave both questions in response to questions, and he also gave answers! Rob Bell was not in the driver's seat here. McLaren, Bell, both authors who have contributed things I've enjoyed, are also king of non-answers when the rubber hits the road. These guys promote inter-faith fellowship, thus, creating/promoting their own gospel, and that is a "Jesus is A Way" Gospel... not "Jesus is the Way."

If Bell doesn't have all the answers, like many of us, then say so. But to continue blabbering on contradictory statements, ignoring the interviewers questions, and banking (literally) on nonanswers, then he should expect criticism, and perhaps maybe he should leave the weighty questions to others.

Can't argue with your assessment of the interview, I don't believe Bell understood the onslaught that this book would raise. Maybe he will regroup??? LOL

Martin may not be the religious establishment, but he was certainly informed by it.