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To: Buckeye McFrog
"It kind of disturbs me that they would want a building this ostentatious while at the same time preaching humility to the flock."

Schuller was never about the Gospel. He was a protege of Norman Vincent Peale and the Power of Positive Thinking, a cult almost as kooky as Rome. So, it just went from one circus to another.

20 posted on 09/13/2013 9:04:09 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88
Schuller was never about the Gospel. He was a protege of Norman Vincent Peale and the Power of Positive Thinking, a cult almost as kooky as Rome. So, it just went from one circus to another.

Thank you!

22 posted on 09/13/2013 9:06:29 AM PDT by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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To: Dutchboy88

almost verbatim from Douthats book : Bad Religion


33 posted on 09/13/2013 10:07:51 AM PDT by RBStealth
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To: Dutchboy88

“Schuller was never about the Gospel. He was a protege of Norman Vincent Peale and the Power of Positive Thinking, a cult almost as kooky as Rome. So, it just went from one circus to another.”

Agreed! Guy is bonkers.


58 posted on 09/13/2013 4:27:24 PM PDT by jodyel
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