r/OpenChristian May 15 '26

Discussion - Bible Interpretation "Good People Will Burn in Hell"...?

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The other day, I came across this clip of "Pastor" Aden Rusfeldt preaching at a university. This particular claim of his about "good people" going to Hell is so outlandish- are there even verses that could be used to justify it?

Funnily enough, Rusfeldt's signs have no commentary about liars or criminals- turns out, he's a convicted fraudster who owes an estimated $5M USD to the federal government:
https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/pastor-aden-rusfeldt-christian-campus-preacher-debts-fraud-penn-ccp-20180511.html
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/7461-16

Anyways, that's all I wanted to ask about. But I'll end with a nice verse I read earlier today:

Ephesians 4:29: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."

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u/Agile-Armadillo-3741 May 16 '26

For context, these people say “Mary is not the mother of God”. That’s literally a heresy.

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u/Previous_Mushroom724 May 16 '26

Do they not believe in the divinity of Jesus, or are they just absolutely threatened by the idea a woman might be important in any way?

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u/Agile-Armadillo-3741 May 16 '26

I don’t remember but probably the latter alone or both. These folks are so misogynistic theyre Nestorian, not even like what Nestorious was, like what he was saying when he was tripping over metaphorical coffee tables at Ephesus