COPENHAGEN -- A Danish Lutheran minister who attracted international attention by proclaiming that there is no God or afterlife, but retracted after being suspended, has died. He was 72.
The Rev. Thorkild Grosboell died Sunday and had been suffering from cancer, his daughter Mette Kathrine Grosboell told The Associated Press.Grosboell was suspended by his bishop after a May 2003 newspaper interview in which he said, "There is no heavenly God, there is no eternal life, there is no resurrection."
Helsingoer bishop Lise-Lotte Rebel, whose diocese included Taarbaek, a small town north of Copenhagen where Grosboell was the pastor, handed his case to the government requesting that it take the necessary steps to dismiss him. In Denmark, Lutheran ministers are employed by the state and only the government can fire them after a recommendation from their supervising bishop.More than 80% of Denmark's population belongs to the State Evangelical Lutheran Church, though only about 5% attend church services regularly.
Going to hell I guess
What’s your point?
What's the big deal? Thankfully he wasn't a pervert or something horrible!
Don't you know it just a reason to take your money. It's been the longest running scam involving millions of people. It goes on and on generation after generation.
Thanks for that 'news' tidbit BreakingNews
Well now he will find out, won't he?
We know where he's not.
Stupid man
I think only God knows a man's heart. Who knows what was said ( or not) in those last breathes between himself and the God he denied & struggled with during his life. May God rest his soul.
Yikes...I guess he knows now.
Ok... so?
Good luck....
Well, he's in a neutral place now.
He got a big surprise when his last breath was taken.
He’s actually right there is no god
Lol he knows now that there's a God. Just sayin 😅
Now last week CTV couldnt go long with out mixing in an American news story now obamagate has been tweeted over 3 million time’s since yesterday and this is what you think your readers need to know
A priest who does not believe in God? What does that even mean? I guess he knows now!
I don't understand how this is a headline on a Canadian media outlet. Isn't death a given. It happens to the best of us.Was he known worldwide as a good human being? Was he a celebrity?I read the article out of curiosity and discovered he was just a human who passed away.
I guess God wanted to have a word with him.
It's really shitty when open minded ppl die
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