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Talk-Show Host Fired Over Pope Question April 15, 2005 PITTSBURGH — An evangelical Christian talk show host who questioned the beliefs of the Catholic church and entertained a caller's question about whether the late Pope John Paul II (search) would go to heaven has been fired. Marty Minto (search), 39, a senior pastor at a New Castle church, was fired Friday after three years as a host on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh. He said he was told that he was alienating listeners. "As far as I'm concerned, I was doing what I've always done on the radio — look at events...

David Limbaugh wrote the book Persecution not long ago about the infringement of the rights of Christians wanting to worship and believe as they chose. So when I heard that Marty Minto, talk show host for Christian WORD-FM in Pittsburgh, was fired for asking if the Pope was going to heaven, I couldn’t believe that this man’s freedom of speech had been so blatantly violated by other Christians. After taking a call asking about the Pope, Minto said he didn’t know if the Pope was born again. The Bible writes that you have to be born again to secure salvation....

Follow up to the born again versus religeous discussion earlier this news item shows how intolerant everybody is becoming. Clearly Christ would have been totally rejected from this modern age as he was in biblical times, even by those who claim him as Christ.

POSTED: 7:44 am EDT April 14, 2005 PITTSBURGH -- An evangelical Christian talk show host who questioned the beliefs of the Catholic church and entertained a caller's question about whether the late Pope John Paul II would go to heaven has been fired.... (see link)

PITTSBURGH -- An evangelical Christian talk show host who questioned the beliefs of the Catholic church and entertained a caller's question about whether the late Pope John Paul II would go to heaven has been fired. Marty Minto, 39, a senior pastor at a New Castle church, was fired Friday after three years as a host on WORD-FM in Pittsburgh. He said he was told that he was alienating listeners. "As far as I'm concerned, I was doing what I've always done on the radio -- look at events around the world from a biblical perspective. I've always been willing...