End Times
POSTED BY: Misstressahara
UPDATED: Monday, August 7, 2006 19:25
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Quote:I don't need a big daddy in the sky threatening to spank me in order to follow the good. Though from your post, it sounds like you do.
if there is no omnipresent, omnipotent being, what do you care what anyone on the face of the planet does to another
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well..im not so sure. at what point in Mans progression to a civilized state did he begin to develope a conscience, if you believe in the theory of evolution? what makes us different from animals?
in the context of my arguement, it is entirely relevant, because it is not true Christians with the agenda to create a global, fascist, totalitarian police state, it is occultists...and those types of infringements of personal liberties are not condoned in the Bible; however, can you say the same of human nature?? i think history tends to bare that out
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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
And you Antimason are the reason we Catholics have a bad reputation.
I always thought it was equal parts original sin, guys wearing collars dishing out absolution, and the child molesting that made Catholicism look bad. Maybe that's just me. BTW I'm a recovering Catholic myself.
Wait a minute...what am I doing in RWED?! Abort! Abort!
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Originally posted by rue:
Plus I'm waiting for the signal to wail and gnash my teeth.
Priest: And when the the day of Judgement comes, there'll be much a wailing and a knashing of the teeth!
Little Old Lady: But I haven't got any teeth!
Priest: AND THE TEETH WILL BE PROVIDED!
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Quote:Now prove that animals, say great Apes or Dolphins as an example that have been shown to mourn their dead, help others in distress, ostracise group members that have done wrong and so on and so forth don't have a conscious. Or for that matter that a conscious miraculously appeared when we started doing all our occult things and calling them Christian.
Originally posted by antimason:
well..im not so sure. at what point in Mans progression to a civilized state did he begin to develope a conscience, if you believe in the theory of evolution? what makes us different from animals?
Praise the lord for the pagan holiday of Yueltide Christmas!
Quote:Yes like the occult inquisition...
in the context of my arguement, it is entirely relevant, because it is not true Christians with the agenda to create a global, fascist, totalitarian police state, it is occultists...and those types of infringements of personal liberties are not condoned in the Bible; however, can you say the same of human nature?? i think history tends to bare that out
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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so, just to confirm, everyone who's idea of christianity you disagree with is an occultist, and they're the one's with the hidden agenda trying to form a planet-wide police state? don't mean to play along or anything, but, i consider that marginally less scary then the fact that people who believe wholeheartedly in every word in the bible, up to and including that whole 'fire and brimstone' bit somewhere around the last chapter (is it just me, or did the plot get a bit strung out around there?) have been sitting, and are sitting, with their hands over the big button to send of all the worlds largest collection of nuclear weapons, just WAITING for god to tell them when to bring about the rapture.
occultist's i could predict, occultist's would be less scary, you know, least they should be motivated by greed, lust, fear and laziness like the rest of the planet, could see which direction they'd be coming from.
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I thought the Y2K 'event' was suppose to mark the beginning of the END. Anyone remember those survivalist who kept preaching about how we'll have no power, no Gov't, it would all break down into anarchy Jan 1, 2000, and if you REALLY loved your family, you'd go out and buy $10,000's worth of generators, canned food, clean bottled water, and of course,...ammo!
*sigh*
I miss the good ol days. 
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" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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Just as a caveat to the Y2K thing:
Everyone talks about how it was a load of BS because nothing happened.
Nothing happened because the computer systems that were affected had their software rewritten to use the 4 digit year format. Nothing happened because we did something about it before it did.
Not because there was no problem in the first place.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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Originally posted by citizen:
Just as a caveat to the Y2K thing:
Everyone talks about how it was a load of BS because nothing happened.
Nothing happened because the computer systems that were affected had their software rewritten to use the 4 digit year format. Nothing happened because we did something about it before it did.
Not because there was no problem in the first place.
One of my friends was on the reprogramming team for a major utility and they had been working hard for quite some time before the date. They stuck the whole team in the office on New Year's Eve and kept them there until well after midnight. Deli sandwiches and no alcohol. According to my friend it was the most boring New Year's Eve he could remember. We called him periodically from our party so he could hear what he was missing
.Okay. Sortta back on topic.
As someone who grew up in a religious denomination that was formed following the Great Disappointment of 1844 I just have to say, "Been there. Done that."
That might be a bit too snarky.
One thing I've wondered is, for those who believe, the Apocalypse shouldn't be something to be feared. Should it? I mean, sure, if you go by the book, it's not going to be all fun and games but the payoff is the ultimate payoff. So I have no problem with people eagerly awaiting Armageddon. I just have a problem with people actively working to bring about Armageddon.
Soup - rusty on his eschatology - Catcherisall
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AntiMason:
If, as you seem to believe, the bible prophesizes all of the End Times events, and they're all *supposed to* come to pass, then what the hell good is it going to do to run around screaming about them supposedly happening? You can't change them from happening; if you could, the bible would be proven wrong. And you can't really believe that a last-minute change of heart would be enough to save someone, can you? I mean, let's suppose a person lives all his life being basically a piece of shit. He's not a murderer, but he's a scumbag. He doesn't believe, doesn't worship, doesn't help others, goes out of his way to take advantage of others to benefit himself financially, and so on. Now, because you say it's the "end times" and you feel like giving fair warning, let's say he "repents" and decides to change his ways - for a day or so anyway. This turd, who's done nothing for society or any other person other than himself, is now magically saved and sent to heaven because he was able to pull a fast one on your all-knowing god? Your god must be the stupidest supreme being EVER to be fooled by such a ruse.
If you believe - TRULY believe - that any of the bible is real or true, then you should probably not need to be warned in the first place. Wouldn't you already live every single moment of every single day as if you were to be judged at that moment? I just don't buy the whole "blessed by a loop-hole" argument that you can be saved by repenting at the last possible moment - or that you'd even know that moment when it arrived. I don't believe in a god, but if I did, he'd have to be a lot sharper than that; he (or she) would be more likely to judge someone on the TOTALITY of their life, not simply on whether they suddenly decided to be "good" right at the end. It's like the cops chasing a rapist-murderer all over town, but when they finally catch up to him, they draw their guns and he helps a little old lady cross the street. Is he now a good guy? Are all his former crimes simply erased? If so, your universe is whackily out of kilter.
Mike
Condoms work more often than prayers.
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