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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 3, 2017 at 9:07 pm
(November 3, 2017 at 8:18 pm)Godscreated Wrote: (November 3, 2017 at 5:22 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: To date, how many devout Christians do you suppose got this laughably wrong?
Too many, they were more interested in being the first to be right than doing God's will.
GC
That's rather presumptuous of you. You have a direct line to what people in the past thought and what their motives were? I don't seriously doubt that they thought they were doing "God's" will and simply misinterpreted the "signs".
Serious question: how bad must things get for the believer to think he/she is living in the end times? After all, war, disease, famine, licentiousness, and corruption have been with us throughout the ages. I suppose you will appeal to alleged fulfillments of various prophesies, but those prophesies tend to be pretty vague -- so much so that it's understandable that others, living in bad times, might be forgiven for thinking those signs were being fulfilled in their lifetimes. No matter how messed up things may seem these days, I guarantee it's a walk in the park compared to the 14th Century.
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 3, 2017 at 11:42 pm
(November 3, 2017 at 3:27 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: Sunni and Shiite folklore approve the anti-christ theory; with lots of Hadith speaking about his coming, and his "miracles", like "cutting a man into two then attaching him back together", [...]
Let me guess - other miracles include turning a wand into a bunch of flowers, vanishing a card and making it appear in your pocket, and pulling a rabbit from an empty hat?
I always thought there was something diabolical about Paul Daniels.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 12:00 am
I was reading that thinking, "The antichrist is a surgeon with a Gulfstream?". What a let down.
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 6:10 am
(November 3, 2017 at 11:42 pm)Cyberman Wrote: (November 3, 2017 at 3:27 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: Sunni and Shiite folklore approve the anti-christ theory; with lots of Hadith speaking about his coming, and his "miracles", like "cutting a man into two then attaching him back together", [...]
Let me guess - other miracles include turning a wand into a bunch of flowers, vanishing a card and making it appear in your pocket, and pulling a rabbit from an empty hat?
I always thought there was something diabolical about Paul Daniels.
I want to know the source of the anti-christ tales. Christianity took a lot from Greek mythology; and Sunni/Shiite Hadith tellers used Christian sources as a legitimate foundation.
I think Greek mythology influenced so many religious ideas; despite my belief that original Christians were true believers, some disbelieved and went against Jesus's teachings, producing the Christianity of today. So as ideas like the anti-christ:
https://owlcation.com/humanities/Did-Chr...k-religion
Or mere frustration with Nero, and Rome in general?
I don't think there is one.
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 6:21 am
(November 3, 2017 at 11:42 pm)Cyberman Wrote: (November 3, 2017 at 3:27 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: Sunni and Shiite folklore approve the anti-christ theory; with lots of Hadith speaking about his coming, and his "miracles", like "cutting a man into two then attaching him back together", [...]
Let me guess - other miracles include turning a wand into a bunch of flowers, vanishing a card and making it appear in your pocket, and pulling a rabbit from an empty hat?
I always thought there was something diabolical about Paul Daniels.
I liked him, not a lot but I liked him.
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 6:27 am
Yeah, I liked him, at least for his act. For his politics, as well as his attitude in other areas, not so much. However, one thing always bugged me. If he was as good a magician as he portrayed, how come he was never able to wizard himself up a genuine head of hair, instead of the Trump Tribble he wore?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 6:34 am
(November 4, 2017 at 6:27 am)Cyberman Wrote: Yeah, I liked him, at least for his act. For his politics, as well as his attitude in other areas, not so much. However, one thing always bugged me. If he was as good a magician as he portrayed, how come he was never able to wizard himself up a genuine head of hair, instead of the Trump Tribble he wore?
Do you reckon Debbie McGee was with him for the money, I mean she couldn't have been keen on that hairdo.
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 6:46 am
Women are weird sometimes.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 7:41 am
Because their god is meaningless without Satan. They realized that and added it to the fantasy. Keeps children scared and trusty of priests of god. But satan is just as real as god, a simple fantasy.
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RE: Satan, anti-christ, false prophet
November 4, 2017 at 9:22 am
(November 4, 2017 at 6:34 am)Cod Wrote: (November 4, 2017 at 6:27 am)Cyberman Wrote: Yeah, I liked him, at least for his act. For his politics, as well as his attitude in other areas, not so much. However, one thing always bugged me. If he was as good a magician as he portrayed, how come he was never able to wizard himself up a genuine head of hair, instead of the Trump Tribble he wore?
Do you reckon Debbie McGee was with him for the money, I mean she couldn't have been keen on that hairdo.
I wonder what first attracted Debbie McGee to the millionaire Paul Daniels?
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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