Quote:I usually get the "Jesus meant spiritual death" reply.

Of course because "jesus" was such a schlimazel that he needed those douchebags to explain his meaning.

(December 16, 2013 at 10:16 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:I usually get the "Jesus meant spiritual death" reply.

Of course because "jesus" was such a schlimazel that he needed those douchebags to explain his meaning.

You sure you are using that word correctly?

(December 16, 2013 at 9:32 pm)Beccs Wrote:

(December 16, 2013 at 8:49 pm)Chad32 Wrote: My grandmother thinks we're in the end times right now. We don't have long, Though people were likely saying that as soon as Jesus said to the people in front of them that some of them wouldn't taste death before he came back again. Then they all died, and christians had to move the goal post.

Yeah, I've been quoting that passage at end of world nuts for a few years.

I usually get the "Jesus meant spiritual death" reply.

What passage would that be?

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(December 16, 2013 at 8:39 pm)Polaris Wrote: I'd say the same if I was an atheist. I'd be surprised if humanity survived the next 50 years based on it's decline towards further destructive tendencies.

Why on earth do you think that?

I was talking about Matthew 24:34. I don't know about any spiritual deaths.

http://www.preteristarchive.com/BibleStu...24-34.html

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an inept person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.

Yes.

What else can you say about a "god" who needs assholes to explain his meaning? Or who does not even exist but still gets his ass nailed to a tree?

Eventually there will be no more of us. There is no way, at this point, that we can determine how long us two-leggeds will last. Another thousand, million, -- billion years? Eventually we will all die out, but not for some time.

Rapture scenarios are a different story. When will the rapture occur? Never. Never, ever, ever, that is not an opinion -- that is a fact.

Any minute now -- how many people have lived their entire lives believing, truly believing, that they will personally witness the second coming of whats-his-ass and died never having seen it happen? Visit the Rapture Ready forums to see the extent of the psychological damage that has been these true believers:

http://rr-bb.com/forum.php

These people are obsessed with beliving in something that wont ever happen. Raising children to believe ibn this shit is child abuse and there is no way around that.

(December 16, 2013 at 4:54 pm)xpastor Wrote: Christians, please give the reasons for your belief.

Atheists should not fill out the poll but are welcome to post comments.

With the areas of the world providing the financial support for the religions losing religion - and growth remains in areas of the third world where they do not support the church - yes - the end of the dominance of religion is at hand.

While there will be areas of the Western world where religion will start to become extinct - it will be about 100 more years before it happens

None of the above. The events foretold in the Apocalypse happened in the spiritual world on June 19, 1757. These events were observed and recorded by Swedenborg in Apocalypse Revealed.

Events in the "spiritual world" were observed and recorded, huh?

Sounds as if someone was drunk as a skunk.

Yeah, I'm gonna go with never. At least not in the way the bible records it. Every Generation since Jesus has been convinced it was going to be in their lifetime. Not been right yet.