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The Dangers of End time Prophecy
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 6:50 pm
(December 27, 2016 at 6:34 pm)Godschild Wrote: God gave the responsibility of taking care of this planet to all of mankind. Christians and all others are to do their best and if one wants to get picky no ones doing all they can.

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That's true. No group bears more responsibility than any other for the planet we all have to live on. But it seems every group has some explanation for not doing so.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 9:33 pm
(December 27, 2016 at 6:42 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:
(December 27, 2016 at 5:46 pm)Lek Wrote: You would think that as many times as people have been shown to be idiots, people would stop trying to predict when the end will come.  Read my lips people!  Jesus said that it was not for us to know the time.  Live in the present.  We shouldn't be living any differently whether the end is near or far away.

Jesus also said it would happen before the generation he was speaking to passed away.   800 years and we still haven't located the Wandering Jew.

Jesus was speaking about the end of the Jewish sacrificial system with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 9:36 pm
Typical apologetic bullshit, son.  Why is your fucking 'god' such a shitty communicator that he needs the likes of you to explain what he means.

A 'god' should be able to do better.
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 9:41 pm
(December 27, 2016 at 9:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Typical apologetic bullshit, son.  Why is your fucking 'god' such a shitty communicator that he needs the likes of you to explain what he means.

A 'god' should be able to do better.

How do you know how God should choose to communicate?
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 9:43 pm
He should do it in a "godly" way.... not have to call on some asshole to explain what he means.

Why is your god so inept?
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 9:47 pm
(December 27, 2016 at 9:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: He should do it in a "godly" way.... not have to call on some asshole to explain what he means.

Why is your god so inept?

Cause Mini says so.
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 9:48 pm (This post was last modified: December 27, 2016 at 9:49 pm by vorlon13.)
(December 27, 2016 at 9:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: He should do it in a "godly" way.... not have to call on some asshole to explain what he means.

Why is your god so inept?

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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Quote:27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

Unless you can find a "disciple" living around somewhere it looks like your godboy was full of shit.

Or rather, the assholes who wrote the silly gospel were.
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 10:56 pm
(December 27, 2016 at 1:59 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: We’re having very warm weather here today. Last winter was quite warm also with several days of 70f. I don’t know I guess I just forgot to keep my mouth shut and asked this guy if he wasn’t sure we might not be having an early spring. He said it might be because the bible says in the end times…

My point here is not whether Jesus said aught about unseasonable weather, but the danger of end time prophecy is that it allows people to ignore the very real issue of global warming. Why worry about what we’re doing to our planet if this world is not your home. Maybe burning fossil fuel is god’s way of fulfilling prophecy.

It's just like Sara Palin said:  God DUMPED that oil here just for us to use!

*shudder*
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RE: The Dangers of End time Prophecy
December 27, 2016 at 11:40 pm (This post was last modified: December 27, 2016 at 11:40 pm by Whateverist.)
(December 27, 2016 at 6:34 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(December 27, 2016 at 1:59 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: We’re having very warm weather here today. Last winter was quite warm also with several days of 70f. I don’t know I guess I just forgot to keep my mouth shut and asked this guy if he wasn’t sure we might not be having an early spring. He said it might be because the bible says in the end times…

My point here is not whether Jesus said aught about unseasonable weather, but the danger of end time prophecy is that it allows people to ignore the very real issue of global warming. Why worry about what we’re doing to our planet if this world is not your home. Maybe burning fossil fuel is god’s way of fulfilling prophecy.

God gave the responsibility of taking care of this planet to all of mankind. Christians and all others are to do their best and if one wants to get picky no ones doing all they can.

GC


Then again xtians just had a big hand in putting Trump in office.  If he breaks it, you bought it.
(December 27, 2016 at 10:56 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:
(December 27, 2016 at 1:59 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: We’re having very warm weather here today. Last winter was quite warm also with several days of 70f. I don’t know I guess I just forgot to keep my mouth shut and asked this guy if he wasn’t sure we might not be having an early spring. He said it might be because the bible says in the end times…

My point here is not whether Jesus said aught about unseasonable weather, but the danger of end time prophecy is that it allows people to ignore the very real issue of global warming. Why worry about what we’re doing to our planet if this world is not your home. Maybe burning fossil fuel is god’s way of fulfilling prophecy.

It's just like Sara Palin said:  God DUMPED that oil here just for us to use!

*shudder*

Yep, just like those apples in Eden!  What could possibly go wrong?
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