RE: The end of the world
May 26, 2011 at 7:04 am
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2011 at 11:02 am by Zenith.)
(May 25, 2011 at 11:34 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: Sadly I think the law would consider this more of a freedom of religion issue then freedom of speech and it seems to be that anything goes in the name of this freedom as long as there is no immediate harm being done such as sacrifice.There is also a big problem with the theories of conspiracy, things like Zeitgeist that invent history, things that instigate hatred against USA and the banks, and perhaps even Jews (because there seems to be a misconception that "Jews rule the banks"), and are based mostly on inventions. That is manipulation of the masses, and no one is doing anything about it, because it is "freedom of speech".
(May 26, 2011 at 3:46 am)doc_gnosis Wrote: Harold Camping's prediction starts from the polythestic JewsFrom where did you get the idea that the Jews are polytheistic?
Quote:If at any point you can reject these assumptions, the entire thing just falls apart.From the knowledge I have about the Bible, it is impossible to get a 'fair' (i.e. untwisted, unforced interpretation, etc.) date for an end of the world. Besides that, according to the Bible, if I understand well this issue, the destroying of the earth is preceded by a 1000 years reign of Jesus Christ (after this time, I don't know when, a destruction of the earth follows). So if a christian comes and says "The earth will be destroyed after X years or X months or X days", he denies his own bible.
Quote:Imagine if the assumption that the Holy Land became just land, if Hitler didn't assume that Germany and the Aryan Race were superior to all others. If all of the erroneous assumptions were simply wiped out, how simple would our world become.I believe that these 'assumptions' were, at least most of the times, forcibly invented and imposed, for political reasons. And there will always be people (i.e. leaders) that will take advantage of the common man's weaknesses and lack of knowledge; and perhaps there will always also be leaders that would purposely not desire to educate the masses properly because they want them controllable (while a doubtful educated man, who does not believe anything he hears, and has knowledge and understanding about lots of things, cannot be manipulated that easy).