let me ramble for a moment to ask a few questions of the knowlegable such as out dear Catholic_Lady (by the way Im not sure how to friend you on face book but I will try today...you are one of the few theists that discuss the topics instead of preach and shout. 
) The first coming of Jesus was predicted for quite a while before his birth to the jews...yes? yet when he did come only 12 of these (and im not sure if all of them where jewish) believed the profiecy. The rest killed him.
Now if this second coming for which has also been foretold is going to happen how do you think it's possible for any of us to know if they didn't know back then? Even today the Jewish community only considers Jesus a prophit and nothing more.
Did you know there is a guy in some hispanic country that claims to be him? He is getting rich off of this claim which should be a dead give away that he is not but some follow him. May be they are right. I'm too lazy to look it up but i believe Charles Manson claimed this too.
Also what of this damning of humanity that is supposed to happen? I believe that revelations says something about allot of destruction but those "left behind" should still live to carry on humanity....right? Something about the meek? It may be post apocylicptic but hey that's how Star Trek started....(another nice fantacy).
According to many Christians when the second coming happens they will just die and their souls away to heaven while the rest of us suffer the great fires of the celestial wrath (for which earth has done in the past and still survives).
Just trying to define all this in my mind.
Of course I want humanity to carry on hopefully for the better.
) The first coming of Jesus was predicted for quite a while before his birth to the jews...yes? yet when he did come only 12 of these (and im not sure if all of them where jewish) believed the profiecy. The rest killed him.Now if this second coming for which has also been foretold is going to happen how do you think it's possible for any of us to know if they didn't know back then? Even today the Jewish community only considers Jesus a prophit and nothing more.
Did you know there is a guy in some hispanic country that claims to be him? He is getting rich off of this claim which should be a dead give away that he is not but some follow him. May be they are right. I'm too lazy to look it up but i believe Charles Manson claimed this too.
Also what of this damning of humanity that is supposed to happen? I believe that revelations says something about allot of destruction but those "left behind" should still live to carry on humanity....right? Something about the meek? It may be post apocylicptic but hey that's how Star Trek started....(another nice fantacy).
According to many Christians when the second coming happens they will just die and their souls away to heaven while the rest of us suffer the great fires of the celestial wrath (for which earth has done in the past and still survives).
Just trying to define all this in my mind.
Of course I want humanity to carry on hopefully for the better.
