(July 13, 2015 at 3:27 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: Yes, 2 Peter 3:8, the Christian's favorite hole card when discussing why Jesus didn't return in the lifetimes of his listeners as allegedly promised. Of course, if I had to explain away such an embarrassment, I too might have resorted to writing a verse similar to 2 Peter's. Propagandists, after all, have to be flexible to forestall a wholesale exodus of believers when things don't pan out. The verse in 2 Peter is perfectly understandable, even unobjectionable given the culture, times, and audience for whom it was written.Its also in Psalm 90:4. Kinda blows your theory apart.
But to see 21st Century people using it as a crutch to avoid acknowledging that one of the central hopes and beliefs of the early Christian community was a false prophecy is shameful and beyond pathetic.
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