Satan, anti-christ, false prophet

[Haipule]

...A false profit is someone who stands in front and tells us something that is false. The word transliterated as "profit" is prophEtEs which means: pro--in-front, phEtEs-to-tell--in-front-to-tell. It does not refer to time, as in future telling, but place.

I myself, am filled with the Spirit of Gin and loving it!

That happened to one of my keyboards once. O too blamed the gGin.

I often post under the influence. Yet I shouldn't post BC(before coffee) and not AD(after drunk). Yet, there are a few moment s in between!

[Cyberman]

The Antichrist is still a staple of horror fiction. Kudos to John of Patmos for giving us centuries of thrillers and scary movies. I think we can get some more mileage out of Satan. Good Old Scratch! Keep up the spooky stuff!

I've written before about the little horror film script bouncing around Hollywood in the seventies, before landing on the desk of Alan Ladd jr, then head of 20th Century Fox. Fox was floundering financially at the time, but the success of films such as The Exorcist gave Ladd the encouragement to take a gamble. Some scenes were set in a hospital and filmed on location, with notices explaining why sections of the building were sealed off. Several expectant mothers objected to the filming, deciding that the working title of The Birthmark was too much of an omen. The title was changed, the film was a hit, and the resulting financial boost allowed Ladd to greenlight another screenplay doing the rounds of Hollywood; a little sci-fi romp called The Star Wars.

So to sum up: without the devil, or at least superstition, cinema as we know it today might never have happened. Whether that's a good thing or not is up for debate.

[Godscreated]

Too many, they were more interested in being the first to be right than doing God's will.

GC

That's rather presumptuous of you. You have a direct line to what people in the past thought and what their motives were? I don't seriously doubt that they thought they were doing "God's" will and simply misinterpreted the "signs".

Serious question: how bad must things get for the believer to think he/she is living in the end times? After all, war, disease, famine, licentiousness, and corruption have been with us throughout the ages. I suppose you will appeal to alleged fulfillments of various prophesies, but those prophesies tend to be pretty vague -- so much so that it's understandable that others, living in bad times, might be forgiven for thinking those signs were being fulfilled in their lifetimes. No matter how messed up things may seem these days, I guarantee it's a walk in the park compared to the 14th Century.

 God says it will be as in the days of Noah, people will go about their daily lives suspecting nothing different from the day before, things will seem normal to the ungodly. The generation of Christians will recognize the time because God will reveal His teachings to them. I will say this the end is fast approaching and some on this site are young enough they could see the end. Remember this the number of Christians will be on the decline and the number of the doomed will be on the rise. This is a very serious answer to your question.

GC

[Harry Nevis]

That's rather presumptuous of you. You have a direct line to what people in the past thought and what their motives were? I don't seriously doubt that they thought they were doing "God's" will and simply misinterpreted the "signs".

Serious question: how bad must things get for the believer to think he/she is living in the end times? After all, war, disease, famine, licentiousness, and corruption have been with us throughout the ages. I suppose you will appeal to alleged fulfillments of various prophesies, but those prophesies tend to be pretty vague -- so much so that it's understandable that others, living in bad times, might be forgiven for thinking those signs were being fulfilled in their lifetimes. No matter how messed up things may seem these days, I guarantee it's a walk in the park compared to the 14th Century.

 God says it will be as in the days of Noah, people will go about their daily lives suspecting nothing different from the day before, things will seem normal to the ungodly. The generation of Christians will recognize the time because God will reveal His teachings to them. I will say this the end is fast approaching and some on this site are young enough they could see the end. Remember this the number of Christians will be on the decline and the number of the doomed will be on the rise. This is a very serious answer to your question.

GC

Riiight. Nobody is supposed to know when "the end" is coming, but you have some inside knowledge.

Christianity is ego.