Are athiests doomed to repeat Voltaire's mistake?

Question

The famous athiest Voltaire (1694-1778) once said he would see the end of christianity in his lifetime.The last time I checked he was dead and Christianity is still growing.

Answer 1

I hope Voltaire's beliefs will never rise again.

Answer 2

Or you could repeat the mistake of St Matthew. He stated that Jesus would return and call it a wrap for all of us within his generation. The last time I checked nobody had seen him. (Well, except for that homeless guy on the subway.)

By the way, Voltaire was an optimist in this sense. But he was mistaken in his hope that reason would continue it's expansion into all areas of human activity because he was a lousy anthropologist.

Answer 3

Who knows but have various beliefs seen the end of the world when it has been predicted many times over? He was making a prediction on personal opinion and we all do that at some point or another.

Answer 4

I think that atheists are doomed, period... along with wiccans, Catholics, agnostics (the list gose on and on) unless people begin to stand up and take notice.

Christian 'Dominionists' (Reconstructionalists, theonomists) have largely usurped the local level political apparatus of the Republican Party, and are engaged in a sub rosa process to politically motivate moderate Christians under the false cover of religious issues such as morality and family values. The goal is nothing less than the takeover of all elective offices in the USA.

Their doctrine comes from the Bible, starting with the term 'dominion' at Genesis 1:28... “And God said unto them, [Adam and Eve] Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have DOMINION… over every living thing.” They interpret DOMINION as: “... a supremacy in determining and directing the actions of others or in governing politically, socially, or personally.”

They want to remake the USA as a theocracy... and they are succeeding.

Its most common form, Dominionism, represents one of the most extreme forms of Fundamentalist Christianity thought. Its followers, called Dominionists, are attempting to convert the laws of United States so that they match those of the Hebrew Scriptures. They intend to achieve this by using the freedom of religion in the US to train a generation of children via home-schooling and in private Christian religious schools. Later, their graduates will be charged with the responsibility of creating a new Bible-based political, religious and social order. One of the first tasks of this order will be to eliminate religious choice and freedom. Their eventual goal is to achieve the "Kingdom of God" in which much of the world is converted to Christianity. They feel that the power of God's word will bring about this conversion. No armed force or insurrection will be needed; in fact, they believe that there will be little opposition to their plan. People will willingly accept it. All that needs to be done is to properly explain it to them.

All religious organizations, congregations etc. other than strictly Fundamentalist Christianity would be suppressed. Nonconforming Evangelical, main line and liberal Christian religious institutions would no longer be allowed to hold services, organize, proselytize, etc. Society would revert to the laws and punishments of the Hebrew Scriptures. Any person who advocated or practiced other religious beliefs outside of their home would be tried for idolatry and executed. Blasphemy, adultery and homosexual behavior would be criminalized; those found guilty would also be executed. There are two conservative Christian pastors in Texas who have advocated the execution of all Wiccans. Ralph Reed, the executive director of the conservative public policy group the Christian Coalition has criticized Reconstructionism as "an authoritarian ideology that threatens the most basic civil liberties of a free and democratic society."

Wake up. Take a stand. Do something. By allowing this insidious agenda to progress, we are sowing the seeds of our own destruction, while these religious nut-jobs are paving the way to Armageddon with gleeful anticipation.

Answer 5

Jesus said that he would return during the natural lifetimes of some of the people present in his company. 2000 years have passed and Christians are still waiting.

One reason why Christianity is growing is that it is the religion of some places that have high birth rates.

Answer 6

The guy is entitled to his opinion and as far as I know he never claimed to be all knowing.

I'm not in total agreement with your statement that Christianity is still growing if you look at it on a per capita basis around the entire planet.

Answer 7

Well Jesus once said to his followers standing listening to him that the world would end in some of their lifetimes (Matthew 16:28). But he was wrong, his prophecy turned out to be false.

People make mistakes, doesn't really prove anything (except that people make mistakes).

Answer 8

known landline telephones deliver a number of the voice output to the earpiece giving the person a feeling of ways loud he's speaking. maximum cel telephones do no longer do this through fact their small length skill that they could have problems with comments. so with out skill of telling how loudly they are speaking and getting used to making use of landlines consumers tend to chat too loud.

Answer 9

How about at the religious folk predicting the end of the world yet again

Answer 10

Neither Christianity or Atheism will die in the next 300 years.

Answer 11

the christians are still waiting for jesus to come back the only way he is coming back is if he time travels and thats not gowing to hapen just yet but some day time travel will be posible