if you don't believe in bible prophecy what hope do you have ?

Question

it is common knowledge that humans have brought this planet to shambles,that it will not support much life at all in less than 100 years...not to mention scientist have tracked a meteor that will smash our planet in 20thirty-something...if you don't believe the bible how do you deal with this?[the bible clearly states that all of this would happen and that GOD would ressurect his faithful ones to a new paradise(not unlike the garden of eden)]...if you are going to go off on some existential rant save it...i used to drink with jaque derrida...literally...if you are going to imply that i am uneducated again i would caution you...i mean this as a straight forward question...how are you coping with the unraveling of this system of things if you have no faith?

Answer 1

U must be kidding. I have a lot of hopes without any such concept.

Answer 2

Your claim that the Bible clearly states anything is an interesting one. When considering that there are as many interpretations of various Bible passages as there are people, I find it hard to believe that it predicted precisely how man will destroy the planet, and/or a meteor is coming.

There have been people pointing to signs and facts that the world is ending for centuries.

I've also read predictions how we were going to run out of oil by now.

Environmentalists often exagerate their claims because those who don't want to be regulated often exagerate their claims. You jave to present a worst case if you want to be met in the realistic middle.

Mankind has proven to be very adaptable. This planet has proven to be very adaptable. It can handle a lot more stress then we generally give it credit for.

Neccessity is the mother of invention. Or, if you;d prefer another way of putting it....I'll use Marx based Crises theory. When the poopy hits the wind blower...people start acting.

I do not think for a moment that humanity is a permanent thing. Other species and life forms have died out. We probably will too. There is nothing I can do about this.

Perhaps some day we'll colonize the stars and planets.......1000 years ago someone would have thought a rocket ship was God. Who knows what will happen by the end of the next decade...let alone a hundred years from now. Human technology is accelerating at a faster rate then other. How many people would have understood the internet....or an Ipod....in 1970? That was only 37 years ago.

Because not believing does not supply hope of or in an afterlife does not justify believing merely because it provides comfort. Believing that I will win a million dollars in a lottery is comforting...we'll wait and see if that happens.

Answer 3

I do have faith, just not in your God. Part of the reason certain humans have "brought this planet to shambles" is because they think like you do, that it's predestined to be this way and that they are going to get a "new Earth". I really hate to break it to you, but this is the only Earth we have. I cope pretty well because unlike some I am actually trying to do something to make this world a better place. What are you doing?

Answer 4

it is the mindset of the Abrihamic religions that has brought this world to shambles in less than 2000 years.
before that men lived with the land. they lived spiritual lives and lived in harmony with the land.

in 1600 years the Abrihamic mentality of greed and destruction ruined europe. and in the last 400 it has turned America into a cesspool of pollution and greed.

as for the meteor, scientists have also said that we can divert it's course easily enough, that is if (and it is a big IF) it comes close enough to effect us. it is said to be on a path that will miss us by 20 thousand light years, (a cosmic scratch away) but they predicted these planet killers before. and not a single one yet.

personally i am looking for the rapture. god will come and take the
Christians, Jews, And Muslims, as is their belief. and the reas of us will be left in peace again.

God has no power over people that do not worship him. and Satan had no domain over people that do not believe in him.

i mean this as a straight answer.

Answer 5

It is not common knowledge that the world will no longer support life in one hundred years. There is a misconception amongst many people that it will, but no explanation that gives any proofs of how or why.

The propaganda that religious leaders use to unite the followers of religion is mostly what is the cause of this, that and an irrational fear of the end of the world.

I am looking to the future with the highest of hopes, I am dealing with my outlook of the future in a great way. Technology will continue to accelerate us to a much greater lifestyle.

Answer 6

I cope with life by loving life and earth and all life on earth. I choose to be happy and not spend my living days freaking out about my death. It will happen when it happens..until then I will live my life to the fullest of my capabilities. You are correct that we humans are not treating this earth very well, and I can only hope that the people and the governments of this earth will work together to protect mother Earth. As far as a meteor on track to hit Earth in 30 years or so....that's a new one on me! I wonder where you get your information......but if one does.....I honestly do wish you and your Christian brothers and sisters happiness in your garden paradise. I can only conclude that I will join the rest of the human race.

Answer 7

Simple. We're alive, we go through our day by day as we always have. Why worry about the end if we cannot stop it? It's the same approach they have to life in general. If we can stop the meteor, then they will, otherwise well, we'll have a fun ride to the end, won't we?

And some people are survivors, they don't worry about the whole of mankind but just themselves and their close friends/family. They'll strive to survive ANYTHING. So relax, if you're on the Prophecy side of the fence, enjoy your Heaven and Ambrosia, if you're not, relax, and enjoy the ride to the end.

Answer 8

Mankind will get along just as it has for the past several hundred thousand years: by applying intelligence (not faith) to deal with the problems. And the notion that the species can survive only another hundred years is preposterous. We have far more in the way of technological tools to deal with problems now than ever before, and as long as we apply reason to them, we will not only survive, we will prevail. As for faith, it is useless -- indeed, it is the ultimate evil. Believers may have learning, but they do not have knowledge: knowledge derives from evidence, not mythology.

Answer 9

Your a real Albert Einstein I know But I don't believe a word you have to say! there is no more mention of this in the bible than in Nostradamuses musings of no predictive acccount . you the erudite harbinger of the future have all the vision but no solutions other than primitive superstious manuscripts ...why is this ?
Anytime I see the impervious bible used as a premise the skeptic and the cynic come to the foreground and ask for a real scientific analysis as the history channel or discovery channel that seem to disagree with you as well.so now god has upgraded the doomsday to 2030 well isn't that special.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein
I know they're laughing at me!

Answer 10

THERE WILL BE A NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH FOR MAN WILL HAVE ETERNITY.

John 3:16; 2Cor.2:9; Matt.6:9-13; 22:37-40; Love God, he loves all.
No man has gone to heaven but Jesus who came down John 3:13-17;
Matt.22:42-44 [ Satan mst be cast down ];
Acts 2:27-35; Heb.1:1-13 [ Satan and unholy angels are enemies cast down ];
John 3:39,40,44; 14:3;
A place is prepared when Satan is down under feet of heavenly Rom.16:20;
Rev.12:6,7-11,12,17 [ Michael of Jude 9; and Dan.12:1-13; with holy angels
cast Satan and unholy angels down to footstool earth, a place is prepared ];
RAISED UP AT LAST DAY [ 1Thes.4:15-17; CAUGHT UP TO BE WITH JESUS at end ];
Heb.12:22-24; Rev.3:12; Mark.13:27 [ heavenly first resurrected ];
God's Word there and Satan has a short time to Rev.20:1-6,12,13 [ No Satan ];
1Cor:15:22-28,51-53 [ Heavenly and earthly Psm.104:29,30 ];
EARTHLY FOR NEW EARTH:
Heb.9:27 [ It is appointed unto man once to die, after this the judgement ];
2Cor.5:10; Acts 17:31; 24:15; John 5:22,26-29; Dan.12:2; Isa.26:19;
ALL WILL BE MADE AS NEW AND PERFECT AS BEFORE EDEN.
Isa.65:17
For behold I create New Heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind.
Isa.66:1
This saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:
where is the house ye build for me? and where is the place of my rest.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain
before me, saith the LORD, So shall your seed and your name remain.
Matt.19:28[Eze.38:12-14 THE 12 TRIBES WILL BE ON THEIR OWN LAND];

2Pet.3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Rev.20:1-6,12,13; No Satan 1000 years. Heavenly for new heavens, earthly for new earth.

Rev.21:1 And I saw a new heavens and a new earth: for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out
of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, 3 And I heard a
great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new.

Answer 11

We are no where near the point of destroying the planet. Sure, the air may not be as clean as we want it to be, but we have made strides to improve what damage we have caused. And as for that asteroid you are talking about....

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4201569.html

apparently, it has almost no chance of hitting us. If the path of the asteroid does happen to be aimed our way (.3% of happening or so) then we have current technology that could destroy/move the asteroid.

Have fun hidden in a bunker for the rest of your life while the rest of us live.