I am kind of baffled by the fact that there are millions of people who don't believe in the soon return of Jesus Christ. The bible is the only book that has accurately profesied all of the worlds current affairs! What is there not to believe?
2007-02-22 06:06:22 · 15 answers · asked by Servant of God! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Millions? There are billions of people that do not think he will return. He's a character from a book.
2007-02-22 06:13:29 · answer #1 · answered by taa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1) Billions, not millions. There's a whole lotta people out there that are not Christian.
2) Christians don't agree about the specifics of the bible within their own faith.... hence the hundreds of denominations, sub-denominations and sects under the broader "Christianity."
3) Accurately prophesied world events? Dude... you use enough loose metaphors, fuzzy symbolism and obtuse hyperbole and I can predict an pineapple coming out of a monkey's... well you get the idea. Even a significant portion of the Christian world is skeptical of literal interpretation of prophesy. And by your standards, Nostradamus' works are on par with the bible 'cause a lot of his prophesies stand up just as well if you're in to that sort of thing.
4) The foundation of Christianity is faith. Faith is mandated for redemption. Faith is defined by Paul as "the evidence of things unseen." Therefore belief in Christ as an immortal savior, by Christianity's own definition, requires faith, or acceptance of a belief that cannot be wholly and unequivocally rooted in physical evidence. That means the bible is not, cannot be and was never intended as the unequivocal proof that Christ is a savior and therefore, is returning. You can accept it on faith, but that's a choice rooted solely in a decision of personal belief.
2007-02-22 06:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by helpful_dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First we have to get some parameters around this.
"Soon," as in I should hold my breath? Or is it like a year or 2 from now? Or 10, or a 1,000? On other words, does your "soon" bear any relation to the word "soon" in the dictionary?
In my 60-odd years on the planet I've been hearing that "soon" stuff ever since I can remember. And so did my father, and his father, etc., going all the way back to Paul himself who was convinced it was going to happen within his lifetime.
By the way, please tell us of these "current affairs" the bible has predicted - and spare me the vague generalities. And remember, a broken clock is right twice a day.
2007-02-22 06:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have been expecting the return of Jesus since it was prophecised in Mark 13:26-30. Even that verse says "that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." Yet it did pass undone, as have many many generations after that. There will always be those who think they're living in the "end times". But so far...everyone has been wrong. Odds are that those people today who think that they are living in the end times are wrong as well.
2007-02-22 06:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by apples_ll_apples 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They scoff because they're supposed too. 2 Peter 3:3-4 declares "there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. This will be their argument: "Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same" ". I'd imagine it would irritate me to know that the God I didn't believe in predicted my argument.
2007-02-22 06:24:21 · answer #5 · answered by CherylAnn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible's too ambiguous. It hasn't accurratley prophesized anything in clear terms and it makes absolutely no sense concerning spiritual law. It's one set of beliefs among thousands and unless you've explored each and every one, you've no right to say what is right or true.
Spare me the religious rhetoric.
2007-02-22 06:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I too can predict a lot of things if I write a thousand pages about the future. A few of them are bound to happen.
It's a book.
2007-02-22 06:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because youve been saying it for 100s of years. Alright either get back in your tree and be on the lookout or... report to deprogramming.
2007-02-22 06:10:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're kind of baffled? In that case you must be kind of a sandwich short of a picnic.
2007-02-22 06:14:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the Bible has been saying that for a very long time now.
2007-02-22 06:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋