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Are these the same people that believe Iraq caused 9/11?
2007-07-09 03:05:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Too many people in this country, unfortunately believe in the literal truth of this book, and that it somehow comments on our current predicament.The only way that anyone can believe the book of Revelation has any relevance to our current events, and predicts those events and those of our future, is if they have no knowledge of biblical hermeneutics, are bereft of common sense, or they are fatalists. It’s no coincidence, that people who take the fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible, especially the book of Revelation, and other books of the Bible that are purported to foretell future events (i.e. Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and vague passages of Gospels) also, almost unanimously believe to this day that 9/11 and Iraq are in someway linked. This belief, like the belief in the literal truth of Revelation, requires the same trifecta of faulty interpretation of data, lacking common sense, and a desire to see a worldwide conspiracy of evil doers that will spell the coming of the apocalypse.
People who accept absurd notions from antiquity (i.e. the Bible) will also be the very same people who accept the preposterous notions of the modern day. That is why we should heed Sam Harris injunction, articulated masterfully in his book “The End of Faith” that we should practice a sort of conversational intolerance towards those people who assert things publicly or draft public policy that is not backed up by sound evidence. “Faith” that something will happen cannot be admissible in any argument, because faith is just a nice way of saying you refuse to think, and more importantly, you want your fellow man to be just as unthinking as you. “Faith” when it comes to our public policy, must be relegated to the same vulgar status as our other four letter F word.
2007-07-11 05:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity and the book of Revelations has nothing to do with 9/11. But I work half mile from The Pentagon and some of my friends and colleagues actually SAW the plane hit it on 9/11. THAT'S what I believe.
2007-07-09 03:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
RE: e book of Revelation coming actual? Please help.? Is the e book of Revelation coming actual? I don't truly have faith particularly factors of the bible, yet this bit seems to be happening. "He compelled each and every person to get carry of a mark on his perfect hand or on his brow so as that no person shall have the means to purchase or sell until he has the mark, it is...
2016-10-20 10:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by balok 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they say 86 percent of Americans believe in God. What does that tell you. Go GOG yourself. Keep the change.
2007-07-09 03:50:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The book of Revelations is even more vague than Nostradamus' Quatranes. You can read anything into either of them what you want to.
But to answer your question. The precentage is smaller than you think. And those consist mostly of Chicken Littles who constantly think the sky is falling.
2007-07-09 03:16:34 · answer #5 · answered by namsaev 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
40% of Americans think Jesus is coming back in their lifetimes. For the past 2000 years people have believed that Jesus will be coming back.
I think the chances are higher than Kahless the Unforgettable of the Klingon Empire will return first.
2007-07-09 03:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
25% of Americans believe that Jesus will return this year.
...and bush's approval rating is +/- 30 %.
2007-07-09 03:16:54 · answer #7 · answered by pastor of muppets 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's gonna happen anytime now. 6000 years after creation, God's probably had enough.
2007-07-09 03:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A minority, but too many.
Was it wacko, or Waco?
2007-07-09 09:24:14 · answer #9 · answered by Ringo G. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nice.. real classy attacking the Bible. So what is your point
2007-07-09 03:09:28 · answer #10 · answered by Antiliber 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋