2007-08-15 01:28:50 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've been reading a book on the 14th century just lately. The Black Plague went thru most of the world several times, killing off a huge percent of the population wherever it touched. And there was famine, and strange weather patterns, and earthqakes and wars, and rebellions against the church, and even in the plays about sacred themes there was 'ribaldry and sex and sadism'.
There were religious cults that sprang up in preparation for the End.
The people living in that century were just as sure that the End would come in their lifetime as anyone is now, and they had better reason.
2007-08-15 03:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the problems with bible prophecy is that the only interpretations being heard is that of the christians... it was not god that inspired prophecy written in the bible it was actual work of pagans... that is what built chirstianity the stealing of pagans work then condemning them so as to give the church power... life on earth was and shall be again evolving in a more peaceful and equitable direction... the churches loose all this power... so the christian version called Armageddon is to instill fear so that people will hold onto religion... but the prophecies came true.. the battle between nature and religion... the worse year was 2005..(the strange weather leading up to and surrounding that year is the omen. we should start seeing the weather balance off more now... also the fear of global warming, when you work don't you get heated up so does nature when it works). the next step is exterminating religions off the face of the earth... after the battle any way possible is the order... christianity and catholicism being found insidiously evil shall get the worse of it.... have you seen the way Tammy Faye Baker aged 100 yrs in appearance in the last 5 yrs just before she died?this is an omen of what's to come... so is it scary to be a chirsitan knowing the next leg of the prophecy?
2007-08-15 09:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a book contains enough prophesies, and in vague enough terms, someone of them are bound to seem to come true.
For instance, if I said "the wrath of God will come to those in the east", interpretations could vary from the tsunami in Thailand, to the great fire of London (eastern side of England), to the war in the Middle East. Given there's no timescale, it's easy to pick out things that seem to fulfill prophesy if you're trying to do it.
On the other hand, some prophesies have failed to come true (of these, some christians say "they haven't come true yet", but that's making an assumption that they will, when there is no evidence to support that assertion)
2007-08-15 09:03:14 · answer #3 · answered by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've yet to witness any prophecy come true. Not scary at all.
2007-08-15 08:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, scared at how gullible you lot really are. If anyone wanted to lead a revolution in your god's name they'd know where to get recuits from.
Seriously, there's no difference in making a vague prophecy and cold reading. Look at John Edwards, he's fooling people into believing he can communicate with the dead the same way you're being fooled.
2007-08-15 09:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People think these prophecies are real?
Floods (Bangladesh every single year), Earthquakes (1906), Tsunami's, wars in the middle east (Soviet Invasion, Wars against Israel, WW1, Ottoman Empire, Alexander The Great, Roman Empire) and terrorism (Northern Ireland) have been happening long before you were born.
2007-08-15 08:43:08 · answer #6 · answered by The Return Of Sexy Thor 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bush administration is a bible prophecy coming true? Huh, imagine that!
2007-08-15 09:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Eat At The Y 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've examined those prophecies. They are only valid if you already have a stake in believing they are true and are willing to interpret reality to fit the prophecy, which is rather easy as they are vague as all that.
2007-08-15 08:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't scare me a bit. What scares me is when I see the fundamentalists twisting current events to meet their prophecies, or twisting there "eternal, unchanging" prophecies to match up with current events, and then realizing that these people vote.
2007-08-15 08:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Give me an example, because in the 1600 years since the bible was assembled, I haven't heard of any that have come true.
2007-08-15 08:36:49 · answer #10 · answered by chasm81 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋