I'm really tired of them saying so-and-so is happening, this means the world ending. They keep pushing back the date but its always soon - why cant they pick a date so that when it goes by uneventfully they can all shut the hell up?
Reasonable?
2007-09-23 10:31:07 · 21 answers · asked by Leviathan 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, actually a Korean Presbyterian group in my area did pick a date---October 26, 1993, and plastered posters all over town telling everyone to repent and prepare for that date. Unfortunately, they made the posters out of some really durable plastic material with an excellent adhesive, and those posters are still up.
You'd think that the promise that it would happen within one living generation of the Crucifixion would be problematic enough---I mean, that date is in the Bible itself. That should be enough to make one worry about the veracity of the text and the whole idea of an apocalypse.
2007-09-23 10:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by cosmo 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Because people have read the Bible, and the Bible has a lot to say about the end.
The book of Isaiah is concerned with both the first comming and the second comming, and many of its chapters concern the second comming. Genesis has some metaphores of the end. Enoch is a figure of the rapture. Daniel is much about the end. Other of the minor prophets have things to say about the end.
Matthew 24, 25, Mark 13, various book of the NT including 1 and 2 Thesalonians, 2 Peter, Jude, and the entire book of Revelation.
A large and substantial portion of the Bible is about the end.
That is why there is such an awareness of the end.
The Bible does not give an exact date so that is why people don't know the exact date.
The year 2000 has come and gone without anything happening.
Also the vast majority of christians believe falsely that the end is not yet but is later by about 1,000 years.
You must be hearing the buzz from those who are simply mocking the end, as you yourself are. Unless you actually know someone who believes what I believe, and I have not found any but a few.
2007-09-23 17:47:49 · answer #2 · answered by David L 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, nobody considering themselves a Christian will ever give you a date because the Bible specifically teaches that not one person will know exactly when this is going to happen. But people look for patterns that are mentioned in Revelation as preceding the end of days. So, when people recognize these patterns, they think the end of days is near. They may or may not be right. For example, Israel had to become it's own nation, which happened in the 50's, I believe (sorry, my history is a bit wanting). So before that end of days couldn't have happened. There are other patterns evolving, EU formation could be considered one of them. But are we a year away from the end of days? or 10 years? or 100 years? I don't know. And frankly, I would rather focus on living out my life now then focus on what will happen and when. I think the end of day stuff is interesting to study and try to interpret, but too many people try to use it as a way to motivate people to be better just because we're about to get raptured. If you choose to live for God, then do so. Does it really matter when the end of day is going to happen? I don't see why it should be. Or at least that's my humble opinion.
2007-09-23 17:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by yishor 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, it's not truly the end of time.
There is a true basis for all of this:
If you know of the zodiac there is a symbol for each sign (aries, taurus, so on and so forth). There is a set of 2000 years, when the sun tilts around earth in a very certain tilt.These ages are labeled in signs of the zodiac.
The bible is VERY focused on these ages. During the part when Aaron made a gold calf, that represents the end of Aries {the ram), and the beginning of Taurus (the calf).
So, it is not in the end of time, simply the end of the age. It is even said it then bible taht says, "You shall find a man pouring water, and you shall be invited into his house." That, you guessed it!, means the age of Aquarius (A man pouring water as it's sign) is coming soon.
Ever notice the sign Jesus Live in a fish? That represents Picses. Most christians don't even know this -_-.
2007-09-23 17:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
We don't pick a date. We know that certain events have to happen before the end time but even with all those events having already happened it could be tomorrow or 100 years. Scripture makes it clear that God the Father is the only one who knows.
2007-09-23 17:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by arikinder 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
very reasonable. when i was in high sch, about 10yrs ago, i remember the fear tactic then was the world will come to an end when the pope dies and the new pope will be the anti-christ. Old pope has come and gone, new pope is in office and the world continues to go it's merry way.
It is really a scare tactic, to scare nonbelievers into believing and believers into being 'obedient'. You would think that christians would get the hint about how unreasonable and incredibly irrational their religion is if they can't even get people to follow it using the normal way: rational communication. But no, it requires an emotion, fear
2007-09-23 17:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by uz 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Scotgirl60 is the biggest hypocrite I ever did see in my entire life!
You believe in her you may as well believe those who strung your boy up! So they say... Judas looks nice in those pictures doesn't he? How sad! Talking about Islam and other religions and telling others they are going to hell.. Nice!
How sad is it that we have to ask a decent question and receive such filth and ignorance from her. She is of the most extrema left and shows great hate and anger.. Go read her posts what she put in other peoples questions. Its one thing to go ahead and choose, but to go about blatantly being ignorant that is more than enough reason for JUSTICE LEAGUE TO KEEP THE LIGHT ON HER!
2007-09-23 19:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They used to pick dates, but then, when they all passed uneventfully, they ran out of excuses. So now they keep it as vague as possible, while religious scholars work fervently to come up with a new batch of excuses.
2007-09-23 17:35:51 · answer #8 · answered by That Guy 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
because people make idiot claims. It's specifically mentioned what's going to happen prior to the end of the world. All these claims before are really dumb ones because only about half of the things that are supposed to happen so far has happened.
2007-09-23 18:31:35 · answer #9 · answered by CK 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This happens in many religions, especially the new ones: something terrible will happen soon. Soon when? No idea and if they have one they always manage to postpone it when the clamorous event does not happen.
Your statement is very reasonable.
2007-09-23 18:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by remy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋