Matthew 24
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BedellBrave
It's OVER 5,000!
I believe much of Matthew 24 was concerned with what would happen in AD 70.
BedellBrave
It's OVER 5,000!
Mossy, I'm not saying the Olivet Discourse doesn't have present or future applications. But I am saying that when you read it in context (particularly sections of Chapters 21 and 23) you see that Christ is clearly warning of something happening to Jerusalem in the not too distant future. That something major and horrific, in the lifetime of his hearers, was the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. I grew up with futurist interpretations of it and of the Book of Revelation, and never thought outside of that box.
mossy
<B>Hysterical Girlfriend<BR>That Storms Out and</B
Believe what you want Dalyn, but I find your comments offensive. Not that I'm surprised to hear it from you. If your intent is to mock either God or his followers, please do it somewhere else.
mossy
<B>Hysterical Girlfriend<BR>That Storms Out and</B
Do you agree that current events around the globe are a coincidence, or mean something will be happening? I don't think we in North America see it as clearly as we haven't had the horrors (yet) that other regions have digressed to.
BedellBrave
It's OVER 5,000!
I see nothing as coincidence.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
I find ambulance chasers and carpetbaggers offensive. This **** is like a mix of the two. If your intent is to use this most recent atrocity (another religious one, I might add) to collect a few more trophies for your god, please do it somewhere else.
Gary82
Called Up to the Major Leagues
The world has seen atrocities many times over. World wars, pandemics, floods, earthquakes, fires, the holocaust, threat of nuclear war, ice ages, the mongols, the Kardashians. It's easy to tie vague passages in the Bible with current events. I know you and doomsday preppers have a semi chubby over the end of the world, but re-****ing-lax.
mossy
<B>Hysterical Girlfriend<BR>That Storms Out and</B
How about you lead by example?
In any case, the point is made, I won't post about faith here as it's clearly not welcome.
mossy
<B>Hysterical Girlfriend<BR>That Storms Out and</B
I don't know what exact atrocity you are referring to, but in any case I'll do my best not to interact with you going forward. My apologies for having an opinion.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
You jump on me for voicing my opinion, and then when I point out that I find your opinion just as offensive as you find mine, suddenly you are the victim? How does that work exactly?
mossy
<B>Hysterical Girlfriend<BR>That Storms Out and</B
Dalyn, I shared something that just happens to be an interest of mine. Nobody forced you to participate, but you did, and you chose to be foul mouthed about it.
It's not your opinion, it's the disrespectful way you chose to hijack my thread with foul language, while mocking my views when it wasn't necessary.
If you don't believe in God, what is my thread to you?
It's not your opinion, it's the disrespectful way you chose to hijack my thread with foul language, while mocking my views when it wasn't necessary.
If you don't believe in God, what is my thread to you?
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
I said sh*t. Come on...
As it so happens, I often find religious discussions interesting, too (regardless of whether or not I believe in a god). I've read the bible cover to cover 10+ times, spent my childhood in a Christian school, and grew up in a pastor's home. What I find OFFENSIVE is you religious people who use every atrocity around the world as a recruitment tool, and then play the victim card when someone calls you on it.
Gary82
Called Up to the Major Leagues
I'm cool as a cucumber.
You can post about whatever you want (I encourage it), but if you can't handle the criticism, then I suggest you keep it to yourself.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
your views are welcome here
be ready to be questioned on them though on a public board that has people with different views
Interesting. So are you one of those who had so much religion bestowed and "forced" upon them, that it made you turn away?
Sounds like you don't really believe in religion or a god for that matter. Just interested to know if being surrounded by that life 24/7, ultimately turned you away or if breaking away from it made you open up.