ThunderJam Posted March 4, 2008 Report Posted March 4, 2008 I guess the number of Apocalypse date predictions proves that there are people who call themselves Christians but are unfaithful about it. nope, try againUh, yea didn't understand what exactly you were trying to say ail...
Aileron Posted March 4, 2008 Report Posted March 4, 2008 Christianity states that only the Father knows when the end of things is going to be. Any Christian of faith would know the futility of trying to predict what God is going to do next. Furthermore the passage describing it implies that God will deliberately set the time to be a moment where mankind isn't expecting it. It goes back to what I said in about the second post of this topic. Some religions are set up to set up 'inner access' to the working of the universe, and some are set up to teach morality. For instance, during a drought, some religions teach that farmers can cause it to rain by performing a ritualistic dance, while other religions teach that the community could survive the drought if everyone shared their food and limited their intake. True Christianity is of the latter kind, stating that God has the inner access to the workings of the universe but also stating His ways are mysterious. Basically, He's not in the business of offering Earthly fortune to those who please him and Earthly suffering to those who don't. Those who call themselves 'Christians' who believe that God will provide the inner workings of the universe for them are sorely mistaken about two things. First off, they are mistaken about the God they are worshiping, and they are mistaken about being Christians. The official Christian prediction to the end of time is: No one knows except God. No one else is ever going to figure it out until it happens. Stop trying to predict the end of days and go help your neighbor.
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