A hint about Prophets

Post #35,562 by 3) 4/16/02 6:48:00 AM Reply	A hint about Prophets They never predict the future. That's just a style, a kind of metaphor. They describe how it is now, as they write. Seriously, there is a church rule. Prophets are allowed to predict exactly one thing, and one thing only: if you don't clean up your act, God will kick your ass but good. Allowed variations are whether the act that needs to be cleaned up is that of groups or individuals, and how pleasant things will be if you do clean up your act. The rest is just describing things as they are, projected foreward. That (except for attributing the ass-kicking to God) applies to the best secular prophets (e.g. George Orwell) too. Look at the things you describe - it was ever thus. The end times you describe have been happening for all of recorded history, except for times when things were worse. I am not a man, I am a free number.
Post #35,730 by orion 4/17/02 1:33:53 AM Reply	I never said I was a Prophet I never saw myself as one. But I do sometimes notice things that others forget or ignore. Sometimes God speaks in whispers, subtile things that others don't notice. I believe that we go into a cycle, things get bad, could get worse, and the end times may be happening. I believe that this happened in early Christian history and that Nero (Rome) was an Anti-Christ and the end times almost started then. But later on it was averted. This is why nobody can know when the end times are going to happen. We have had many close calls, but never the entire world ruled by one person, or other stuff. But anyway ignore it if you want, but it will come back later on. The book of Revelations speaks volumes on this subject. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #35,739 by Ashton 4/17/02 4:08:08 AM Reply	When you pick bloodthirsty novellas for entertainment ..expect to see bloody things. Just please.. don't extrapolate that choice in fantasy material - onto other homo-saps, temporarily sharing the space-time. OK? BTW: that kinda lugubrious crap could make a circus clown morose - why would you immerse self in primitive fear-mongering, when you're trying to get OUT of that mindset ?? Ashton
Post #35,824 by 3) 4/17/02 8:19:44 PM Reply	I didn't mean you. I mean't the apocalyptic authors, those who wrote the supposed signs. Yep, those books were about current politics at the time. But it wasn't so much averted as ongoing. It's always the end-time. If realizing that drives you to worthwhile action, great. Otherwise, there are beter places to focus your attention. It is Spring right now. And it is always the Great Beginning. I am not a man, I am a free number.

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