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Thor
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Message 1 of 302 (250685)
10-11-2005 7:46 AM


This from the Sydney Morning Herald:
End is nigh, US preacher predicts
October 11, 2005
Washington: The high-profile American preacher Pat Robertson says recent natural disasters around the globe point to the end of the world and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.
"These things are starting to hit with amazing regularity," Mr Robertson told CNN on Sunday, remarking on the coincidence of the devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Pakistan and India at the weekend and the recent hurricanes that tore through the southern United States and Central America.
These disasters had come less than a year after a massive tsunami levelled huge areas of South Asia, killing more than 31,000 people and leaving about 1 million homeless.
Devout Christians believe the "last days" will be marked by political and geological upheaval, and Mr Robertson said recent events showed those days might have arrived.
Quoting the Bible, the conservative Christian broadcaster said the latter days would be marked by "the birth pangs of a new order, and for anybody who knows what it's like to have a wife going in labour, you know how these labour pains begin to hit.
"What was called the blessed hope of the Bible is that one day Jesus Christ would come back again, start a whole new era, that this world order that we know would change into something that would be wonderful that we'd call the millennium," Mr Robertson said. "And before that good time comes there will be some difficult days and they will be likened to what a woman goes through in labour just before she brings forth a child."
Asked if the world was reaching this moment, he replied: "It's possible. I don't have any special revelation to say it is but the Bible does indicate such a time will happen in the end of time. And could this be it? It might be."
More than 1200 people died in Hurricane Katrina in the US and Hurricane Stan has caused up to 1000 deaths. Nearly 20,000 people died in the weekend's earthquake.
Well, I was waiting for SOMEONE to suggest it. Why am I not surpised it was him?

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Thor
Member (Idle past 5937 days)
Posts: 148
From: Sydney, Australia
Joined: 12-20-2004


Message 76 of 302 (253570)
10-20-2005 11:47 PM
Reply to: Message 73 by Buzsaw
10-20-2005 10:05 PM


Dr Jones summed up my thoughts nicely in his response, but I'd like to add a couple of things.
You need to do some Biblical research on your own as he has done and as I have done on this.
No thanks, there are many more constructive and useful things I'd rather spend my time on.
Get off the messenger's back and focus on the messenger's statements.
I was focusing on his statements, which is why I was disturbed by it. If Robertson and his fundie cohorts really believe this rubbish, then how does this affect their views on other issues?
IIRC doesn't biblical prophecy call for a big war in the middle east? Like, the final big showdown between good and evil which must happen for all the faithful to take their place alongside God? Therefore, Robertson and fundies should be wanting this war to take place, so why should they care about peace in the middle east?
Why should they give two hoots about the environment, or finding alternatives to fossil fuel? Why should they be interested in allocating resources to researching and developing treatments and cures for illness? Why indeed, should they care in any way about improving things for us and future generations, if the end-times are coming and Jesus is returning?
Also in view of all this, remember that Robertson has the ear of Dubya himself! I don't think I want to know what kind of shit he is being told.

The probability that someone is watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

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