Judgement Day

It doesn't seem fair that the original post contains no thinking whatsoever, yet solicits thoughts. This is not a fair trade.

Yeah, the world ends on Saturday. That's why I'm not starting any new games.

I believe the world will end by sections of the earth, and I doubt that South Africa will go before Argentina. Therefore, I would start games with Argentinians, because they will lose on time before you, rooperi! You can die a 2000 rated player

I don't know, but the local fire station is hosting a pancake breakfast on May 22, so even if the world has become a ravaged, soulless, postapocalyptic hellscape of death filled with shards of demonic black hellfire injecting infinite pain into everything that moves, I'll still be pretty happy.

Brought this song to mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

I thought we were already there

"An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears he is right."

If this is our best than I fear the optimist is right

"You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." — Luke 12:40

The way I see it, there's a billion Christians in the world, and far, far, more than a billion hours in each of their lifetimes. If the Rapture has to occur at an hour unexpected, then if every Christian agrees to expect the Rapture each at a different hour, then, assuming the number of Christians in the agreement doesn't significantly decline, you can stave off the end of the world forever. If my math is right, it should take about 700,000 people, assuming people can't set a new time after theirs passes and the average lifespan is 80 years. If we all concentrate our Rapture-expecting efforts on one day, our faith is wasted, because all we really need is just twenty-four people expecting the world to end on May 21st to prevent it. Come together by spreading apart, fellow Christian soldiers, and use your great powers of being wrong for good and not evil!

http://www.abhota.info/end1.htm

I am not a Christian, though I claimed to be such at one time, and this is my humble opinion on the matter:

Much was prophesized about the "end days" and many "signs" were provided. These "signs" were, as mentioned from one point or another in the scriptures: Brother turning against brother; immorality; earthquakes; famines; nation against nation; pestilence; plague. (This is not an all-inclusive list).

Now, if you notice, these are things that always have been; and things that always will be. One may argue, "Oh, but they are happening more frequently now than then", and such arguments can be countered and recountered and countered again.

Based on the fact that the signs given are things that always have been and things that always will be, I submit that the dogmatic mainstream have missed the entire point of these "warnings" and "prophesies".

Moreover, we are told in the scriptures not to worry about such things for "no man shall know the day or the hour"; in fact, when walking this earth, the one whom the Christian mainstream as the Son of God said, "Only my Father in Heaven knows"; in other words, "I don't even know!" Yet the dogmatic few wish to mislead the flock into believing that they know in an effort to what: Frighten people into the faith? (God is Love; Perfect love casts out all fear). Frighten people into believing in their words? (Beware the false prophet). What other reasons could there be?

I believe the true point of these warnings and prophesies is this:

"Live with your hearts close to the one in whom you believe. Honor your religious traditions and your beliefs each and every day of your life as if today is the last day."

I was goaded into knock-down drag-out arguments with a brother of mine in regards to creation vs. evolution and this is what I told him; and what I would tell others: If you have placed your faith in Creationism (or, in this case, the End of Days) rather than the one whom you believe to be God, then you have misplaced your faith and your "religion" is meaningless.

You shouldn't take scripture so literally.

You speak with much logic and consideration of scripture. As a Christian, I applaud you for that.

One with only common sense can figure out that the world will end inevitably, based on the "signs" that continue to rise (i.e. war, famine, global warming, revolution, etc.). The point of these signs is to give people a reality check on what God himself has tried to warn people for so many centuries and through so many prophets that ended up executed: His plan to imprison, and eventually destroy, Satan, and all of his followers, because they are evil. The signs highlight the prevailence of evil on the Earth, which is also fortold in the prophecies of Daniel and John. God is waiting for the right time (the Day of Judgement) to strike Satan and destroy everything that has to do with him.

So why the wait? Why not just destroy Satan right off the bat before he caused this centuries of harm to His beloved creation (again)? Because God is merciful; he loves us so much that he is willing to give us the blood of his son, Jesus, and two thousand years's chance, despite our vulnerability to Satan, to repent for our sins and join Him in his eternal paradise!

If you want to know more, read the most life-saving book in the world: the Holy Bible.

I wish I could remember  what the original comment was and why it was deleted.

I guess it was Judged..?

lol...

the world will not end..but there will be judgement day and the wicked ones will end

Right.