Serious answers aren’t required.Here’s an explanation of this question:I have a few religious people in my family (Christians) who believe that there are only going to ... moreSerious answers aren’t required.Here’s an explanation of this question:I have a few religious people in my family (Christians) who believe that there are only going to be 6000 years of human history, then the saints will be taken up to heaven and the sinners would be left behind, then there would be 1000 years of world peace. It doesn’t really look like we’ve been having world peace for the last 123 years.I see two obvious questions right away. First, I have absolutely no idea how people even get that out of the Bible. I’ve read it and I would never come up with that in a million years.Second, if it’s true, what happened on 1 December 1900 at 14:40 GMT? How did we miss Judgement Day?If you project back the dates of the events in the Bible, the first day of Creation would have been 20 October 4101 BCE at 16:00 GMT. One year is 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds so when I add those two together, I get 1 December 1900 at 14:40 GMT. less
Answers can either be serious or humorous. This question was inspired by another AM user’s disdain of a particular fruit, a condiment originating in the border region o... moreAnswers can either be serious or humorous. This question was inspired by another AM user’s disdain of a particular fruit, a condiment originating in the border region of Spain and France, and a spread made from yeast extract.
Charlie Shamp a Christian prophet appeared as a guest on the Jim Bakker show last week and he shared his heavenly vision about Republican politics. In hi... moreCharlie Shamp a Christian prophet appeared as a guest on the Jim Bakker show last week and he shared his heavenly vision about Republican politics. In his vision he’d received two palm trees - one planted in California the other in Florida. He asked, Lord who are these two palm trees? and God responded - this palm tree from California is Ronald Reagan - this palm tree that is in Florida is Ron DeSantis. Sharp said his vision presented the Florida governor as a tree of righteousness that God would replant in Washington D.C. to stand strong against the storms. Then he painted DeSantis as the second coming of Ronald Regan. And added that the Christian community is open to turning the page on Trump in favor of a more authentic spiritual warrior. I might of believed Sharp more if he wasn't wearing a Pompadour hat because I figure no prophet worth their weight in gold would wear a pompadour hat. Cheers! less
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This is an incredibly insightful and penetrating essay which, when written decades ago in the sixties, probably applied almost solely to America. Unfortunately, after the fall of Communism secularism began to make steady inroads into historically Orthodox countries. While in Romania in January, 2008, I distinctly remember the highly esteemed Bishop Vasile of Cluj-Napoca remarking with great sadness that secularism was perhaps the greatest threat to the Church in Romania, and that stemming its tide seemed almost hopeless. Other pious Romanians lamented the abrupt loss of morality and Christian virtue in general that began... less
