One of the surest things about the future is that the world will see the rise of a final world dictator. He will rise over the newly formed EU and will extend his rule across the globe not by warfare but through the most attractive economic system the world has ever seen. Yes it is connected to the mysterious and infamous number 666. That connection cannot be explained in a paragraph but to the nominally versed in the study of Biblical Eschatology most of the details are already known.

looks like someone hasn't actually read the bible.

/jesus, save me from your followers

The question the liberal media aren't asking: "Does the Bible have anything to say about the 2008 elections in America?" And the answer is 'Yes' 'the question is stupid and shouldn't be asked. What should be asked is whether or not people with feverish devotion to 2000 year old fables should even be allowed to run for any office.'

FTFY

I see crazy people.

How much did that guy need to drink before committing to the writing of that article...

Ha, ha! Stoopid lbneals (new window)

That couldn't be any crazier

In some cases you have a choice between adding -s or -'s, although the trend is increasingly to add -s alone: three As or three A's; the ABCs or the ABC's; the 1900s or the 1900's; PhDs or PhD's; several IOUs or several IOU's.

Now stop complaining about grammar and start mocking Asus.

I lol'd, 40below.

It's funny because it's not true.

/Not even a athetist.
//Member of the Church of be nice to other people and chew with your mouth shut. It's basically Judeo-Christian. But I get to be logical.

Also start complaining about me posting in the wrong thread :P

I was going to say 40below's pic needs a slot for TF "agnostics"... but the part labeled Fundies should work.

People have been calling for the end of the world since time began and were wrong. Why should now be any different?

The more important question - how does the 2008 election fit into the four quadrants of the time cube?

Nostradamus says: "Nuh, uh..."

Oh crap. Green. I don't have any popcorn! Help!

honeymaid8: Oh crap. Green. I don't have any popcorn! Help!

Of course it went green. Its got two great flamewar-making topics: politics and religion. I would think that there was something wrong with Fark if they DIDN'T green it.

And 40's picture will definitely speed this thread up.

submitter: he question the liberal media aren't asking:

There's a reason they're not asking it. Because they know the obvious answer is NO.

American Daily - Home - A MoveOff Site
American Daily: Conservative oriented political commentary and opinion.

That's all I needed to know about the site.

NeverDrunk23: honeymaid8: Oh crap. Green. I don't have any popcorn! Help!

Of course it went green. Its got two great flamewar-making topics: politics and religion. I would think that there was something wrong with Fark if they DIDN'T green it.

And 40's picture will definitely speed this thread up.

Agreed. The headline is made for a large segment of Fark's user base. And the picture made me chuckle, too.

Notice how the crazies change with the era. I remember when Hal Lindsey was selling books in the 70's about Gog and Magog being the USA and the former USSR. Yeah, the Cold War was all in the bible.

HowlingFrog: Notice how the crazies change with the era. I remember when Hal Lindsey was selling books in the 70's about Gog and Magog being the USA and the former USSR. Yeah, the Cold War was all in the bible.

I know there were those who were trying to fit Chernobyl into the Book of Revelations.

The question the liberal media aren't asking: "Does the Bible Everybody Poops have anything to say about the 2008 elections in America?" And the answer is 'Yes'

It's an equally valid question. Stoopid liebrul media.

SilentStrider: HowlingFrog: Notice how the crazies change with the era. I remember when Hal Lindsey was selling books in the 70's about Gog and Magog being the USA and the former USSR. Yeah, the Cold War was all in the bible.

I know there were those who were trying to fit Chernobyl into the Book of Revelations.

Well, I think most of the Y2K hysteria, especially that of that total nut Gary North, was motivated by religious hysteria.

What's more pathetic?

A man who makes a living writing news articles predicting the end of the world? Or the people who buy and believe his predicting the end of the world?

SilentStrider: I know there were those who were trying to fit Chernobyl into the Book of Revelations.

I remember that too. Anybody can take a work like that, and by adding enough "could have meant" and "this could be that" basically build flimsy, actually ethereal bridges to wherever they want to build them to.
I've read Revelations several times, and the only thing that I've concluded from it was that John was likely tripping balls.

This site is comedy gold!

It's sad that in the present economy, so many people who desperately need straitjackets are unable to afford them....

burndtdan: looks like someone hasn't actually read the bible.

/jesus, save me from your followers

Or at least convince them to read slactivist.

Good find. Can't wait to hail my new EU overlord Satan, with the sexy times and mandatory abortions and whatnot.

When I started a look into Bible prophecy over 40 years ago I was surprised to see how many people believed we were in the last period of time.

ca. 70
The Essenes, a sect of Jewish ascetics with apocalyptic beliefs, may have seen the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 66-70 as the final end-time battle.

Late 4th Century
St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-397) wrote, "There is no doubt that the Antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power."

1525 AD
The beginning of the Millennium, according to Anabaptist Thomas Müntzer. Thinking that he was living at the "end of all ages," he led an unsuccessful peasants' revolt and was subsequently tortured and executed.

1658
In his The Book of Prophecies, Christopher Columbus claimed that the world was created in 5343BC, and would last 7000 years. Assuming no year zero, that means the end would come in 1658. Columbus was influenced by Pierre d'Ailly

1734
Doomsday was to come between 1700 and 1734, predicted 15th century Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa.

1836
Methodist Church founder John Wesley foresaw the Millennium beginning in 1836, the same year that the Beast of Revelation was to rise from the sea.

Mar 21, 1844
William Miller, leader of the so-called Millerite movement, predicted through careful calculation that Christ would return sometime between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844. He gathered a following of thousands of devotees. After the failure of Jesus to show up during this window, the cult experienced a crisis of faith and in the confusion began reinterpreting the prophecy and aggressively proselytizing

1845
The Second Coming according to the Second Adventists, a group that formed from the remaining hardcore members of Miller's cult. The Second Adventists were the forerunners of the Seventh Day Adventists

1846
Another Second Coming according to the Second Adventists.

1849
Yet another Second Coming according to the Second Adventists.

1851
You guessed it! Still another Second Coming according to the Second Adventists

1878
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses

1881
The new end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses

1891
In 1835 Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, foresaw the Second Coming taking place in 56 years' time, or about 1891.

1910
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Oct 1, 1914
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses. In fact, they viewed World War I as the Battle of Armageddon.

1918
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses.

1941
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I could keep going, this is merely a snippet.


Someone is bound to be right eventually, eh?

ninjakirby: Someone is bound to be right eventually, eh?

Palin believes that Jesus will arrive in her lifetime. So she could very well set in motion various events (many fundies believe that Gog/Magog are Russia/China) that would lead to the "Apocalypse".

smooshie: Palin believes that Jesus will arrive in her lifetime.

I hope she's right. I want to see how pissed off he's going to be.

HowlingFrog: smooshie: Palin believes that Jesus will arrive in her lifetime.

I hope she's right. I want to see how pissed off he's going to be.

He's going to beam down with leis around his neck, margarita in his hand, saying "WTF did you people do while I was away?".

Mugato: He's going to beam down with leis around his neck, margarita in his hand, saying "WTF did you people do while I was away?".

Yep. And then he's going through Congress with a whip of thongs, turning over desks and driving out Republicans.

The Bible is spot on in its predictions of the current financial crisis. After all, it did warn us to be wary of false profits.

Here's the part I don't get. Forgive me if it doesn't make much sense...

Christians believe in the bible. The bible says the anti-christ will appear and that's part of the end times.

After the earth is destroyed in the end, the faithful will take their place in Heaven for eternity.

Why, then, are they thinking "So and so is the anti-christ, I must vote against him to prevent it from happening".?

I don't get it. If they truly believed someone was the anti-christ, they should know there is nothing they can do to stop it. It's part of God's plan and part of the end times, which is a good thing, right?

Maybe I'm missing something...

I want to know why some people who say that life is God's ultimate gift to us are so damn determined and hoping for the end of the world.

Dread Pirate Slasher: Maybe I'm missing something...

They replaced their faith with religion.

Diogenes: The Bible is spot on in its predictions of the current financial crisis. After all, it did warn us to be wary of false profits.

That's pure win right there.

I think we need another flood. Not to take care of the wicked, but just to thin things out a bit.

/adjusts heat ray
//aims at Antarctica.

WTF is with this fear of the EU? Did the bible really predict death by bureaucracy, where the most boring city in Europe reigns death and destruction upon us?

/ok, East Croydon is worse than Brussels

Is it sad that i thought the guys point about the US ignoring the EU and treating Europe like our "post-war recovering little brother" was spot on?

bulldg4life: How much did that guy need to drink before committing to the writing of that article...

Right, sure, whatever. Do you do anything else buit copmplain?

goddamn, the modmins are trolling hardcore this month.

bulldg4life: How much did that guy need to drink before committing to the writing of that article...

About as much as Tacoby Bellisbury had before trying to make a comeback to your post.

/"buit copmplian?"

One undisputed teaching of the Bible is that all nations including America are heading toward a major intersecting with Europe, in some ways it will be more of a collision course. The EU will succeed. Another unquestionable teaching of scripture is that the last and worst dictator the world will ever know emerges from the newly formed European Union shortly after it begins as a sovereign nation with leaders like a president and vice president. He will not immediately plunge the world into war but in fact will be heralded as the most attractive world leader to arise in history. Up through normal political channels he will prove his prowess through a world economy and diplomatic achievements heretofore never seen. In short he will be loved not hated!

theology aside, this speaks the truth.

While America's place in the aforementioned is speculative at best, the rest of it is only eschatology 101

eschatology is fascinating stuff...

adamgreeney: bulldg4life: How much did that guy need to drink before committing to the writing of that article...

About as much as Tacoby Bellisbury had before trying to make a comeback to your post.

/"buit copmplian?"

Ah, yes, defending your messiah, circle the wagons!@@@21

NeverDrunk23: I want to know why some people who say that life is God's ultimate gift to us are so damn determined and hoping for the end of the world.

Because they individually fear their own physical death. They have been taught to believe that if we make things bad enough on earth, Jesus will descend from the clouds and save the believers from physically dying.

Christians who practice scorched-earth faith are only worshipping God.

One undisputed teaching of the Bible is that all nations including America are heading toward a major intersecting with Europe, in some ways it will be more of a collision course. The EU will succeed. Another unquestionable teaching of scripture is that the last and worst dictator the world will ever know emerges from the newly formed European Union shortly after it begins



Oh yeah, that is an undisputed teaching of the bible for sure...

I would not insult the citizens of this country I love so much by saying they are too dumb to see the writing on the wall. Most Americans are simply too busy, preoccupied, distracted or complacent to take note of the facts revealed in Biblical prophecies. No one said this better than Christ who warned that it wasn't just a deceiver that could catch us off guard in the last days but our own everyday activities. "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark." (Mt. 24: 37, 38)

Anyone else out there read this guy's work? His books are fantastic. A bit long-winded, sure. And I don't agree with his theories all the time, but it is an interesting set of parables and conclets. Highly recommended.

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