thomas malloy wrote: And Ed Storms responded
to people who do not share this model, including working hard to bring about the "rapture".
First of all the name of the enent is the End of the Times, we are in phase one of the four stages of the Birth Pains of the Messiah. No human, other than the Mad Mullahs, has the power to bring about the next phase of the Birth Pains. The scenario began with the return of the Jews to Israel. It was exasperated by petro dollars flowing into the Middle east. The coming world leader who will make a peace treaty can be argued to just following the human inclination to make peace. As for Christians being correct, our beliefs are based on the Bible, which is the inerrorant word of G-d and IMHO, Bible Code proves it.
I was watching PBS last evening. It featured a segment of a brave reporter who was following a group of UN inspectors who were looking over Iran's nuclear facilities. The country floats on oil, but the Mad Mullahs insist that they need atomic power too. Their intention is to destroy Israel of course. But they also mentioned giving America a bloody nose.
The Islamists declared war against us, not vice versa.
The problem is how you define evil.
My definition is based on the Bible. English Common Law is based on Torah. In the countries which have a legal system based on the British System, the governments are by in large democracies, and the rights of the individual are respected. Democracies don't attack each other.
Bush thinks Iran and North Korea are evil.
Dah, they are evil. North Korea is starving and torturing it's citizens, and what are they doing with their money? Building missels and atom bombs, and supporting Kim Jung Il, in luxury and keeping him supplied with porn videos.
Belief is not black and white.
I disagree, either the Bible is what it claims to be, or it isn't. What it claims is that a Holy G-d set it up. Unfortunately his choir director rebelled against him, and introduced sin into his creation. The rest of the book reveals his plan to restore holiness to his creation. IMHO, Bible Code is proof of the book's divine authorship. see, http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/296 , which resulted when a Coder transliterated tsunami into Hebrew. Lots of details, including the date are encoded.
with regards to my belief that this planetary system is the only place with sentient entities who have free will.
I know this is your belief, but why? What is the evidence? Even on this planet, we are learning that the dolphin may be as sentient as we are. It would seem that your belief is an example of self justification based on ignorance.
I got the idea from the Hasidic Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzok. We have the mental equivalent of a virus loose in this planetary system, called sin. It can't be allowed to spread. As for dolphins being sentient, let me know if anyone teaches one sign language. I have no opinion about Koko the Gorilla.
I agree, this is a problem. However, I define sin and evil differently than you do. Unfortunately, because I don't use God as justification for my definitions, you are free to ignore my definitions.
You'll have to admit that between the two religions, the petro dollars, our immoral cultural elite, and the state of Israel, the whole thing looks like to was intended to blow up, eh?
risk of life? Have not the answers given the present religions a better understanding of what God wants? When should we stop asking questions?
It appears to me, that we have a ruling class which is either insane or Satanists. Based on out discussions of wind and tidal power and our own fossil fuel reserves , it appears that we could have achieved energy independence, but instead we flooded the Islamists with billions of dollars. Based on their writings the ruling class planned this war.
