What I stated is historical facts.
Yes Christian sites are about belief's, but what I put up is facts about the manuscripts.
Just because it's a Christian site does not mean that it is just full of beliefs.
You are using you own beliefs and not facts.
The temple will be rebuilt in the future. This is a belief.
All of the things prophesied have happened.
That the word of God would be preached to the whole world. That the Jews would have their Nation.
That Ethiopian Jews would return.
That there will be increase in Knowledge.
That Earthquakes, Volcano's and violent storms would become worse and worse.
That Nation would rise against Nation and there will be wars and rumors of wars.
Good will be called evil and Evil will be called Good.
All of it is happening.
Men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Christians will be under attack and killed.
All of many things are happening. It still falls into the realm of belief, belief that these things fulfill a prophecy. My primary problem with revealed religion and belief in prophecy is that interpretation is heavily involved, so much so that there have been major schisms within Christianity because of it.
Don't get me wrong, some of these things are noteworthy, but some of them really are not.
The increase in knowledge and travel in Daniel, which is interpreted as prophecy by much of Christianity, is problematic because it was written in the midst of the explosion of the Hellenistic Period and the early rise of Rome. In context, these periods of great expansion, learning, and influence of both these eras easily fits the criteria spoken of in Daniel. Was it prophecy? Maybe, but it could easily be seen as simply observing what was going on at the time and drawing out a natural conclusion. Afterall, it was written after the exploits of Alexander the Great were well-known, so is it much of a stretch to predict an increase in travel and knowledge?
Extreme weather and volcanoes? I don't know. Maybe. Before weather patterns and trends were seriously recorded, it's a bit difficult to say if current activity is outstanding in the stretch of our Earth's history. Even establishing that current activity is truly outstanding in the scope of history since these prophecies were written is dubious. The Ancient Romans wrote of wine vineyards in England when the weather was warm enough there for it, and again there are records of them in England in the 11th Century. To think that such drastic pattern changes didn't coincide with peaks and valleys in extreme weather globally at the times seems a bit naive. Today, there are people everywhere, and they have cameras. We see bizarre weather phenomena almost in real time. None of that makes recent weather trends outstanding in the scope of human history.
That Nation would rise against Nation and there will be wars and rumors of wars? Sorry, but that's the sum of human history, partner. That is to be considered prophetic?
That evil will be called good and good will be called evil? Mmmm. Unless I am mistaken, the only place that notion appears is in Isaiah, and the language is hardly prophetic. Again, the Roman persecution of Jews and Christians easily ties into this passage and needs not be seen as a prophecy, unless somebody needs it to be, in which case, it is.
Men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Christians will be under attack and killed.
Again, does the Roman Empire ring a bell? Why didn't the world end 2000 years ago? I mean, Mt Vesuvius provides you with your increased volcanic activity, as does the bizarre weather patterns that allowed for wine vineyards in England. All of it coincides quite nicely.
I'm not trying to prove the Bible wrong, nor am I claiming that the Bible is not prophetic. All I'm saying is that predictions of the end times are nothing new. People have been making them for thousands of years, sometimes using the Bible as their inspiration. So, I suppose my beefs aren't so much with the Bible as they are with people and their general nuttiness.
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