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Topic: Lunatics and the end of the world
Fitnessfanatic Joined Mon 08/14/06 Posts: 426	Sun 05/25/08 09:26 PM
In religion are lunatic fringes that believe the end of the world is at hand. Think Waco Texas and Branch Davidon cult back in the early 90's. Think Y2K. Think "Left Behind" movies. I remember after the World Trade Center bombing in 2004, a group that generically calling themselves "christians" coming into my store and giving out ominous warnings of a war that suggested the end. I've heard this story before, the cold war being one of them There was Christian sect in the late 1800s that believe the was at hand according to their leader's calucations of biblical text. They prepared themselves for end and waited to be taken on the calucated date, nothing happened. Later the leader re-calucated the date for 4 years later, 4 years pass nothing happened and the sect disbanded. More recently was the Bible Code, but critics contend that such a code could be applied to Moby **** and have the same out come. Personally I think such beliefs are best described as psychotic. Trying to make connections where none exist, deciphering religious text to make mystical revelations, beliefs of being the second coming of Christ, belief of mystical powers of in a leader are all the signs of the manic phase of bi-polar disorder or maybe schizoaffective disorder. Religious beliefs should not be taken to extremes or practice as such to dilute the positive benefits of the faith. Flexibility in changing to meet realistic and comtempory times would do make religion relevent today. In other word keep an open mind.

Derekkye Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 3427	Sun 05/25/08 09:34 PM
The citizens of Sodom and Gomorah likely thought the same way.

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Sun 05/25/08 09:41 PM
Religious beliefs should not be taken to extremes or practice as such to dilute the positive benefits of the faith. Flexibility in changing to meet realistic and comtempory times would do make religion relevent today. In other word keep an open mind. I agree that those who yell doomsday constantly are somehow like the "sky is falling' little chicken. However, the fundamental societal belifs of religon should be practiced, not changed. For example, the commandment "Thou shalt not commit adultery," has certainly touched the lives of many of us on here from the negative aspects of not practicing it.

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Sun 05/25/08 09:46 PM
The World Trade Center bombing was in 2001. 9-11-01

Jeanniebean Joined Wed 01/30/08 Posts: 40028	Sun 05/25/08 09:50 PM
The end is near! Quick, run to the underground bunkers! I don't have the specific details. (Just kidding folks.)

willy_cents Joined Sat 07/14/07 Posts: 4471	Sun 05/25/08 09:52 PM
The end is near! Quick, run to the underground bunkers! I don't have the specific details. (Just kidding folks.) yup, you are right. The end for all of us will most likely occur in the next 50 to 75 years.

star_tin_gover Joined Tue 04/29/08 Posts: 735	Sun 05/25/08 09:54 PM
The World Trade Center bombing was in 2001. 9-11-01 Must have been some other World Trade Center.

hikerchick Joined Sat 12/22/07 Posts: 13206	Sun 05/25/08 10:01 PM
The World Trade Center bombing was in 2001. 9-11-01 Must have been some other World Trade Center. yeah, what was I thinking?

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Mon 05/26/08 12:05 AM
2012 is the prophicied date of the Draco invasion

star_tin_gover Joined Tue 04/29/08 Posts: 735	Mon 05/26/08 08:45 PM
The World Trade Center bombing was in 2001. 9-11-01 Must have been some other World Trade Center. yeah, what was I thinking? ((((Hiker)))) Half the time I couldn't tell you what day it currently is. Work work work.

what_is_life Joined Wed 04/11/07 Posts: 211	Mon 05/26/08 10:42 PM
The World Trade Center bombing was in 2001. 9-11-01 Actually the world trade center bombing was in 1993. the world trade center attacks, on 9/11 was in 2001.

Milesoftheusa Joined Fri 10/27/06 Posts: 5122	Mon 05/26/08 11:34 PM
In religion are lunatic fringes that believe the end of the world is at hand. Think Waco Texas and Branch Davidon cult back in the early 90's. Think Y2K. Think "Left Behind" movies. Now i have to take some issue with Waco automatically because the govt. said so that they were some crazy cult. How do u know that. Did you watch the news reports when the reporters were allowed up close? But after things went wrong all of a sudden it was to dangerous for reporters. So they moved them back 2 miles. Does that sound right? When did you ever see any shooting from them unless they were fired on 1st? Why was the sheriff not notified that the ATF was coming when David Koresh was in town the day before? Why 400 ATF in riot gear for 1 man? The child welfare found no abuse not long before the raid. I do not agree with the man but thier was no evidence found before by the state of Texas. Yet we got programmed and a Movie about it was on TV 6 weeks later. How the heck did that happen? In a crime scene you rope off the area to see what you find. Not Waco. They immediately brought in heavy equipment and loaded everything in dump trucks bodies and all and took it to govt. land. I believe the govt. has way more to answer for than the Davadians ever did. Women and children were murdered. Plain and simple and we let them get by with it. The Randy Weaver story now he lived and was able to take that to court and u should read sometime what out govt. did thier. We just accept it because what can we do. Just like now as the middle class gets poorer. Who gets more Power? I just think those people need what our constitution is suppose to guarentee. Innocent untill proven guilty. Alot of the cult they deserve what they got attitude where does that come from? The religious Right. The same ones who has helped bring this country to where it is in the last 8 years because GWB says he believes and Roe vs wade should be overturned. Oh lets vote for him. The Davadians deserve a little respect..Miles

Fitnessfanatic Joined Mon 08/14/06 Posts: 426	Tue 05/27/08 10:04 AM
In religion are lunatic fringes that believe the end of the world is at hand. Think Waco Texas and Branch Davidon cult back in the early 90's. Think Y2K. Think "Left Behind" movies. Now i have to take some issue with Waco automatically because the govt. said so that they were some crazy cult. How do u know that. Did you watch the news reports when the reporters were allowed up close? But after things went wrong all of a sudden it was to dangerous for reporters. So they moved them back 2 miles. Does that sound right? When did you ever see any shooting from them unless they were fired on 1st? Why was the sheriff not notified that the ATF was coming when David Koresh was in town the day before? Why 400 ATF in riot gear for 1 man? The child welfare found no abuse not long before the raid. I do not agree with the man but thier was no evidence found before by the state of Texas. Yet we got programmed and a Movie about it was on TV 6 weeks later. How the heck did that happen? In a crime scene you rope off the area to see what you find. Not Waco. They immediately brought in heavy equipment and loaded everything in dump trucks bodies and all and took it to govt. land. I believe the govt. has way more to answer for than the Davadians ever did. Women and children were murdered. Plain and simple and we let them get by with it. The Randy Weaver story now he lived and was able to take that to court and u should read sometime what out govt. did thier. We just accept it because what can we do. Just like now as the middle class gets poorer. Who gets more Power? I just think those people need what our constitution is suppose to guarentee. Innocent untill proven guilty. Alot of the cult they deserve what they got attitude where does that come from? The religious Right. The same ones who has helped bring this country to where it is in the last 8 years because GWB says he believes and Roe vs wade should be overturned. Oh lets vote for him. The Davadians deserve a little respect..Miles Their religious leader said he was Christ, that he could open the seven seals, and they thought he revive the dead, they tried to send a grenade through the mail, they were arming themselves for the coming apocalyse. If that not a cult then I don't know what is.

Milesoftheusa Joined Fri 10/27/06 Posts: 5122	Tue 05/27/08 10:45 AM Edited by Milesoftheusa on Tue 05/27/08 10:48 AM
Yea when did this happen? Well into the siege. I do not know of him saying any such thing before. he seems to of lost it and what was happening he took as prophecy. I wonder how many groups might believe that if under the same circumstances as far as believeing this might be prophecy.Pat Robertson came out and claimed New Orleans was being punished for its sins. Is he a cult leader? But then you want to defend something when nothing was happening inside except he wanted to finish his writings about the 7 seals. Why not let him? He said everyone would come out mainly him when he finished. No we could not wait.Just because we do not see something as someone else does not give us the right to attack them. So go ahead he said he was messiah which means annointed one. The 2 witnesses will be 2 annointed ones.But openly confess that The 700 club and TBN who openly made false prophecty's they said come from our creator. Which for that you are to be killed. For claiming you are someone you are not> Is thier a penalty mentioned for that? So are all of TBN and the 700 club members in a Cult? Shalom....Miles and where is this grenade thing through the mail. I have never heard about that.