Ok if nobody has heard the news...here's the scoop. Lebanon captured some Isrealy people...Isreal bombed Lebanon. So now we have a war.
Here's my question. In Matthew, the Bible says that there will be wars and rumors of wars.
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
So is this the beginning of the end of the world? Or what? Am I reading to much into this?
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Tiffany09, here's a news-flash sweetheart, anyone who has ever tried to predict the future from the incoherent ranting of the writers of the Bible has always failed. You can take that to the bank.
Lebanon did not capture any "Isrealy" people. Hezbollah, a terrorist organization operating out of Lebanon which recently gained a small amount of representation in the Lebanese government during the last elections, did capture some "Israeli" people, however.
Considering that wars and rumors of wars have been going on in that region for at least the past 3000 years, I'd say, yup, you're reading too much into it.
I'm not taking sides here, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. It's a difference of point of view.
I don't approve of Hezbollah's actions, but then again I don't approve of Isreal's either. Or our current administrations's, for that matter.
Hey hey hey! Since humanity came to exist, we've always been fighting with each other. Always. The world isn't any closer to ending now then it was during the Crusades. Which, by the way, WAS ALSO A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
Yes, it's "the beginning of the end." It's never "the end," it's always "the beginning of the end."
Tiffany, don't you read your own quote? "See that ye be not troubled" means don't obsess over it.
There's war going on in the Middle East?image
Let me put it to you simply, Tiffany.
Five billion years from now, when the Earth is hurtling into the sun and there is nothing left alive on it except a few bacteria, the ones in the Middle East will hate each other.
<<< You can bet when the end of the world comes around, it'll be because of idiots arguing over who's make-believe "God" is best. >>>
"reading to much into this?"
Yeah! "wars and rumors of wars" is blatantly obvious to any area in strife of such, the middle East has been a clash of cultures for over 4000 years of the recorded history of many nations.
The quote is clearly a "well, der" moment even back then. Anyone know "well der" in Aramaic or greek? Mel?
Anyone that bases their belief on Biblical prophecy on this one (and it's apparent, for many, this is the favorite) can just wave the white flag now or be forced to stumble and blabber on to TRY and explain WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
It's top ten spot in Biblical revelation just demonstrates the weakness of the whole myth and their tendency to cling to even the weakest straw.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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