Jan,
For sure, if you must have a religion, stick to one of those “Mainstream” Churches.
Centuries ago, they may have sat at the more extreme end of the scale. These days, though, that appears to have been bred out of them.
"We're in the last days!"
by BoogerMan 42 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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BoogerMan
Hey Jan, check out the FREESAT channels after No. 600 +.
When they're stop talking about "the last days," they start asking for your cash. Sound familiar?
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Witness 007
We just had a huge meteor pass near earth NASA said we could have gone like the dinosaurs Jehovah would block it for us he hates dinosaurs but loves people made in his image.
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jhine
Rivergang we are all lovely now, absolutely amazing. Though l will admit that maybe my humility needs a bit of work .
Boogerman l have never personally heard this but it does put me in mind of something mmm 🤔
Jan from Tam
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NotFormer
"Hey Jan, check out the FREESAT channels after No. 600 +.
"When they're stop talking about "the last days," they start asking for your cash. Sound familiar?"
Those "Christian" channels are inhabited by para-church and independent "ministries" that funnel funds away from the local mainstream churches and into the pockets of the promoters, more often than not. Jan's point still stands: you're not likely to hear the "time is short; give money!" message in your local Catholic, Anglican, Baptist or Presbyterian church. Those denominations have been around long enough to know better than to be date-setting. Even the Pentecostal denominations are steering clear of that sort of thing, these days.
ETA: I didn't realise Jan said this: "As far as l know we , the British don't have these religious satellite channels. Brits don't go in for that kind of " give us your money for a blessing " stuff".
That she is unaware of that rubbish is to her credit, IMO*. Every country has those sorts of channels. We have a couple here in Australia, mainly programmes piped in from the USA. But you're not likely to find mainstream church goers knowing about them or paying them any heed.
*In this case, ignorance is bliss! Kenneth Copeland and his ilk make my blood boil; not knowing that they're out there would be great!
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Balaamsass2
:) LOL I have been waiting for ARMAGEDON since I was 5. I am in my late 60s and MY END is right around the corner.
END DAY BELIEFS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAN.
My Mexican PIMI JW cousin was all excited about the Mayan 2012 "End", and took her kids to the movie. She called me all excited! I asked her, I thought you believed the Mayans were Satan worshippers? If Jesus didn't know the day or the hour, you believe Satan did?.. lol She got mad. :)
"In late 2013 and early 2014, English-language media outlets widely reported that Ragnarök was foretold to occur on 22 February 2014.[153] Apparently patterned after the 2012 phenomenon, the claim was at times attributed to a "Viking Calendar"."
"apocalypticism is the religious belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime.[1] This belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization will soon come to a tumultuous end due to some sort of catastrophic global event.[1]
Apocalypticism is one aspect of eschatology in certain religions, the part of theology concerned with the final events of human history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity (societal collapse, human extinction, and so on).[2]
Religious apocalypticism
[edit]Religious views and movements often focus on cryptic revelations about a sudden, dramatic, and cataclysmic intervention of God in history; the judgment of humanity; the salvation of the faithful elect; and the eventual rule of the elect with God in a renewed heaven and earth.[3] Arising initially in Zoroastrianism, apocalypticism was developed more fully in Judaic, Christian, and Islamic eschatological speculation.[1][4][5][6][7]"
But WAIT there's more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypticism
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mikeflood
Apocalypticism?
Remember that people need always to be engaged in something mysterious , there's for everyone in sitcoms, youtubers, conspiracy theories of any kind....have you heard about 'climate change' and how everything gonna be destroyed?
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jhine
NotFormer thank you for completing my ignorance. As you say no mainstream church goer is aware of these channels and l totally agree that ignorance is bliss
Jan from Tam
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DesirousOfChange
Remember that people need always to be engaged in something mysterious
And, for the disadvantaged people, there must be something that gives them HOPE for a better future, be that Heaven or a New World or Panda Petting Paradise or a handful of PowerBall tickets.