End of the World Near?

by love2Bworldly 32 Replies latest jw friends

  • chrissy
    chrissy
    My husband is a Christian, and sometimes he is obsessed with world events in the Middle East and he thinks one day soon all the Christians are going to be raptured away to heaven while the AntiChrist rules here on earth. I am extremely uncomfortable when he talks about it because it reminds me of the JWs.

    l2bw-

    Are you referring to the latest news from Israel on the Ark of the Covenant by chance? I realize a lot of christians and jews are up in arms these days over its direct location and the prospect of removing it from the cave in which it is located. Many jews believe that this event signals the coming of the messiah. Yes, it is big news on the christian front. I have heard a lot about it as well, if this is the same sort of thing your husband speaks of. Regardless of its religious 'dooms-day is approaching' connotations...actually sort of interesting stuff.

    But no, at 4.7 billion years old (or so)... I don't think the earth's end is anywhere near in sight. I don't suppose your husband (or any of the witnesses) will hear that, however.

  • melmoth
    melmoth

    Ah yes, the Rapture. All the looniest Christians beamed up to Starship Enterprise en masse.
    It's really too good to be true. But bring it on anyway, I say.

  • inquirer
    inquirer

    greendawn
    Christians have been expecting the second presence or coming of the Christ since the days of the apostles and todays churches unlike the JWs they wisely do not try to set dates for it.





    ___

    inquirer -- Wow! Great post! So logical! Why didn't I think of it like that. Keep your eyes peeled when it happens. But don't wait for it to happen! Make the most of things now! :) Yeah... :)

    (Well, I already half knew it, but you explained it quite nicely. :) )

  • inquirer
    inquirer

    Well, this might sound too obvious, but I think that if there was a start 6000 years ago, there has to be sometime. The rate at which things are going, don't look the best. The leaders of the world can't agree on everything. Everything is about policy rather than being realistic about the world's problems. They keep inventing new things that put people out of jobs, like those automated check out scanners, instead of having a checkout chick. You use to be able to work in a factory, but now all the Chinese and Indians do it. You use to be able to call someone about your phone bill in _______ (fill the gap)country. Now the calls are in India.

    I am not sure about inventions. I am a bit sick of them actually. :( Why can't people help out Africans in Africa? Why do they always make the US look glamorous? There are so many homeless people over there! In Australia as well! Everytime I see a film from the US, I always try to remind myself "This is the top 5% of America." When I watch Opera Winfrey, I say to myself "You wouldn't even get through the front door, if you had shabby, bum clothes on. They only want you to see this fairy tale America!" I hope you know what I mean, but America is a prime example. We never hear about the everyday American that much. There are millions of people that don't have anywhere near as much money as Nicole Kidman or Russell Crows (who is a New Zealander originally).

    This terrorism in Israel has been going on for 40 years intensively! Eversince Lost In Space started!!! They can't stop terrorism there! They can't stop it in London either! There will be a terrorist attack in Sydney eventually. It's a matter of when... The new motto in Australia is (for signs of strange bags at train stations etc) "If you see something, say something."

    Things will only get worse...

    They reckon it's like only about "5 minutes to midnight" on the nuclear clock. I know they switched it back. But some dictator from North Korea can let one of those bastard things off and hit me right here in Sydney!!! Say I am stupid but I shocked at how far those things can go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's pretty far. Actually we are closer to Britain geographically than a lot of those far eastern Asian countries. It's just perception because you see this really big, cold place called Antartica that seems to make it look so far away. So it just emphasizes how far way North Korea is!

    No one is safe anymore because of this global village thing! I no more safe than you people in the United States or Great Britain.

    I believe in that multi-colored statue that's mentioned in the Bible. We are at the feet of it. I don't want to put a date on it like the Watchtower does, but I just want to keep living and being prepared if it happens! -- Bit like a terrorist attack really! :)

    It does talk about future empires in the Bible like Britain and America... And the United Nations is the last big thing... and then bang!

    There's my rant. Just how I feel about everything.

  • kgfreeperson
    kgfreeperson

    I think once I learned about cargo cults I was done with religion. When you break it down, they're all cargo cults at base.

  • stillajwexelder
    stillajwexelder

    I think there may be a huge war in the next 25 years but in the history of time it will be a case of out out brief candle - extinction of the dinosaurs was more earth shattering

  • Tigerman
    Tigerman

    I hope it's not near where I live cause the fish are biting.

  • I quit!
    I quit!

    When I first left the tower listening to religious speculation on the last days made me feel uneasy because I had heard it all before from the Watchtower. And the WT wasn't even close to being the first to do this. All history there have been those in each generation that knew for sure they were living in the last days. Those people were just as sure as the people that believe it today and nothing happened.

    I say go ahead speculate all you like as long as you view it as form of entertainment and don't take it serious. A lot of people have wasted their lives worrying about the end of the world. The end of the world did come for them but through old age and death the same as those who never gave it a thought.

    I do find the situation in the middle east very interesting. The amount of hatred most of the world exudes toward a small democratic county like Israel is quite amazing. It does seem to fit into Bible prophecy. But who knows, the squabbling could go on over there for hundreds of years.

  • googlemagoogle
    googlemagoogle

    the end is near, i tell you! and you can be saved. just leave me a note on PAYPAL and i'll tell you how!

  • Golf
    Golf

    How about the end of evil? I have no problems subscribing to that belief. When? In the Creator's 'due' time, he's the bus driver. Sit back and enjoy the ride.


    Golf

Share this

Google+
Pinterest
Reddit