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All of the violence, threats, killing, war, terrorism, global warming, etc. etc. occurring on earth right now, do you believe it's a sign from God to remind us of him and/or the world coming to an end?
All of the violence, threats, killing, war, terrorism, global warming, etc. etc. occurring on earth right now, do you believe it's a sign from God to remind us of him and/or the world coming to an end?
No.
And the problems we face will never be solved if people keep thinking in supernatural and paranormal terms.
If people think that all of the negativity in this world is of God's doing, or if they believe all of this is a sign from God, there's no reason to actually get to work trying to mitigate, if not completely solve, some of these problems. Instead, people will merely huddle in their churches, clutching their Bibles, and wait for the so-called End Times to come.
Of course, if a version of the End Times does, in fact, arrive, it will have nothing whatsoever to do with God. Instead, our extinction will occur because too many people were terrified and paralyzed by their primitive superstitions to put down their Bibles and stop uselessly and futilely praying. Instead of gathering together to change that which we can and move toward making our civilization more sustainable, people will waste time beseeching the ceiling for a magical way out of our imminent doom.
Only too late, after they realize that they're going to die and still no Jesus, will they understand that humanity destroyed itself through its own inaction and inability to let go of Bronze Age myths and accept an Information Age reality.
All of the violence, threats, killing, war, terrorism, global warming, etc. etc. occurring on earth right now, do you believe it's a sign from God to remind us of him and/or the world coming to an end?
Uhh, no.
Most of that violence, threats, killing, war, and terrorism does come from the religious side of things, so I guess you could try to make that argument if you are so inclined. For those of us that think for ourselves, the answer is no. In fact, without religion, a lot of these things may not even be happening.
All of the violence, threats, killing, war, terrorism, global warming, etc. etc. occurring on earth right now, do you believe it's a sign from God to remind us of him and/or the world coming to an end?
Everything that happens in this world does so because God allows it or God ordains it. But no--I don't believe that he is trying to send us coded messages. If he wants to communicate with us, he'll do it in a way that is unmistakable--such as a collection of 66 books known as the Bible.
No...the bad things that are happening today are a result of our disobedience--of sin in the world.
All of those have been happening from the beginning of human civilization. The only difference is now we get to see it all 24/7 in technicolor.
This. When I read these threads I think, "Read history and educate yourself. This is nothing new. Mankind has always been doing one horrible thing after another."
This. When I read these threads I think, "Read history and educate yourself. This is nothing new. Mankind has always been doing one horrible thing after another."
It's also productive to remind oneself that man has also always been doing good, noble and admirable things, one after another. I often wonder why people who start threads on topics like this invariably see messages from god in the worst that happens, and never in the best.
Dang, the OP didn't even make it a week this incarnation.
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