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Originally posted by Figjam
fascinating..................I'll have to go away & think about this one now. thanx for posting, especially interesting is that bit about the MIR Mold...........just that alone will keep me interested for days. thanx
Originally posted by apex
That is a very good find/research. It is a good merging of several ideas.
However, I just wonder, where does it say you have to survive the period on earth called the "Tribulation"? Surely it would be better to die than to receive the Mark of the beast, obviously survival is better, but it just seemed a good point to make.
(Edit to put in a paragraph)
[edit on 16-9-2005 by apex]
only 144,000 out of over 6 Billion get redeemed. Acts 3:23 says whoever will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed. I interpret that as a warning to take warnings or die regardless if you're Christian or not.
Originally posted by apex
[quote/] "a scottish glen or similar to live in, as it would have enough water."
Originally posted by James J Dierbeck
I never said people must survive the tribulation, or even imply that most could, for only 144,000 out of over 6 Billion get redeemed. Acts 3:23 says whoever will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed. I interpret that as a warning to take warnings or die regardless if you're Christian or not.
The mark of the beast bearers give the beastliness its' power & support & operatives thereby. Preparedness can defeat the NWO agenda of control.
Originally posted by
Willow_Dryad
"Wow... what a god. Id rather not worship a god who would happily allow billions of people throughout history to die and only save 144,000. No wonder the "antichrist" seems more attractive to the masses. Maybe he has more mercy and compassion. Not only does your god kill those billions, but he has created and sustains an entire new existence of eternal torment for them."
"I have not heard the prophet. I would not believe him if I heard him. Why? Because I have been lied to many times by people. What would make him so different?"
"For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness"-2 Thess 2:11-12. The after-life you earn is the one you get. Is that not fair?
"Why cant your god just quit with the pathetic games and reveal himself to us? Or does he take delight in destroying billions of souls... come on, animal sacrifices prove he is blood thirsty."
Note that Christ did away with sacrifices, & stonings, as the authority he was. God did reveal Christ to us, with miracles of healing, only for him & his followers to be crucified, thrown to lions etc. The 2 witnesses of God in Rev 11 have power to curse the world as often as they will it, as is deserved, rather than reward the world for, in murderousness they trust.
"Also, just because your church is outlawed, does not make it true. Maybe its outlawed because it breaks laws? I dont know enough about it."
The gov you obviously consider right in all things, allows animal sacrifices of Santeria, Voodoo, & Church of Satan. I do NO rituals. I, like native americans & Rastafarians, like to lower my blood pressure while assisting myself in achieving an "alpha state" of brain wave activity, to aid meditation & vision quests. I cited in court Genesis 1:29-30 and Ezekiel 34:29, & Romans 14:2-4 KJV or Latin Vulgate, a basis for herbs in a religious context, besides the meditative state it assists, which is provable by EEGs. I'm not the average Bible thumper.
The judge ruled that my religious convictions are sincere, yet ruled that no jury would be allowed to hear my freedom of religion defense. I had to try in court because IRS had discriminated by refusing me tax-exempt status, effectively interfering with the establishment of a religion
contrary to the 1st Amendment. I don't care if you approve or not, I care about Constitutional freedoms.
Originally posted by Willow_Dryad
I do not hold ANY government to be right. I think the majority of them are corrupt and need to be sorted out.
Most western governments dont give a crap what religions do as long as its within the law, they allow many outright weird cults to exist legally, so if yours is not legal then there must be something it does that is illegal.
I dont see why billions of people should die and suffer in hell. At times I do wish such a place existed for those who truly deserve it, but there is no place.
We all die, and we all share the same nothingness. Hell is a fantasy story made up to scare people like you into doing their will. Id like to see your evidence of it.
Originally posted by Willow_Dryad
"if yours is not legal then there must be something it does that is illegal. Trying to dodge taxes? Thats your own problem. Dont play the persecution card."
"I used to smoke weed. It made me paranoid. It made me behave in a bad way. It turned me into something I had no control over, and it was only after I stopped smoking it that I realised what I was. It takes away your judgment, it takes away your ability to look at the big picture."
"It doesnt really matter if animal sacrifices stopped, does it? The fact is they were carried out for thousands of years by a bloodthirsty god."
"A god who killed children by a she-bear, for simply being children. Yeah they called a prophet names, but thats what kids do. Who's to say they would not have grown up and became respectable citizens?"
"I question that the god in the old testament is even the same one who the christ of the new testament portrays, in fact I would go as far to say as the god of the OT is the Satan of the NT."
"I dont see why billions of people should die and suffer in hell."
"Hell is a fantasy story made up to scare people like you into doing their will. Id like to see your evidence of it."
Originally posted by Willow_Dryad
"Really, what is the difference between sacrificing a human and an animal? This is something I cannot do for I would be sick,/These animals are SENTIENT. They KNOW. Just because they cannot speak does NOT make it right."
"This is to do with YOUR god and YOUR religion. Stop passing the buck please."
"I hardly think that using a fictitious movie, and Houdini is proof. Do you have links to these accounts of the afterlife?"