Man calls todays stock market crash to the date, on a message board? must read.

During the Reign of Pope Peter the Roman (2009/2010 to 2012)

* he will emphasize the authority of the Roman Pontiff
* he will emphasize the primacy of the Roman Catholic faith.
* he will use his temporal and spiritual authority against dissenters.
* he will require Catholics to believe and practice the Catholic faith in order to receive the Eucharist
* as a result, most Catholics will leave the Catholic faith during and soon after his reign (in the great apostasy)
* his reign lasts from 2009/2010 to 2012

# The great famine continues to be severe and widespread. Nothing can end the famine except the unification of all Christians in one holy Catholic Apstolic Church. The famine will not end until the Protestant Churches repent and convert and unite with the Catholic Church.
# Just as the prodigal son began to contemplate returning to his family during a famine, so also will the Protestant Churches begin to contemplate returning to unity with the Catholic faith during this great famine.

2020 to 2023 - The Unification of all Christian Churches in one Catholic Church. The Great Famine will end upon the beginning of the restructuring of the Catholic Church for Unification, in mid 2020. Nothing whatsoever will cause the Great Famine to end until Christians repent and convert and unite in one holy Catholic Church. One sign, which will precede this unification, will be widespread conversions among Catholics to believe all that the Catholic Church teaches. The Church will then be restructured to have seven divisions within unity: 5 parts for the formerly Protestant Churches, 1 part for the Latin Rite, and 1 part for the Eastern Churches.

Originally posted by Lebowski achiever
reply to post by Dskys

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Oh man, talk about your common household/garden variety of hypocrisy.

Originally posted by EquinoxSchmequinox
Mass attendance stats that I could find say that its been going down for decades. People are too busy with their suburban lives to fit in church, and churches are crumbling from age/neglect and the kids, well, the kids don't want to go. Parents also have big problems with kids and churches from serial episodes of abuse by priests, covered up often by the Church. The other thing I saw was, the church is closing many sites because they cannot even staff them with priests.

What I didn't know was the Vatican is also a major property holder and derives a lot of income from leases. What they're spending that money on is a great question.

One of the "benefits" they will tell adherents:



If you've got no money to distract yourself with movies, food or whatever, you know the church is going to be there to "help" and they'll bait you in any way possible. This is why food kitchens run by religious organizations give me the heebies... yes, they're doing a good deed, but they're not going to do it anonymously. Like advertising, someone is going to be repeatedly exposed to the brand and consider joining.

Any collection of people in dire straights will cling to any provided assistance. Drive up a really bad crisis and some people will "hear a calling" and enroll as priests. This could be one of their long term methods of maintaining the organization with that classic pattern: problem, reaction and solution. They need more people to tithe and they need more people to submit as priests, and when things are going well or life is too hectic, some people aren't going to think of the Church.

You can probably get the "help" you need from any organized community of people without requiring a tithe to a parent organization--the organization and communication between members of the community is enough.

here are two examples of tell-all books that tell very little
1. The DaVinci Code
2. Eichenwald's "Conspiracy of Fools"

A lot of questions can be answered by looking at some familiar dates: This A Timeline Of Re-Coinage, Coin-Clipping, Debasements, Bankruptcies, Manias, Panias, Crashes, Recessions, & Depressions Since 1278 A.D....

Originally posted by AtlantaInsider1
reply to post by Mr Headshot

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The Catholic Church is bad top to bottom. They knowingly let hundreds of priest molest children and moved them to the next church when the heat was on. I am not against religion, agnostic myself, but you need to select another sect. The Catholic Church is a damn business, simple as that. The church is sitting on one of the largest reserves of money and gold in the world. Look at the Vatican, Jesus himself could only hope to have such facilities. Sorry for the rant.

Honey, please hand me my meds and a the gin!

Originally posted by AtlantaInsider1
reply to post by dunwichwitch

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Quick question dunwichwitch: please do not be offended, but I want to do my due diligence. Were you drinking last night?

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