Bwambale Robert

Even if I followed that – what does it recommend you do?  Is there any use to knowing ‘the beast’ is going to do something if we have no idea who that is and cannot prevent it doing it’s deed?

I still have no idea what the point of all these prophecies are, since they appear only to be recognisable after the event.

It seems to me a useful prophecy might help you to avoid misfortune, or gain success. But if you only recognise that something was prophecy after the event, that would defeat the purpose.

It’s a bit like reading last w…[Read more]

Johan, you are welcome to post thoughtful or original comments here. You are not welcome to proselytise (or preach or post chunks of religious texts.)

If you want to publicly share your religious insights, please don’t expect interest from an atheist membership. After all, the only reason atheists exist, is because of theistic impositions.

There was a bumper sticker on a car in front of me yesterday that said:-

IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED EVOLUTION

so I guess the churches are trying to accommodate science and yet remain relevant.

*spoiler alert – they won’t*

I’m not so clear on the rational side.

I also think that what the Catholic Church covered up by way of abuse, puts them squarely in the unacceptable range. However, in other news…

They accepted that the Earth moved around the sun, only because the evidence that was surfacing was so damn obvious that they had to. So they switched sides to kee…[Read more]

Alright, Michael, now I understand – prophecy is a sort of evidence to help people feel their faith is well placed.

How does this prophecy lead specifically to the abrahamic god?  Why could this prophecy not be pointing at a different root cause, or god, or even a group of gods?

If we accept that prophecy is real and is a ‘magic’ phenomenon (for…[Read more]

Michael, in your belief system, what purpose does the prophecy serve?  Please try to answer me without ‘beasts’ and ‘horns’, etc. I’m not asking about the content or delivery mechanism of these prophecies, just their purpose

Those’ll be the ‘unorthodox perspectives’ I was referring to, Robert.

The aspect of Michael I was pointing out, was his good manners. As far as his beliefs are concerned, everyone’s free to attack them. Or even try to clarify them.

Michael and I have just discovered we share a disbelief. Neither of us believes in hell, eternal torture or vengefu…[Read more]

Hi Popie, thanks for posting this.

I agree that Michael may have some unorthodox perspectives, but he does not insult or mock anyone and never has, in all the years we’ve known him.

I respect him for that.

Hi Michael

Are you saying there’s no ‘hell’ or post life torture?

Hi Michael

Just to be clear, are all these prophecies leading us to ‘Armageddon’ or are they just random predictions about life in general, like a mystical horoscope?

Well hello Michael! Long time no see 🙂

I’ve got about an hour to kill in my car, later so I’ll have a read of what you’ve been thinking recently, then.