Stewart

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.

Good to hear Strega!

It would be nice to see someone respond to Autumn once in a while without mischaracterising her statements/position, inventing claims she never made and relent and concede a point once in a while.

It would be nice to see someone respond to Autumn once in a while without mischaracterising her statements/position, inventing claims she never made and relent and concede a point once in a while.

People vote for a myriad of reasons, some of them rational, sticking to their actual ideologies and others irrational, against their own interests, part of tribalism and buying into silly narratives. In multi-party democracies (most countries other than the US) you have actual choice other than dipshit vs. fuck-face. In those countries you can…[Read more]

Indeed there isn’t overwhelming love for the monarchy in Edinburgh. I don’t know any monarchists amongst my Scottish family/friends, though they absolutely exist. Now that Elizabeth is no longer with us, I would imagine there will be far fewer monarchists in Scotland. It is time to end the monarchy, or at the very very least, seriously diminish…[Read more]

Actually Reg, I couldn’t find this instalment of Sunday School until Robert posted his comment.

Sunday School Sept 11th did not appear on the Sunday School forum page at all.

I guess I’d never realised how much else the Queen was responsible for until now. 😉

Thanks, Reg!!