The Incredible odds of fulfilled bible prophecy

DOC said:
I doubt billions have heard the gospel and rejected it.
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2/3rd of the world are something other than christian. the current world population is somewhere around 6.8 billion people. That means 4.5 billion people are in this world are something other than christian.

In order for your "Doubt" to be validated, you would have to assume that less than 22% of those people (1billion or few) had actually heard the gospels.

Given the wide spread nature of missionaries and christian churches throughout the world, such a claim is laughable.
 
DOC said:
Well actually Jesus telling the apostles to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature is not a prophecy but this is:

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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You were using "every person alive [not having] had a chance to hear the gospel" as an excuse for the failure of the specific prophecy that a thousand year reign would soon come to pass. If your argument is correct, then the thousand year reign can never come to pass, because more people are always being born, and thus there will always be some who have not yet heard the gospel.

Either your excuse is not valid, or you have yourself demonstrated that the prophecy can never be fulfilled.
 
joobz said:
2/3rd of the world are something other than christian. the current world population is somewhere around 6.8 billion people. That means 4.5 billion people are in this world are something other than christian.

In order for your "Doubt" to be validated, you would have to assume that less than 22% of those people (1billion or few) had actually heard the gospels.

Given the wide spread nature of missionaries and christian churches throughout the world, such a claim is laughable.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_missionaries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Protestant_missionaries_in_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Protestant_missionaries_in_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_Missionaries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_missionaries_in_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit_China_missions
 
DOC, why did you go off-topic and bring up a prophecy that even you agree has not been fulfilled?

Have you given up trying to defend ones that you believe actually have been?

I don't blame you.
 
DOC said:
Well actually Jesus telling the apostles to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature is not a prophecy but this is:

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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OK - so when did this prophecy get fulfilled?
 
DOC said:
Well actually Jesus telling the apostles to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature is not a prophecy but this is:

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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So what you're saying is that the only thing preventing the end of the world is the fact that there are peoples out there, like the Sentinelese, who will never hear the gospel because they'll kill those who attempt to arrive on their land?
 
Maybe the Christians could do like the Mormons, reading people into the book of the dead so that they can receive the gospel posthumously.
 
DOC said:
Well actually Jesus telling the apostles to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature is not a prophecy but this is:

Matthew 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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Why stop there? The prophetic words continue in later verses of that chapter, and a time limit is set:
34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
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Wildy said:
So what you're saying is that the only thing preventing the end of the world is the fact that there are peoples out there, like the Sentinelese, who will never hear the gospel because they'll kill those who attempt to arrive on their land?
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We often hear many people pop into DOC's train wrecks, and ask why people even bother to participate, but you know what, I love 'em.

Thanks Wildy, I've learnt something new today. Thanks for the link.

I'f DOC's god has revealed herself to the Sentinelese, I'll be a believer. If not and they have a different god, then why is theirs any less important than yours DOC?
 
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6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

The furthest stars from the Earth are billions of light years away. If the end times are starting soon Doc, it will take them a long time to fall to Earth, even traveling at the speed of light. Observation tells us that no stars are moving en masse towards the Earth so the end time will not be coming anytime soon.
 
Lamuella said:
in defense of Clinton, I actually understand what he was going for here. He was talking about whether the statement "There is nothing going on between me and ms lewinsky" could be truthful if he was not carrying on an affair with her at the time he said that, even if he had done so in the past. A dishonest thing to say, to be sure, but not as logic-chopping as it is made out.
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I've always had sincere admiration for that line. Two huge spheres of steel with a mind and mouth behind them. I didn't like the dishonesty, but admired the chutzpah.
 
dafydd said:
6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

The furthest stars from the Earth are billions of light years away. If the end times are starting soon Doc, it will take them a long time to fall to Earth, even traveling at the speed of light. Observation tells us that no stars are moving en masse towards the Earth so the end time will not be coming anytime soon.
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And even if they were moving in that direction, it would be like a myriad footballs falling on to a mote of dust.
 
Craig B said:
And even if they were moving in that direction, it would be like a myriad footballs falling on to a mote of dust.
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Yes, there are stars that are millions of times bigger than the Earth, but drug addled John didn't know that. I wonder why god didn't tell him?
 
Mudcat said:
Even if we were to allow this goal post to be shifted unchallenged those things never came to pass for the 7 Churches. However "All these things shall soon come to pass" seems pretty straight-forward to me.
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Which verse in Revelation says "All these things shall soon come to pass" and what translation are you using.
 
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