The latest Rapture Ready antics...

[BroodingSkill]

Roadtoad wrote

Gotta say, love the avatar, BS. (Coop rocks!)

It's too bad he's a member of the Church of Satan(you know Anton LeVeys bunch), but I've found his art to be interesting and challenging nevertheless.

Ah, what the heck, I like the way he draws those demon chics!

 

[billiefan2000]

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Oops, I should have checked my information first.

From Religious Tolerence - Religions of the world: numbers:


So there are 2 billion Christians in the world... but I'm sure all but 144,000 of them arent actually true Christians .

c4,anyone can call themself a christian,and just because someone calls themself a christian dont make them a christian.

also,the 144,000 mentioned in the book of revelation talk about those from the 12 tribes of Israel who will along with the 2 witnesses will preach the gospel during the tribulation and bring many to a relationship with the lord Jesus Christ

 

[Kopji]

During the first half of the 7 year Tribulation Period, two men will prophesy for 42 months (3 1/2 years). - billefan2000

Seems a minor correction, but this is not what Revelation 11:3 actually says, this is your interpretation of what it says. The KJV word is actually "witnesses".

There are a few sects that would take exception to changing the word, because to them the word is understood to mean something more abstract, like additional scripture, not a man or person.

Not that I really care, but I have read several times that authors of 'end times' books can not be held responsible for the hatred and distrust they inspire 'because they are just presenting what is written in Scripture'.

'Truth' is not on the solid foundation it seems with fundamentalists, but they adjust it to fit their worldview. (yeah, just like the rest of us).

 

[c4ts]

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c4,anyone can call themself a christian,and just because someone calls themself a christian dont make them a christian.

also,the 144,000 mentioned in the book of revelation talk about those from the 12 tribes of Israel who will along with the 2 witnesses will preach the gospel during the tribulation and bring many to a relationship with the lord Jesus Christ

The information from the survey I posted was not taken from polled individuals who said they were Christians. I don't know how I can stress that any further. Instead, leaders of religious communities, meaning Imams, Rabbis, Priests, (etc...) were asked for the number of people in their congregations who regularly attended services and participated in church related activities. A Christian is, by definition, one who follows the teachings of Christ. Church activities and services are directed in such a way that Christ cannot be ignored. For example, sermons are constructed as interpretations of Christ's teachings, and food drives hosted by a church are held in order to follow Christ's intentions that men be charitable. Therefore it is highly unlikely that a non-Christian would regularly attend a church's activities and services.