tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post9181329222261324322..comments2024-03-28T08:58:27.412-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Don't they know it's the end of the world?Victor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-85650761719279011062011-05-22T22:02:19.162-07:002011-05-22T22:02:19.162-07:00I wrote an essay, years ago, that satirized a news...I wrote an essay, years ago, that satirized a news piece involving Hal Lindsey's TV program. Apparently, TBN was unwilling to broadcast his show because his anti-Palestinian/pro-Israeli ranting was offensive in parts of the world---the Middle East---that receive TBN broadcasts. The article went on to state that the show was re-airing because TBN was able to filter his program in some parts of the world using a new-fangled, "program" specific, transmission blocker. <br /><br />My recommendation was for pro-Western, "alternative" media hungry people in the Middle East to decrypt these transmissions using equidistant letter sequencing codes. And that the de-coded transmissions ought to offer a "Hal Lindsey Bobblehead", as a generous love gift to those supporting (i.e. donating to) the Hal Lindsey Show in the Middle East. Or something ridiculous along those lines.<br /><br />The few people who read it were tearing up with laughter. I guess you had to be there or something. I wish I still had that paper. It wasn't on par with Jonathan Swift or anything...but you probably would have laughed.Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-40070327860408010222011-05-22T20:59:14.859-07:002011-05-22T20:59:14.859-07:00You know...I was perusing films on Netflix today--...You know...I was perusing films on Netflix today---May 22---and I noticed a film called "Woman Thou Art Loosed". It's not my kinda movie, but I noticed in the description it said:<br /><br />"adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes's best-selling self-help novel"<br /><br />I didn't watch the movie, but I was thinking to myself "is this about the Rapture or something?"<br /><br />Speaking of the "rapture", I noticed a lot of parallels between "Left Behind: The Movie" and the 80's miniseries "V". Both have news reporter protagonists. Both have an apocalyptic "new world order" in store for humanity. Both have "reptilian" bad guys. And both have subplots involving underground "resistance" movements. In other words, both owe a debt of gratitude to H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds".<br /><br />However, only one of them actually left me with the sinking feeling that my money and time---which I had left behind at the movie theater that night---could have been much better spent elsewhere. But...hey...that's the way life goes when you make the mistake of dating a girl from an "evangelical" University. Oohhhh..the popcorn never tasted as bitter.Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-52750319980873973142011-05-20T12:41:37.759-07:002011-05-20T12:41:37.759-07:00Leaving aside the question of how to rescue Lindse...Leaving aside the question of how to rescue Lindsey, given that Jesus prophesied that Jerusalem would be trodden down by the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles is fulfilled, and given that Israel captured Jerusalem in 1967, is it reasonable to believe that the time of the Gentiles is fulilled (whatever that means). <br /><br />Is this what Paul is referring to in Romans 11, when he talks about a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the full number of Gentiles has come in?Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-60037234731362665242011-05-19T15:05:47.153-07:002011-05-19T15:05:47.153-07:00Enough epicycles will save Ptolemy, too.Enough epicycles will save Ptolemy, too.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-62782062545571462642011-05-19T15:03:49.765-07:002011-05-19T15:03:49.765-07:00We can rescue Lindsey's view by beginning from...We can rescue Lindsey's view by beginning from 1967, when Israel captured Jerusalem, which would be relevant to the passage in Luke 21, where Jesus said that Jerusalem would be trampled by the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles was fulfilled. 40 years was up in 2007, but we're still in the ball park. ;)Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-10234063323011971682011-05-18T12:01:15.672-07:002011-05-18T12:01:15.672-07:00Lindsey wasn't specific about the date, but he...Lindsey wasn't specific about the date, but he did say that a generation was approximately 40 years, so you do have an approximate date of 1988. Since it's 2011, his claim was not even approximately true.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-70462808632414087742011-05-18T08:56:15.297-07:002011-05-18T08:56:15.297-07:00Victor,
I also recall Joe making an argument from...Victor,<br /><br />I also recall Joe making an argument from scripture that the Second Coming was likely billions, or even trillions, of years into the future.B. Prokophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548980245078214688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-50457099418207122892011-05-18T07:20:10.246-07:002011-05-18T07:20:10.246-07:00I Thessalonians 5:1 Now on the topic of times and ...I Thessalonians 5:1 Now on the topic of times and seasons,brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord1 will come in the same way as a thief in the night.GREVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415494137313565242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-40618285168983311982011-05-18T05:53:24.205-07:002011-05-18T05:53:24.205-07:00Actually, Lindsey never set a date with the specif...Actually, Lindsey never set a date with the specificity you describe, so lets be accuate in our attacks.<br /><br />Doesn't the NT say no one know the time?<br /><br />Thats why I never understood the date setting.<br /><br />But it feels good to laugh at Judgment Day...although that does not mean it will never happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-6781216344513372942011-05-18T03:38:09.704-07:002011-05-18T03:38:09.704-07:00I believe Camping started with his date setting ba...I believe Camping started with his date setting back in 1987 or 1989.<br /><br />Had a date setter gain quite the news coverage during the year I took Systematics during my Seminary days and I cannot remember if it was 1987 or 1989.<br /><br />Tells you how important that class was to me. I remember only that 34 out of 36 students did not want to discuss philosophy. They asked what does philosophy have to do with theology?GREVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415494137313565242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-64378951878559898602011-05-18T01:54:59.667-07:002011-05-18T01:54:59.667-07:00One news in particular made me shake my head. It w...One news in particular made me shake my head. It was the discovery of what happened to the 'End Times Are Coming on (insert date)' cults when the predictions inevitably fails. It turns out their faith isn't shaken, on the contrary it grows stronger.Leonhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815705241524089233noreply@blogger.com