Hi there!
I don’t know if the other cultures drew from the Bible. But I do know the accuracy of the bible.Hi there!
The thing is, many people claimed the same things many years ago.
The doom and gloom message could be seen by other cultures also, in all periods of time.
This is why I am wondering if this is something unique to the USA, or something else…
I find that to be a sad case of end-times obsession. People like these are usually of the evangelical Christian sort and more often than not, they’ll pretty much make many stretche, conspiracy theories, and absurd connections to make it seem like ‘we’re in the end-times’. Saddest part is when their predictions don’t come to pass and they just keep shooting themselves in the foot by making more reinterpretations, more corrections, more date-setting etc.
Yet when everyone is watching, the children are starving, bills aren’t paid, wars are claiming casualties left and right, and questionable bills are being passed in Congress.
Say all you want. I notice you didn’t mention any RCC prophecies. Of course that doesn’t spring paranoia. You know what springs paranoia? When my mom tells me that God wants to destroy this world and the only thing keeping HIM from doing so is Mary’s hand cooling the temper of God. If you were raised Mexican Catholic you would know what I’m talking about.
And when you’re raised a middle-class Filipino Catholic, you’d realize they don’t even mention stuff like that.
Heck I used to read a popular Catholic magazine here and it’s only when they talk about the beliefs of non-Catholic sects like Iglesia ni Christo is the subject of end-times even mentioned.With all due respect. Few know what is like growing up in home in poverty and trying to try anything possible to ease the pain and suffering by way of finding the fullness of God. Spending the dollars you have in your pocket to tithe or light a Candle. Going to functions in the legion of Mary only to be made fun of because we were poor. I remember wanting the return of Jesus to take away the pain and hard work my mom did. People search for hope because they have no hope. The have poverty and spiritual depression. That’s why they turn to the end times. A possible elixir for their pain here on earth.And when you’re raised a middle-class Filipino Catholic, you’d realize they don’t even mention stuff like that.
You see that’s the reason why I don’t pay much heed when Catholics make end-times prophecy. Nobody puts too much stock in them anyways. They always have other more important things to care about that matter way more than what date the world’s going to end. The good and Christian things they do, they did not do so out of fear of having a meteor crash on their house. They did those things out of love and simple Christian goodness. They don’t show the kind of dangerous and unhealthy obsession unique only to paranoid fundamentalists.
Lost Wanderer,
Sorry dude but what you’re saying is the very reason why I feel sorry for you guys. You know maybe instead of just sitting there wishing for the world to end, you should try working harder. Help out your mom or something. My parents are pretty much doing all they can to stay afloat and I find myself having to help out more and more each day even when I need to study or want to do other things. Thus I don’t think you can keep saying to me I don’t know what poverty feels like. I’ve already seen enough from other people to get the gist.
Forgive me because people like your mother, are not who I am talking about,
He imitated JesusAs far as work being holy, I like this saint called Josemaria Escriva., so far.
