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HagiaSophia
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I would expect the Chinese to be a major factor. Christianity I agree, is in for a very hard time.
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Edwin1961
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WIth computers and technology, I am wondering if we humans will be truly ‘human’.
Someone asked on here , if was can be any MORE materialistic?
Well if you have computer parts and or chips inside you, you ARE materialistic. Would you be human? Yes, but I wouldn’t want a syntheitc computer as a brain.
Just with technology alone, I think the Catholic Church will have to make a stand on ‘computer human parts.’
But with the struggles of Islam and other paganistic concerns… will we even get to that point of technology in 100 years?
go with God!
Edwin
Someone asked on here , if was can be any MORE materialistic?
Well if you have computer parts and or chips inside you, you ARE materialistic. Would you be human? Yes, but I wouldn’t want a syntheitc computer as a brain.
Just with technology alone, I think the Catholic Church will have to make a stand on ‘computer human parts.’
But with the struggles of Islam and other paganistic concerns… will we even get to that point of technology in 100 years?
go with God!
Edwin
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asquared
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Christianity will have died out in western Europe, and the area will be predominantly Muslim. Mainstream protestantism will have nearly disappeared, and Christians worldwide will be evenly divided among Orthodox (in former Soviet bloc and eastern Europe), Catholic, and evangelical protestant. The Catholic church will be going strong, protected and defended by the Holy Spirit. The Vatican will remain the bulwark of Christian presence in Europe, an enclave in the midst of competing pagan and Muslim communities. The leadership of the Church will be from today’s third world nations. The hierarchy will be African, Asian and Hispanic, as will most priests and religious sisters and brothers. There will be a faithful remnant of true Catholics in North America, served as mission territory by other countries, who survived the Great Schism of the 21st century caused by the abortion-denying the Eucharist controversy. They will be the foundation of a growing, strenghening Catholic presence that will renew and vitalize the culture of North America, growing by the end of the 22nd century to a strong evangelizing presence that will lead to a renaissance of Christianity in the first world.
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Pbuschur
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Obviously the timeline of 100 years is uncertain,
I was listening to Fulton Sheen on audio tape the other day, and he predicted that Mary, and specifically our Lady of Fatima would convert the Muslims. Muslims are already very found of Mary, and she specifically chose the obscure town of Fatima to appear - Fatima is the name of Mohammed’s daughter.
I was listening to Fulton Sheen on audio tape the other day, and he predicted that Mary, and specifically our Lady of Fatima would convert the Muslims. Muslims are already very found of Mary, and she specifically chose the obscure town of Fatima to appear - Fatima is the name of Mohammed’s daughter.
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BLB_Oregon
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Exactly. Grace comes for facing today’s troubles. Except in doing planning that is properly today’s work, tomorrow is best left to God.
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LaSalle
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We’ll be the only dinosaurs who will continue to oppose homosexual acts.
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Veronica_Anne
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I was about to mark:
**The Church will become one once again. **
Until I realized that my prognostication would presume that I could see into the future… see how sly and seductive the Devil is?
Yikes!
So I chose “other.” I still know that the Church will become one once again… I just can’t presume how soon or how late that will be.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says this:
The Church’s ultimate trial
675 Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers.574 The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth575 will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.576
676 The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.578
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680 Christ the Lord already reigns through the Church, but all the things of this world are not yet subjected to him. The triumph of Christ’s kingdom will not come about without one last assault by the powers of evil.
**The Church will become one once again. **
Until I realized that my prognostication would presume that I could see into the future… see how sly and seductive the Devil is?
Yikes!So I chose “other.” I still know that the Church will become one once again… I just can’t presume how soon or how late that will be.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says this:
The Church’s ultimate trial
675 Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers.574 The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth575 will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.576
676 The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the “intrinsically perverse” political form of a secular messianism.578
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680 Christ the Lord already reigns through the Church, but all the things of this world are not yet subjected to him. The triumph of Christ’s kingdom will not come about without one last assault by the powers of evil.
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Ric
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Wow,
Only six of us voted correctly?
Only six of us voted correctly?
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LoneWolf
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I had a dream a few weeks ago that it was the end of the world and there were Nebula’s and Blackholes with storms everywhere. People had to travel to a certain place and they were lifted into the air… people who did not know of the gospel stayed on earth while the really bad sinners were trapped. It was a very scary but interesting dream… the thing was, I was not much old than I already am…
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Malachi4U
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Theophilus,
This era and age will not be the first time Christ’s body, His Catholic Church has faced herasy and/or schismatics. It will not be the last age for it either. There will allways be herasy and schismatics till the end of time if past history is any indicator at all. Satan will allways be there trying to divide up and bring false teachings into our world. Fortunately our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will allways be there to counter lies, heresy and schismatics.
The Catholic Chuch has faced schismatics and herasy prior to Martin Luther and the "re"formation and won for God. The "re"formation was and is today a complete and utter failure theologically. Just look at how they all have “one truth” - not! Everyday they divide and move futher away from the Gospel and Church of our Lord.
God promised to be with His body, His Church, till the end of time. I used to worry if herasy and schismatics doing Satans will would conqour over the Catholic Church. After reading Scripture, learning the “truth”, and praying, I know Satan cannot and will never win over the Catholic Church for the Church is protected by God which is its head. Satan cannot and never will win over God. It called "F"aith.
A prisoner of Christ
This era and age will not be the first time Christ’s body, His Catholic Church has faced herasy and/or schismatics. It will not be the last age for it either. There will allways be herasy and schismatics till the end of time if past history is any indicator at all. Satan will allways be there trying to divide up and bring false teachings into our world. Fortunately our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit will allways be there to counter lies, heresy and schismatics.
The Catholic Chuch has faced schismatics and herasy prior to Martin Luther and the "re"formation and won for God. The "re"formation was and is today a complete and utter failure theologically. Just look at how they all have “one truth” - not! Everyday they divide and move futher away from the Gospel and Church of our Lord.
God promised to be with His body, His Church, till the end of time. I used to worry if herasy and schismatics doing Satans will would conqour over the Catholic Church. After reading Scripture, learning the “truth”, and praying, I know Satan cannot and will never win over the Catholic Church for the Church is protected by God which is its head. Satan cannot and never will win over God. It called "F"aith.
A prisoner of Christ
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Exporter
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We are taught that men, seers and magicians, who claim to be able to see the future are not from God. We cannot know the future.
But if we read Matthew 16:v 17-19, we know that Jesus Christ told Peter, the Rock on which Christ’s Church was built, that,“I will never forsake you, I will be with you forever!” I paraphrased.
The Church will have the Holy Spirit forever to guide it. We shouldn’t worry.
But if we read Matthew 16:v 17-19, we know that Jesus Christ told Peter, the Rock on which Christ’s Church was built, that,“I will never forsake you, I will be with you forever!” I paraphrased.
The Church will have the Holy Spirit forever to guide it. We shouldn’t worry.
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LoneWolf
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what if God gave us the future? Doesn’t he always through prayer?
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Exporter
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We are taught that men, seers and magicians, who claim to be able to see the future are not from God. We cannot know the future.
But if we read Matthew 16:v 17-19, we know that Jesus Christ told Peter, the Rock on which Christ’s Church was built, that,“I will never forsake you, I will be with you forever!” I paraphrased.
The Church will have the Holy Spirit forever to guide it. We shouldn’t worry.
But if we read Matthew 16:v 17-19, we know that Jesus Christ told Peter, the Rock on which Christ’s Church was built, that,“I will never forsake you, I will be with you forever!” I paraphrased.
The Church will have the Holy Spirit forever to guide it. We shouldn’t worry.
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Evan
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And yet, we cannot become complacent. For the Church will have the Spirit, but only a remnant may remain. In the Cathechism:We are taught that men, seers and magicians, who claim to be able to see the future are not from God. We cannot know the future.
But if we read Matthew 16:v 17-19, we know that Jesus Christ told Peter, the Rock on which Christ’s Church was built, that,“I will never forsake you, I will be with you forever!” I paraphrased.
The Church will have the Holy Spirit forever to guide it. We shouldn’t worry.
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Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.
In the last 100 years, we went from horses, to cars, to computers.
In the last 10 years we went from finding more and more oil to just finding enough to equal what we are using. That is, the oil reserves have not increased although searching for oil has.
In the next 100 years we will have to eliminate our dependence on oil (gas, home heating, lubrication, nylon, spandex, fertilizer, etc etc)
This will have a great effect on society and the church. I have no idea how we will go from an energy hungry global society back to a local one. But it looks to me like we must nurture a faith filled society or there will be great wars and famine over the percieved lack of goods as a consumer society dies and a more human society grows to replace it.
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RobNY
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ktm said:“Nowhere”, NY? Must be upstate.
Yeah. There’s Long Island, there’s the city, and there’s the vast uncharted wilderness of the rest of the state.
I think the Church, and the rest of the Christian faiths will start to consolidate.
Not the small, fractured, innumerable Protestant demoninations, so much as the larger ones which will start to homogenize. As Shibboleth said, I’d expect Lutherans, as well as Eastern Orthodox to inch ever closer to us.
The smallest and most marginalized Protestant faiths will likely not grow closer to us (by this, I mean, they say there are tens of thousands of Protestant faiths), unfortunately, but will wither on the vine.
I think it will be kinda like in an economy where a few large businesses start to consolidate. I can’t put a date on any of this of course, this is how I expect it to trend though.
Even:
Do you really think getting rid of spandex would be that bad of a thing?
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jeffreedy789
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interesting reading everyone’s posts. i have a question, and an observation:
the question: exporter told us (twice) that ‘We are taught that men, seers and magicians, who claim to be able to see the future are not from God.’ where are we taught this?
my observation: everything seems to point to the annihilation of the church, especially the catholic church. the world refuses to tolerate such an archaic, (seemingly) unchanging, intolerant organization. if i got my info from the news, and only processed it with my own mind, i’d say that the church will cease to exist before too long.
however.
the Bible and the magisterium agree that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church. it cannot be destroyed. it is impossible. i would agree with many of the erstwhile prophets here that we will probably see intense persecution, and i think this will help dissolve alot of our differences, and heal alot of the wounds in His body.
He prayed, in His longest recorded and last prayer, that we would be one, as He and the Father are One. i pray, and believe, that His prayer will be answered, and that His body will be healed and unified. i don’t see it happening. but i believe it will.
the question: exporter told us (twice) that ‘We are taught that men, seers and magicians, who claim to be able to see the future are not from God.’ where are we taught this?
my observation: everything seems to point to the annihilation of the church, especially the catholic church. the world refuses to tolerate such an archaic, (seemingly) unchanging, intolerant organization. if i got my info from the news, and only processed it with my own mind, i’d say that the church will cease to exist before too long.
however.
the Bible and the magisterium agree that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church. it cannot be destroyed. it is impossible. i would agree with many of the erstwhile prophets here that we will probably see intense persecution, and i think this will help dissolve alot of our differences, and heal alot of the wounds in His body.
He prayed, in His longest recorded and last prayer, that we would be one, as He and the Father are One. i pray, and believe, that His prayer will be answered, and that His body will be healed and unified. i don’t see it happening. but i believe it will.
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tTt
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In 2104,
there will be a group of people that hold teachings of Jesus Christ and hold the principle of the unity of faith, there will be many that follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and hold the principle of purity of faith. The *unity *christians will belong to the church as the visible, historical reality unified in the world. The *purity *christians will belong to the church as the invisible, spiritual reality comprised of all who believe in Christ rightly in thier hearts.
Most of the Christians will accept divorce, homosexuality, fornication,birth control, abortion, same sex marriage, etc.
Most will ignore Mary, the Eucharist, early church fathers, the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition.
In short no change
there will be a group of people that hold teachings of Jesus Christ and hold the principle of the unity of faith, there will be many that follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and hold the principle of purity of faith. The *unity *christians will belong to the church as the visible, historical reality unified in the world. The *purity *christians will belong to the church as the invisible, spiritual reality comprised of all who believe in Christ rightly in thier hearts.
Most of the Christians will accept divorce, homosexuality, fornication,birth control, abortion, same sex marriage, etc.
Most will ignore Mary, the Eucharist, early church fathers, the Magisterium and Sacred Tradition.
In short no change
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Vincent_N
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Sure, these things are heavily dependent on oil. I’m not sure if we have to eliminate our dependence on these things. We might be able work around the lubrication and polymers problem with other synthesis material…maybe cornstarch.
There could be transition solutions for the fuel problems. Again, constarch may offer some help maybe with intermediaries in alcohols and such.
Fertilizers…just go with manure and supplement with synthetics
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Lance
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I don’t know but I think the reunification will have begun, I think the Orthadox will have returned along with the Anglicans and Lutherens. The Baptist and Evangelicals along with some of the other fring churches will still be holding out. Alot of it depends on how we conduct ourselves today. All of us have an impact on what the Church will be in the next year or 100 years. As my 1st Sgt. used to say, “Keep the faith boys, keep the faith!”
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spauline
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I can’t make any guesses about time frames because who knows? However, according to Desmond Birch’s twenty year research into the APPROVED Catholic Private Revelations in Trial, Tribulation, and Triumph, the mystics predict a PRE-Antichrist society, a godless, faithless age that arises significantly BEFORE Antichrist and the end of the world that is to end with a conditional chastisement (if the world doesn’t repent in time.) Either way, i.e., either if the world repents before a chastisement, or it doesn’t repent and the chastisement comes, the Western World will at least come back to God and the Church in great numbers, where we could even imagine a great inflow of heretics and maybe even “one flock, one shepherd.” Also, this great salvation will involve an extended “Age of Peace,” where the Church will reign supreme in much of the world. Only after an extended period of peace and holiness will the whole world grow lax and the great apostasy and antichrist come (followed by Jesus’ Second Coming.)
The problem is, we simply don’t know time frames. The prophecies don’t indicate these explicitly. But, we can be assured, just as I heard that some mystic said that souls fall into hell like snowflakes today, God cannot allow this current apostasy to continue much longer, for so many millions must be perishing. Indeed, I think we could even experience the chastisement in the next 10-20 years. But again, who knows? Whatever the case, we must pursue holiness in the Sacraments and prayer and prepare to suffer.
GB,
Scott
The problem is, we simply don’t know time frames. The prophecies don’t indicate these explicitly. But, we can be assured, just as I heard that some mystic said that souls fall into hell like snowflakes today, God cannot allow this current apostasy to continue much longer, for so many millions must be perishing. Indeed, I think we could even experience the chastisement in the next 10-20 years. But again, who knows? Whatever the case, we must pursue holiness in the Sacraments and prayer and prepare to suffer.
GB,
Scott
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