Posted on 12/24/2006 4:11:13 AM PST by goldstategop
Fascinating; thank you for an interesting post. But, well... in my experience there's much prophecy of relevance to recent history and, indeed, future history in the Bible.
For example, tell me what you flash on with these two verses:
Revelation 15:2: And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name.
Revelation 20:4: I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God.
I was afraid that would happen. I saw previews for it a couple of months ago, but when I went to check on it for its supposed Christmas release date, I found that the number of places in which I would be released had been dropped to, basically, NYC and LA, with a couple of other major regional cities getting a ONE-DAY release the next day. I bet a lot of pressure was put on Universal.
True, but actually, it's about socialism and hedonism. That's what is unsustainable without more and more people.
Most solid and caring families have the ability and desire to take care of their elderly members. It just might not be convenient or much fun. And there's the rub and why socialism is a requirement for the selfish.
For an example, look no further than two years ago when the French went to the beach in a terrible heat wave and left their grandparents to swelter and die by the tens of thousands in state institutions while they frolicked on vacation - figuring it was not their responsibility.
I couldn't do that, because nothing you allege is true, except more company prosecutions. Suggest you research the state of INS on 9/11 and the changes that have been made. It is true that illegal workers have had a lower priority than terrorists until now.
I seriously question that statistic. If they are including Aspergers, maybe so. People diagnosed with Aspergers are generally pretty normally functioning and do marry and have children.
Too often we humans tend to think of ourselves in isolation from the rest of the natural world. Big mistake. Huge. The interaction among ourselves and the planet is infinitely complex, and regardless of our level of technology, social development, or species arrogance, we remain an integral part of it. The planet could literally extinquish us tomorrow and not even notice we had been here. I try to remind myself of that daily.
"Suppose for a moment that the birth in Bethlehem that Christians celebrate this week never happened --that it is, as the secularists would have it, mere mumbo jumbo, superstition, a myth."
Mark's straw man is stunning. Secularists don't necessarily dispute the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth. It's shocking to see him base a column on such a blatant error.
It's the aspects of divinity that are seen as myth. Stay with politics and theater, Mark, if this is what happens when you leave the reservation.
In Revelation 15, John sees a scene in Heaven; ergo, I take John 15:2 as referring to Saints of the Church standing in Heaven before the Sea of Glass (cf. Revelation 4:6), singing triumphally of the Days of Vengeance which the Lord is visiting upon the Great Whore of Babylon, Anti-Christian Old Jerusalem.
Revelation 20:4: I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God.
Revelation 20:1-6 refers to the Church Age following the Incarnation, Resurrection, and the Judgment upon the Great Whore of Babylon, Anti-Christian Old Jerusalem, the "thousand years" or long period of time during which the Church despoils the "strong man's house" and converts many Gentiles to salvation in preparation for Christ's second coming.
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Agreed. They're also adopting children that others reject. They are the west's demographic lock box. (With apologies to Al Gore)
The notion that even the wealthy ought not have more than two children is generally accepted. Down here in the metroplex, houses with 6,000 square feet or more typically have only a few bedrooms. I met a man at a church function who has twelve kids. His biggest problem was finding a house with enough bedrooms so that the older kids could have at least some privacy.
"Speaking of" Do you remember the old movie with Clifton Webb: "Cheaper by the Dozen?" I like it better than the Steve Martin one.
No - not disagreeing with you. I was just pointing out that the skyrocketing rate of "austism" may due more to diagnosing bias. People with Aspergers ARE functional (think engineer-types). Including those diagnoses into "autism" can make it seem a much more serious problem than it is.
Amnestia, no machine is illegal! We only do the jobs humans are too slow to do. Halliburton taken over by office PCs! Reporting for du-u-u-u...reporting for du-u...{We're sorry, but your government has encountered a problem and needs to close.}
Steyn cuts to the chase...
Is that quote from you? Sure has a ring of truth to it.
Later reading.
Romans 1:25-26
Secularists are the ones who are narrow minded.
Steyn brilliantly makes the point that birth is part of the divinity. Jesus could have been identified at any point in the chronology of life but he is identified pre birth.
The preservation of baby Jesus against genocidal slaughter is also indicative of life''s value.
Secularists are a weird lot that think they can read texts and pick out metaphysics and non metaphysics.
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