Chiraq’s Christianity is in all likelihood effectively non-existent.
And even if he had a thorough religious education, he comes out of a religious background (Catholicism) that gives short shrift to end-times prophesy. Its just not that kind of religion, and this stuff will fall seriously flat with such an audience. You would get nowhere even with Pope Benedict, for instance, with an argument couched in those terms.
It’s not that we don’t understand, it’s that we don’t care. Prophets were sent to israel to change the hearts of the people, not to read God’s magic tea leaves. This is why a prophet is not without honor but in his own country; because to them he is a nag and a scold.
Sorry, premature posting. That never happens. God’s time is his, not man’s. When one says the end times are near, that is of course true to the Eternal Mind, but could be hundreds of thousands or millions of years to men.
That’s right. I rarely see FReeper Catholics talk about end times or even believe we’re in it. Wonder why?