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To: JohnHuang2
In 1772, Edward Gibbons published...

Edward Gibbons, eh? I especially liked the 15th & 16th chapters of that devout Christian's book on Rome. ;-)

To me, that sounds like our world today.

And to me that sounds like our world every single day since humans have been stumbling across its surface. This is the main trick of gloomy prognosticators: their "evidence" is so arrantly ambiguous it can be applied to all times. "Gee-whiz, Grandpa, that Nostradamus predicted everything!"

"He sure did, Tristram! And we know that the Brewers will win the World Series next year because of Nostradamus' reference to a white knight eating a pear."

Of course when the Brewers get badly stompted next year it casts no dispersions on ol' Nostradamus' visionary genius; it's our fault for not interpreting the true import of the pear: he meant in 2008!

Raptures, tribulations, atonements: Why is God so obsessed with bizarre theatrics?

30 posted on 12/22/2004 2:03:29 AM PST by Tristram Shandy
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To: Tristram Shandy

It's hard to get past that reconstitution of the State of Israel.


46 posted on 12/22/2004 3:34:07 AM PST by johnb838 (To Hell They Will Go. Killmore.)
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To: Tristram Shandy
Why is God so obsessed with bizarre theatrics?

Because men are deaf to the 'still, small voice'?

64 posted on 12/22/2004 5:09:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Tristram Shandy

Why don't you ask Him. I'm sure He'll be glad to let you know.


159 posted on 12/22/2004 11:22:55 AM PST by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Tristram Shandy

Why don't you ask Him. I'm sure He'll be glad to let you know.


161 posted on 12/22/2004 11:22:58 AM PST by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Tristram Shandy

I suppose you feel comfortable calling Almighty God obsessed

and according to your perspective and criteria, to boot.

Not something I'd want to get carried away doing.

He IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP, AND HIS TRAIN FILLS THE TEMPLE.

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

Your face to the floor before Him is much more fitting than your cheeky assertions, accusations, broad-sides and private interpretation, personal judgment/criteria derisions toward Him and the way HE HAS CHOSEN to write HIS WORD about such matters.

It's reasonable that you don't comprehend it. I don't think anyone has it all figured out.

It's another leap of . . . fool-hardiness . . . to therefore begin a freewheeling assault on the respect do ALMIGHTY GOD.

Sheesh.


444 posted on 01/17/2005 6:39:14 PM PST by Quix (HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
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