At least they get paid for their efforts.
As long as dispensationalism is around duping folks, there is place for such postings.
Do you go to church on Sunday?
"Many Bible students in recent years tried to fit the events of World War I and II to the prophetic signs which would herald the imminent return of Christ. Their failure discredited prophecy." (Hal Lindsey, The Late, Great Planet Earth, [1970], p. 43.)
Personally I do believe that WWII was a portend to the great tribulation. It turns out that it was also the launching pad for the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel.
Hal's still around after his bout with discrediting prophecy. For Hal, 36 years ago, it was the "Cold War" scenario. The modern crop of pop prophecy preachers are no different.
Quite frankly Hal's methods of looking at the newspaper to determine the date that Jesus will come back is not any different than your looking at the history of Josephus to determine that Jesus returned in 70AD. You are both using extrabiblical non-scriptural secular reporters to prove your point.
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the newspaper to determine the date that Jesus will come back is not any different than your looking at the history
Oh, come now, you're not serious? Reading the newspaper and predicting events in the future (and going back to change your mind several times) is the same as reading history to see what and how things have happened.
"Jerusalem surrounded by armies", "flee to the mountains", "they will fall by the edge of the sword", "they will lay their hands on you and persecute you", "this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place", all fulfilled in AD70 is supposedly the same as seeing visions of cruise missiles, Cobra helicopters, and RFID chips in the book of Revelation?
It's those types of comments that makes me love my job!