Posted on 12/28/2021 11:40:35 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
“Now, tell me, which ones would they NOT call a “major religion”?”
Are you trying to tell me that NASA didn’t consult the Jedis and the Pastafarians?!?
This is false. There was a camera that attached to another telescope in another observatory on Mt Graham that was nicknamed lucifer. It had nothing to do with the Vatican’s “Alice P. Lennon Telescope”. And while I would certainly call it a “super telescope” if it were in my backyard, it’s pretty small compared to the other telescopes on Mt Graham.
Many of the potentially habitual planets we've discovered orbit stars far older than our sun.
It's possible we came late with the zenith of intelligent alien civilizations happening billions of years ago and now they're all extinct.
habitual = habitable.
I recommend that you read “The Star”, a short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
The government has probably already been in touch with aliens. This is for the coming out party.
Nah….. i mean we can say anything is possible
Why? Because it is easy to waste other peoples’ money on stupid stuff.
That’s more sensible than the idea that scientists just “know” they are close to finding evidence of something they have never found any evidence for in all human history.
A: So they can funnel taxpayer dollars to the church as reward for their illegal invader settlement efforts?
Space aliens are here to serve and save mankind!
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Oh and we beamed up those Bible thumpers.
Will that be tight hand? Or forehead?
(who reached the conclusion that space aliens are actually demonic entities who are planning some sort of fake “second coming” scenario)
Sounds about right...
A “fake second coming” but it’s actually the Man of Lawlessness who confirms the 7 year peace deal that divides Israel.
Wokeism.
Why Is NASA Hiring Religious Leaders To Prepare For Encounter With Aliens?
Discussion of UFOs quickly and almost inevitably gets you into "weird spirituality". Talk of ETs in space ships turns quickly into talk of bigfoot and "extradimensional beings" and spirits and demons.
Almost nobody (that I can see) holds to the nuts and bolts alien spacecraft theory. And there are lots of good reasons for not holding to it.
NASA is hiring religious leaders to prepare people to meet aliens because there are liberals in NASA whom they tend to appease. What surprises me is nobody is asking how did the aliens get here. NASA should pay a little attention to what Albert Einstein said, ‘that there may be beings out there but we will never get to know’.
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This has been popularly proposed in evangelical circles my whole life. When I came to realize what I had been taught about a pretrib rapture was unbiblical, I also saw a lot of these conjectures for what they are—conjectures.
Others include “The Left Behind” series idea of the rapture including babies, cars crashing, and planes falling from the sky. It makes for interesting fiction, but it isn’t Bible-based (even if some ideas are possibly true).
But I think it is important to distinguish between man-made ideas and what the Bible explicitly states. Another example is that the vaccine being pushed is the mark of the beast or its precursor.
The Bible explicitly states that there will be a falling away/apostasy. Many will depart from the (Christian) faith. Many will be “offended” (i.e. caused to stumble). And mockers will arise asking where the promised rapture is.
Personally, I believe the pretrib teaching will contribute to these things happening. The majority of evangelicals think Christ is coming in a secret rapture and will rescue them from the Great Tribulation and antichrist, either before he makes his appearance on the world stage or shortly thereafter (but before he can do us any harm).
If and when the church faces the antichrist, the mark of the beast, and the worldwide persecution of the church more severely than ever before, I think we will find that many nominal “Christians” will not endure. Only those who endure until the end will be saved, and they will be saved by the rapture. The rapture will be no secret snatching away, but a “glorious appearing”.
Review 2 Thessalonians 1 and confirm what I’m saying is true. Notice when the persecuted believers Paul is addressing can expect to receive rest: when Christ appears, taking vengeance on His enemies with flaming fire. Does that sound at all like the onset of Daniel’s 70th week or a secret rapture? Or does it perhaps align better with Revelation 8+ with the 7 trumpets where fire begins to be poured out on the inhabitants of earth?
When Christ comes in His glory, those who remain will wail because they will be well-aware that the wrath of God has arrived. The wrath of God will be directed at those who commit murder (such as abortion), steal (such as socialists), commit fornication and especially those who mislead children (such as the LGBT promoters), and those who persecute and kill His people (which persecution often arises from His people declaring these aforementioned things are evil and will incur the wrath of God). Oh, I left out idolatry from the list. The whole world will worship antichrist. Those who refuse will be hunted down and executed.
This “Great Tribulation” begins at the revealing of antichrist when he sets up the abomination of desolation. But this time of tribulation will not last for the entire 70th week of Daniel. It will be brought to a close by catastrophic signs in the Heavens, including a solar and lunar eclipse, and then Christ’s return itself. The subsequent time period which completes Daniel’s 70th week is the “Day of the Lord”, also Day of Wrath, Day of God, Day of Christ (and for persecuted saints Day of Salvation). It is called by Daniel and by the Lord in His Olivet discourse, “The End”.
Tribulation is promised. Christ prayed for His own, not that we would be taken out of the world, but that we would be “kept” from evil. This is the promise of preservation and perseverance of the saints. We are kept by the power of God, not from tribulation, but through it. But it is only promised to those who endure and keep the word of His patience. It will not be received by those who merely go through acts of outward conformity, such as repeating the sinners’ prayer, being baptized, joining a church, walking an aisle, or even doing the “many wonderful works” that might be associated with being Christian. It is not by our own works or efforts, but by the power of God’s grace to everyone who truly believes in Christ as Savior and Lord.
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