“We can and we are.”
Furthermore, you place yourself at odds with Peter, James, John, and Paul with this view, who all wrote that the end was near and the Lord was coming soon to the people of their day.
If you are right, then they lied. I’m not comfortable calling the apostles “liars.” Are you?
“Furthermore, you place yourself at odds with Peter, James, John, and Paul with this view,”
No, the only thing I am at odds with is your interpretation.
“who all wrote that the end was near and the Lord was coming soon to the people of their day.”
No, they all simply wrote in an apocalyptic sense which is valid for all people and in all times since the coming of Christ since these are the last days. To suggest otherwise is to suggest the Bible is in error (i.e. the sacred authors wrote mistakenly in scripture about the time of the end).
“If you are right, then they lied.”
Nope. None of them lied and I am still right.
“I’m not comfortable calling the apostles “liars.” Are you?”
No, and only you are calling them liars following your logic. Has the world ended? No.