03 Oct 06
Originally posted by catfoodtimSo you would like the end of days to be palatable for your taste or even enjoyable? I think all would have to agree that there is an end game, so to speak, with our solar system, with our galaxy, and eventurally with the universe, but most importantly, with our lives. Science dictates that one day the sun will expand and engulf the entire earth before it collapses on itself and dies. Perhaps this is not romantic enough for you so I will turn the lights down and whisper something in your ear......God is in control and he is life and therefore he is our only hope for continued life after all that mess is finished.
A thread which is inspired by the good BDN who prompted me to read up on Catharism, which in turn led me to this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
which is a summary of how pretty much all strands of major religions see The End Times panning out.
I feel thoroughly depressed reading most of it.
What do you believe will happen ...[text shortened]... n tribe feel about catching the train/iron snake? Anyone know anything about Sikh eschatology?
There now, do you feel better?
03 Oct 06
Originally posted by catfoodtimFor an accurate dramatization of Christian eschatology, refer to this cinematic classic:
A thread which is inspired by the good BDN who prompted me to read up on Catharism, which in turn led me to this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
which is a summary of how pretty much all strands of major religions see The End Times panning out.
I feel thoroughly depressed reading most of it.
What do you believe will happen ...[text shortened]... n tribe feel about catching the train/iron snake? Anyone know anything about Sikh eschatology?
A Thief in the Night (1972)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070795/
If you can find this movie anywhere, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you rent it immediately and watch it with an open mind and heart. It WILL change your life.
03 Oct 06
Originally posted by catfoodtimAccording to daoism (which ties in with the bigbang theory) the cosmos is a bellow, it exhales (now) and inhales (the end), the exhalation will then start the cycle all over again, so there is no end.
A thread which is inspired by the good BDN who prompted me to read up on Catharism, which in turn led me to this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
which is a summary of how pretty much all strands of major religions see The End Times panning out.
I feel thoroughly depressed reading most of it.
What do you believe will happen ...[text shortened]... n tribe feel about catching the train/iron snake? Anyone know anything about Sikh eschatology?
06 Oct 06
I think "devine" eschatology is superstitious nonsense. I mean Jesus returning from heaven and leading the good against evil in the final great conflict? It's as silly as those "Left Behind" stories. Now "ethical" eschatology could make sense. The idea that adherence to the "Word of God" will eventually dispatch evil is an idea that I find very appealing.
06 Oct 06
Originally posted by bvbAppealing? Perhaps. But true? That's quite another matter.
I think "devine" eschatology is superstitious nonsense. I mean Jesus returning from heaven and leading the good against evil in the final great conflict? It's as silly as those "Left Behind" stories. Now "ethical" eschatology could make sense. The idea that adherence to the "Word of God" will eventually dispatch evil is an idea that I find very appealing.
The thought of me winning the lottery is very appealing. But that doesn't make it true, or mean that it will happen.