Seismic activity as a sign of the last days

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Here's a question for you, it's been asked before but to my knowledge you've never satisfactorily answered - if things are so bad now, which era would have been better to live in?

The garden of Eden, the paradise of God would have been the best to live in.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
The garden of Eden, the paradise of God would have been the best to live in.

For how many people?

Originally posted by sonhouse
For how many people?

For those that are worthy

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
The garden of Eden, the paradise of God would have been the best to live in.

Reality please, not some cuckoo land mythology.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
Reality please, to some cuckoo land mythology.

that is reality, for me anyway, the paradise of God, the garden of Eden would have been awesome, no pollution, no death, no illness, no war, a perfect intellect and eternity to develop ones talents.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
For those that are worthy

So your god finds out who is worthy and who is not only during the individual's life?

Originally posted by sonhouse
So your god finds out who is worthy and who is not only during the individual's life?

no that would be unjust, you need to have been given a chance to learn about the Christ and only afterwards if you reject him in full consciousness would you be deemed unworthy. Many have died who have no knowledge of Jesus, they will need to be resurrected and given that opportunity.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Why you cannot come to terms with the fact that we are talking of a composite sign I really have no idea and why you think that because there were wars, or famines, or life expectancy has risen that this means that you can claim that in isolation these negate the fact that the modern era has been marred by these very things I cannot say. Its almost a ...[text shortened]... t die every year of heart disease, its almost as if you are devoid of both substance and reason.

It's almost like there is a huge void in your knowledge of human history, after 1st C Christianity there's nothing until 1914.

As well as the Mongol hordes tearing across Asia and Europe the 1300's experienced the Great Famine as a result of cataclysmic weather. In England an estimated 10% of the population died, in northern Europe that figure is believed to be higher. There were a series of earthquakes which lay waste to Crete, Basel and Fruili and then to top it all off when that was over along came the Black Death which ended up killing 50% of all the people in Europe. I think you can call that a 'composite' sign.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
that is reality, for me anyway, the paradise of God, the garden of Eden would have been awesome, no pollution, no death, no illness, no war, a perfect intellect and eternity to develop ones talents.

No its not. Try again please.

Originally posted by Proper Knob
It's almost like there is a huge void in your knowledge of human history, after 1st C Christianity there's nothing until 1914.

As well as the Mongol hordes tearing across Asia and Europe the 1300's experienced the Great Famine as a result of cataclysmic weather. In England an estimated 10% of the population died, in northern Europe that figure is beli ...[text shortened]... ended up killing 50% of all the people in Europe. I think you can call that a 'composite' sign.

Yes but it couldn't be the period that Christ was referring to because the Good News was not being preached throughout the Earth at that time

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. -Matthew 24

Originally posted by Proper Knob
No its not. Try again please.

Yes it is, paradise would have been the best time to be alive.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes but it couldn't be the period that Christ was referring to because the Good News was not being preached throughout the Earth at that time

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. -Matthew 24

There's no mention of the word 'Earth' in the text is there? In fact the Greek word used in the text is 'oikoumene' which crops up 15 times in the NT. Here's one -

Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

That's a very different use of the word 'world' than you are using.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
that is reality, for me anyway, the paradise of God, the garden of Eden would have been awesome, no pollution, no death, no illness, no war, a perfect intellect and eternity to develop ones talents.

Yes it is, paradise would have been the best time to be alive.

I see a bit of a contradiction there.

First you say that in Eden you would have eternity to develop ones talents, and that there would be no death.

Next you use the past tense in reference to paradise.

Which is it?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes it is, paradise would have been the best time to be alive.

So when asked to name a time to live that is better than the present you are reduced to falling back on the musings of Ancient Jewish Mythology because ultimately you know there is no time better than the present.