Religious Studies 102 introduces students to post-biblical theology and religious practice and the contexts in which they appear. Through a consideration of representative figures and issues, students analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments and points of view. In particular, we consider how concepts of the body are incorporated in religious beliefs and practices.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Only 2 months to live?
When I was driving up to school I saw a billboard with this website on it. It says that Jesus is coming back in exactly 2 months. I don't really know what to think about it. What about you guys?
This website is very interesting and although I cannot say that I completely agree with their hypothesis, it raises several important questions regarding the end of the world. Ever since I can remember, people have made claims that the end of the world was near. Such examples have been the millennium and 6/6/06. However, obviously, each of these predictions have failed to become a reality. In contrast to previous claims, this argument predicting the end of the world on October 21, 2011 seems valid in that they use scripture to support their prediction. Although their analysis of scripture is indeed very well though out, the Bible can be interpreted in multiple ways as our readings and class discussions reveal. After browsing this webpage, I cannot honestly say that I believe the end of world will occur this soon in the future. I do not think that anyone, no matter how they rationalize it, will be able to predict Christ's return. Because this is not the first time such a claim has been made, we should take this claim with a grain of salt and continue to live every day as if it were our last. In the end, it does not matter whether we were warned of the earth's end or not because humanity will cease to exist.
I definitely agree. I think the whole point of not knowing when the end will be is so that those who truly lived a good and faithful life, simply for the sake of being a good person, will be rewarded and those who only turned their lives around and started doing good last minute, just to save themselves out of fear, will have a little more explaining to do. All you can do is try your best to be a good person and be thankful for every day that the world still exists.
I thought this website was very interesting. Although I agree that it is human nature to worry about death and even the end of the world, I personally do not agree with their predictions. I found it especially interesting that they claimed their predictions were 100% accurate. This claim kind of reminded me of cult-like rhetoric. However, I enjoyed reading about their logic and apocalyptic predictions.
The site is incredibly interesting. The fact that they claim to be completely accurate with their date prediction is fascinating. I think it is important to remember that the bible says no man will ever know the date of Christ's return. Their url being "wecanknow.com" is a little bold for an organization that is supposedly Christian and biblically based. I feel as though today we should take these kinds of warnings with a grain of salt because every generation since Christ's resurrection and decent into heaven has had some claim of the rapture coming soon. As Emily pointed out, in this case I think its important that those who are Christians go about life as usual and continue to live a faithful life, instead of worrying about "doing good works in fear of judgement."
I also saw this billboard and was really confused. It seems so bold and somewhat ridiculous to say that they know for sure. Honestly besides the fact that I think no one can know, I don't really see how it's beneficial. Is the fact that it's so soon going to make people accept Christ or convert now? I know predictions like these have been made before this one just seems so insane. The fact that there's a billboard speaks to itself. I guess we'll see what happens on May 21st/October 21st...
This website is very interesting and although I cannot say that I completely agree with their hypothesis, it raises several important questions regarding the end of the world. Ever since I can remember, people have made claims that the end of the world was near. Such examples have been the millennium and 6/6/06. However, obviously, each of these predictions have failed to become a reality. In contrast to previous claims, this argument predicting the end of the world on October 21, 2011 seems valid in that they use scripture to support their prediction. Although their analysis of scripture is indeed very well though out, the Bible can be interpreted in multiple ways as our readings and class discussions reveal. After browsing this webpage, I cannot honestly say that I believe the end of world will occur this soon in the future. I do not think that anyone, no matter how they rationalize it, will be able to predict Christ's return. Because this is not the first time such a claim has been made, we should take this claim with a grain of salt and continue to live every day as if it were our last. In the end, it does not matter whether we were warned of the earth's end or not because humanity will cease to exist.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree. I think the whole point of not knowing when the end will be is so that those who truly lived a good and faithful life, simply for the sake of being a good person, will be rewarded and those who only turned their lives around and started doing good last minute, just to save themselves out of fear, will have a little more explaining to do. All you can do is try your best to be a good person and be thankful for every day that the world still exists.
ReplyDeleteI thought this website was very interesting. Although I agree that it is human nature to worry about death and even the end of the world, I personally do not agree with their predictions. I found it especially interesting that they claimed their predictions were 100% accurate. This claim kind of reminded me of cult-like rhetoric. However, I enjoyed reading about their logic and apocalyptic predictions.
ReplyDeleteThe site is incredibly interesting. The fact that they claim to be completely accurate with their date prediction is fascinating. I think it is important to remember that the bible says no man will ever know the date of Christ's return. Their url being "wecanknow.com" is a little bold for an organization that is supposedly Christian and biblically based. I feel as though today we should take these kinds of warnings with a grain of salt because every generation since Christ's resurrection and decent into heaven has had some claim of the rapture coming soon. As Emily pointed out, in this case I think its important that those who are Christians go about life as usual and continue to live a faithful life, instead of worrying about "doing good works in fear of judgement."
ReplyDeleteI also saw this billboard and was really confused. It seems so bold and somewhat ridiculous to say that they know for sure. Honestly besides the fact that I think no one can know, I don't really see how it's beneficial. Is the fact that it's so soon going to make people accept Christ or convert now? I know predictions like these have been made before this one just seems so insane. The fact that there's a billboard speaks to itself. I guess we'll see what happens on May 21st/October 21st...
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