Dale Houstman

Jimbace wrote:
> "abby now" <itsnomore@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>"Dale Houstman" <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote in message
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>>>abby now wrote:
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>>>>"Dale Houstman" <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote in message
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>>>>Isaiah 65:17 (NKJV) "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
>>>>And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
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>>>Only Baal knows what that means. It certainly doesn't mean that "old
>>>earth" should necessarily be destroyed, only forgotten.
>>>
>>>In truth the Bible has little to say about the planet as an entity
>>>(rather than as a spiritual idea) because it was mostly written by
>>>desert-dwelling hop heads with very little scientific understanding.
>>>My Bible is quite intact. It says nothing about the actual destruction of
>>>the planet.
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>>But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the
>>heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with
>>fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned
>>up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of
>>persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and
>>hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will
>>be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
>>Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new
>>earth in which righteousness dwells.
>>Pe 3:10-13 (NKJV
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>>>And - anyway - is that your full reasoning behind the assumption that
>>>earth will "soon" pass away? Even given that the quoted passages were
>>>relevant, where's the "soon"?
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>>I believe based on the prophecies in the Bible that the Lord will return
>>soon - as in the next 30 years.
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> That's what was believed in the 70's by fundamenalists. And here we are,
> still here.
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Since the 70s!? This has been predicted by religious looncakes forever
now; the Middle Ages were stuffed with a series of such folderol and
fiddle faddle. In times of great cultural uproar, the sasme old tired
donkey is trotted out and beaten all over again. Unless one is insane, a
series of totally incorrect forecasts over the course of two thousand
years might make you doubt the very process of prophecy. Yet - after two
thousand years (not counting the apocalyptic visions which predate
Christianity) - the Bible munchers are still buying the same old tripe
from the same old fishmonger. So why - given such a record of repeated
self-delusion - is it so outrageous to think that religion might indeed
make people feeble-minded? Even an animal will usually stop eating the
same old eggs if they're always rotten. You'd think a supposedly
thinking human being could figure out that the Bible is a horrible guide
to the future by now, if only because it is such a horrible guide to the
past.

dmh