On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:29:43 +0200, Jerking off to Jesus wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:58:59 GMT, "MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in
> message <pan.2003.12.16.12.58.00.592456@stopspam.net>:
>>On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:52:45 +0000, Relz wrote:
>>>not pass before the Second Coming of Christ.  I was told the Bible
>>>defines a generation as 70 or so years.  If we are interpreting those
>>>prophecies correctly, then by 2018ish we should see the Anti-Christ, the
>>>False Prophet, and the start of the War at Armegeddon, which brings
>>>about the Second Coming of Christ.
>>I have to admire the courage of someone willing to make an
>>"end-of-the-world prophesy", in light of the fact that thousands of
>>Christian scholars, beginning with Jesus himself, have made such
>>predictions, only to turn out wrong.  Given that *eventually* one of them
>>will turn out to be correct,
> 
> that is some assumption you have. how do you know that Jesus will ever
> Return for certain?
> 
> I feel more confident betting he will never return at all. ever.

I am confident that some day the world will end, NOT that Jesus will have
anything to do with it.

> 
>>I guess it doesn't hurt to keep trying.  Do you buy lottery tickets, by
>>any chance?
> 
> i believe i have a better chance winning the lottery if i played it
> everyday for a millenium, than of Christ coming back during those 1000
> years.

Agreed.

-- 
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)