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Originally Posted by Ganggreen
to be honest, i'm really looking for what christians have to say about this. but would welcome hearing from anyone. i know the bible says he will reign on earth for a time. but HOW exactly will he get everyone to take the mark of the beast? how will he manipulate the whole world into doing that? i have my own theories, but am curious as to what others think.  undefinedundefined |
I know you really want to hear from Christians about this, and it intrigues me that so many people take these beliefs so literally while calling others (the islamic faith for example) religious fanatics. Anyone who is so close to their reigion could be a fanatic in their own way it seems to me. We in the 'West' have the likes of Christianity ingrained in our cultures the same way as those in the 'East' (for arguments sake) have Islam. What really makes the two sets of religious followers different? They both believe the word of their 'One God' to be absolute. So.. what makes one Faith
'Right' over another??
What makes a Fundamentalist Christian a good Christian, while a Fundamentalist Muslim is a fanatic, or vice versa?
(in my own opinion, any label with the word 'Mentalist' in it paints a very unstable mental picture!
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how will he manipulate the whole world into doing that?
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More importantly, that question is asked maybe in the wrong way..
How about "How will he manipulate the whole world, a very large part of which has absolutely no belief in Christianity at all?"
Or from another point of view, how would
YOU react if there was a similar 'end of all our days' scenario which originated in a Faith you have no belief in?
How do you convince every other religion in the world (Islam, Buddhism, Shintoism etc) that the one you believe in just happens to have foretold the doom of the Human race?
If all the Religions in the world belive 'there is only one God' and it's theirs, who's right?
If future event were ever to unfold in a similar pattern to what's been discussed, isn't it more likely that the panic of related-faith religions and the general sensationalised media panic (especially in the US from what I've seen) will do a whole lot more damage to the Sheeple, sorry- Human Race that the events themselvses..?