The Mark of Mahmoud Abbas

[Sojourner]

[quote name='MIkolbe' post='1362613' date='Aug 19 2007, 01:31 AM']She is correct.[/quote]
Yes, yes I am.

[quote name='Farsight one' post='1362626' date='Aug 19 2007, 02:05 AM']2. Hummus has zero flavor, and therefore is not good.[/quote]
What? Hummus has lots of flavor. The regular version has lots of lemon and garlic. And is awesome. And you can augment the flavor through other means.

In other words, if you've had flavorless hummus, you have not truly had hummus.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1362647' date='Aug 19 2007, 05:33 AM']i am no one to judge
i am flawed....im an idiot
but
at the same time
i take revelations seriously
why do you all make such light of it ???
you dont believe anything the original poster wrote ???
you dont believe this stuff is gonna happen soon ???
how can you not ??
arent you setting yourself up to be decieved ??[/quote]

Let me answer your questions with a question.

Is there ultimately any difference between (God forbid) you dieing tomorrow and the entire world coming to an end?

I used to be consumed with the whole "who's the beast" controversy until I finally answered that question for myself. I'm going to die someday and I will be judged for how I lived my life. If I don't strive to live my life better each day and be an example each day, it doesn't matter at all if I'm living in the end times or not. I will be judged the same.

If you look at the amount of time the Church dedicates to writing about the end times, its hardly significant compared to what everyone else is writing about it. Because the Church knows that how we live our lives is far more important. That is what She teaches.

I know I'm living in the End Times. But it might be the End Times just for me.

[Paddington]

Somebody attributed to Jerry Falwell this quote about the Anti-Christ being alive and a young Jewish man.

It makes me picture a bunch of Jewish frat boys hanging out and then looking at each other suspiciously after hearing it.

So, yea, I have nothing to add pretty much.

[ephraim]

[quote name='Delivery Boy' post='1362647' date='Aug 19 2007, 04:33 AM']i am no one to judge
i am flawed....im an idiot
but
at the same time
i take revelations seriously
why do you all make such light of it ???
you dont believe anything the original poster wrote ???
you dont believe this stuff is gonna happen soon ???
how can you not ??
arent you setting yourself up to be decieved ??[/quote]

Thank you for your comment. I appreciate you taking my post seriously.
I must admit it can be hard to accept . I think though it is better to know
the truth then to be blind to it. I am used to the ridicule. It is just how some
deal with issues they aren't ready to confront. It doesn't necessarily mean they
disagree with me, although some might. I can be the same in other circumstances.
I have been studying prophecy for twenty years so this letter was not just thrown
together in a few moments. It took years of observation. It is only observation.
I am not near as good at predicting events, I get a few right and I get a few wrong.
I am always very close though.That is why God said he would come as a thief. No
one will be expecting him. It is better that way also. Can you imagine the anxiety
that would be present if people knew the exact time? I really think after all my
time spent studying prophecy and looking for signs this is more a blessing
than a curse. It is better to have a general time frame in mind and wait
patiently than to know the exact time and lose your mind. God must
have known this also, it took me a long time to figure it out.
I just may be the stubbornest guy in the whole world. WOEphraim

[kafka]

I have insight into what the mark of the beast will be, but I'll send it privately by PM

[Jaime]

[quote name='kafka' post='1362966' date='Aug 19 2007, 03:45 PM']I have insight into what the mark of the beast will be, but I'll send it privately by PM[/quote]

Oh c'mon Kafka. Spill it please!!

[kafka]

seriously I do I'll send it to you by PM if you are interested. I tend not to just cast pearls just anywhere

[Paddington]

Kafka,

Me too?


Paddington

[Jaime]

well you've certainly piqued my interest. PM away!!

[kafka]

I will, you might get it later tonight since I am doing like 5 PMs at once right now and I'll send it over to you also Paddington

[Farsight one]

I feel the need to apologize. My post about "the beast" may have appeared as though I we're mocking your post. This was not my intent. I just never worried about the end times too much. I look around and I see too many people trying to be good because they think the end is near, rather than because God wants them to be good always. This is not the best motivation to be good from my point of view, so I try not to worry about the end times so much.


On a side note - it is not an unheard of belief among Catholics to think that revelation has already occurred long ago, so you will not get so serious a response here as you might other places.

Another side note - it is refreshing to see someone other than the pope being accused of being the anti-christ for once.