tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post3438146638603632521..comments2024-03-29T02:23:57.482-07:00Comments on aka pastor guy: The Rapture is Coming?! Part IIMark (aka pastor guy)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12920114022832644455noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-13549044357952546232012-09-24T15:11:20.516-07:002012-09-24T15:11:20.516-07:00The most recent reply from Anonymous (boy, there a...The most recent reply from Anonymous (boy, there are a lot of you with that name! sheesh...) suggested that sinless & holy living is the only way to guarantee getting "raptured".<br /><br />I would suggest a careful reading of Ephesians 2:8-9 as a starting point - well, counterpoint.Mark (aka pastor guy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920114022832644455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-9581252889522318492012-09-24T14:54:28.317-07:002012-09-24T14:54:28.317-07:00I live like this. The rapture will happen 5 minute...I live like this. The rapture will happen 5 minutes from now, if not then wait just 5 more minutes. Are you ready. You must be sinless and perfectly Holy or you won'be taken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-88944878444415103312011-05-23T13:10:39.475-07:002011-05-23T13:10:39.475-07:00Yeah I agree with you overall this is not one of t...Yeah I agree with you overall this is not one of the more important subjects to discuss the small details about (sorry, should have mentioned that in my first comment) though I am now interested in what questions you have about dispensational theology. I won't post my belief on the rapture (it is your blog and I'll respect that) but I think we can agree that a tiny plus to what Harold did is get people talking about it that otherwise wouldn't and maybe open opportunities for the Gospel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-89466058200705355952011-05-23T11:08:07.306-07:002011-05-23T11:08:07.306-07:00Anonymous, I think the "what will happen &...Anonymous, I think the "what will happen & how" are clear only if you approach the Bible with a particular outside framework - and those frameworks (theological preconceptions) have varied depending on the culture & time.<br /><br />My point is not to argue various eschatologies... though I have some large questions about anything based on dispensational theology.<br /> <br />The point of my post was to highlight that "end times" falls into the "important but NOT vital" category of theology.Mark (aka pastor guy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12920114022832644455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-42062060542459064162011-05-23T11:02:08.361-07:002011-05-23T11:02:08.361-07:00I generally tell people that although Darby is con...I generally tell people that although Darby is considered the "father" of dispensation and the rapture, all he did was give names to things Christians already believe in. That's why none of this camping silliness moved me. The Bible spells out pretty clear what will happen and how, just not when. (Maybe I am biased about Darby though considering I am one of the few people you'll run into that has a Darby translation Bible!)<br />- a friendly Christian boardgaming followerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-68967785282256569812011-05-21T09:54:28.180-07:002011-05-21T09:54:28.180-07:00I once watched an interview with LaHaye and his co...I once watched an interview with LaHaye and his co-author. The co-author made clear that the work was not theology, but a piece of speculative fiction; and it was pretty clear from the subtexts that it written to capitalize on the growing market for Christian fiction. It was also very very clear from body language and other comments he made that LaHaye wanted no such distinction: he wanted to pitch the books as a window into the truth...not because they were, but because Christians would then buy them--and he didn't want to lose that marketing edge, lest it cost them money. The co-author was very frank about how lucrative the series was: LaHaye kept trying to divert the conversation from the massive profits back to the spiritual benefits of buying the books.AnnHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366201.post-15218409725665891462011-05-19T15:55:26.290-07:002011-05-19T15:55:26.290-07:00Well, that "Brief History of the Apocalypse&q...Well, that "Brief History of the Apocalypse" was... extensive. The Christian Science Monitor has just five highlights, each of which is very amusing.<br /><br />http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0518/Judgment-Day-Five-failed-end-of-the-world-predictions/October-22-1844<br /><br />What especially caught my eye was #3, in which a psychologist joined a doomsday group as a mole and reported on the way the survivors dealt with their disappointment. This became the basis of the term many of us know, "Cognitive Dissonance", when the mind rushes to reconcile conflicting concepts. He observed that the most convinced in the cult would find a way to affirm that they were right all along. In this case, their furious efforts to meed the end successfully averted it.<br /><br />It should be a pleasant pastime to see how Mr. Camping deals with his own cognitive dissonance.Jonathan Degannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377251737931816828noreply@blogger.com