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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHey Apocalyptic Christians — Here’s how the world as we know it will probably end
High profile anti-religionists like Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins are altogether candid in their disrespect for Christians, and the faith we follow. No doubt Maher and Dawkins hold even less regard for that evangelical subset who believes we are living in the end times a disregard shared by countless other atheists and agnostics.
The truth is, we apocalyptically minded Christians sometimes feel a bit isolated, even within our own faith. Bible prophecy remains a subject of great debate and disagreement in the church, with widely divergent schools of thought, including amillinealism, postmellinealism, preterism and dispensationalism, to name but a few.
The dispensationalists probably come closest to what non-believers would label a tinfoil hat crowd. Basically, we dispensationalistsyes, Im one of themsee the story of Gods relationship to man in a series of ages, or dispensations. These include the Age of Law (Old Testament), the Church Age (from Jesus to the present) and finally the Kingdom Age (Christs literal 1000-year earthly reign, following the Battle of Armageddon). Dispensationalism also tends to interpret scripture more literally than figuratively, although it certainly allows for some figurative/symbolic interpretation.
Dispensationalists get a bad rap in the popular culture, much of it deserved. For decades, best-selling dispensational authors like Hal Lindsay and Tim LaHaye have been serving up a toxic brew of right-wing politics, theocratic utopianism and super-patriotic militarism. Yet, despite these noxious ingredients, some good prophecy teaching still manages to seep through their writings.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/hey-apocalyptic-christians-heres-how-the-world-as-we-know-it-will-probably-end/
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Hey Apocalyptic Christians — Here’s how the world as we know it will probably end (Original Post)
Katashi_itto
Mar 2015
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Paulie
(8,462 posts)1. Not what I thought the article would be
A dose of reality in the realm of fantasy. Thanks for posting!
nruthie
(466 posts)2. This is well worth reading.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)4. Unlocked
Last edited Thu Mar 5, 2015, 09:08 PM - Edit history (1)
After further discussion, consensus to lock is not there.
libodem
(19,288 posts)6. Thank you
libodem
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Amen.