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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 12:26 AM Nov 2015

TYT: Ben Carson's End Times Beliefs Are Out There...



Thanks to David Harris for providing the information for this story. You can view his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnuUZuJ0jwife6BpLZy964Q

TYT fan David Harris brought to our attention that Ben Carson may believe some very strange things about the end of the world. Cenk Uygur, hosts of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Ben Carson’s church believes the United States government will bring about the End Times.

According to mainstream Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, the Second Coming of Christ will occur after the U.S. government teams up with the Catholic Church—which Adventists believe is the “Babylon” of the Book of Revelation, with the pope being the Antichrist—to compel Adventists and others to worship on Sunday, rather than Saturday.

That may seem like a small hook on which to hang the fate of the world, but for Adventists, it is a core belief, taught at “prophecy seminars” and elaborated in excruciating geopolitical detail by key Adventist leaders.

Is it awkward for Ben Carson to run for president, if his faith believes the U.S. government will team up with the Antichrist? Will it matter to his evangelical base if he, like his denomination, believes that the government will join forces with the Whore of Babylon, to persecute religious minorities and compel Sunday worship?

So far, no.

We don’t know, though, what Carson personally believes—only what his denomination teaches.

In fact, the one time Carson was asked about the End Times, the media blew it. In an interview with conservative journalist Sharyl Atkisson, Carson first focused on the universal aspects of Adventist theology.”*

Read more here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/31/ben-carson-s-church-believes-the-u-s-government-will-team-up-with-the-antichrist.html
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TYT: Ben Carson's End Times Beliefs Are Out There... (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2015 OP
When the Second Coming does happen, forest444 Nov 2015 #1
Is didn't know there was a religious test Roy Rolling Nov 2015 #2
The Founders were men of the Enlightenment, not men of God. ErikJ Nov 2015 #3

Roy Rolling

(6,940 posts)
2. Is didn't know there was a religious test
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 01:11 AM
Nov 2015

I certainly don't agree with Carson on anything, except the right for him or anyone to to worship as he or she chooses. Not that he believes in that right for others, which is why even morons like Carson need to be saved from discriminating against themselves.

There's enough to ridicule him about without making him a martyr by being critical of something which is impossible to prove or disprove. Impossible to prove or disprove. Think about it. That is why it is not an issue in the Bill of Rights---coming down on either side is unwise.

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
3. The Founders were men of the Enlightenment, not men of God.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 03:39 AM
Nov 2015

Science and rational reasoning over faith in god or gods.

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