But you didn't answer my question, and I wonder why that is (actually not really, I damn well why) but for my entertainment, and firm in the knowledge you won't answer again, simply because it will make you look foolish, but here it is anyway.
So tell me how many end of something prophecies have heard? Then tell me how many have occurred.
XD: Try as hard as I might, I can not keep out of these "discussions." I would like to take a stab at answering your questions, not in an adversarial manner, but merely as a rational statement. I have heard many, many prophecies in my life time which have presumed to date any particular event. To date, none have occurred on any speculated date as predicted. Why? Because the Bible is very emphatic that only God, The Father, knows for certain and he ain't letting many people in on the date(s) He has chosen. If anyone ever tells you that any prophecy will happen on a certain date, you should automatically know he doesn't know his Bible. The Bible does tell us, however, that we might know the seasons in which things may occur and, from today's news, we can know something is on the horizon but no specific date. XD, I was reading a book,
The New Evidence by Josh McDowell, which you might find interesting. It offers all the evidence you need if you will read it objectively. One excerpt I read immediately reminded me of you.
"In the nineteenth century, Charles Brandlaugh, a prominent atheist, challenged a Christian man to debate the validity of the claims of Christianity. The Christian, Hugh Price Hughes, was an active soul-winner who worked among the poor in the slums of London. Hughes told Brandlaugh he would agree to the debate on one condition.
Hughes said, "I propose to you that we each bring some concrete evidences of the validity of our beliefs in the form of men and women who have been redeemed from the lives of sin and shame by the influence of our teaching. I will bring 100 such men and women, and I challenge you to do the same."
Hughes then said that if Brandlaugh couldn't bring 100, then he could bring 50, then he could bring 20. He finally whittled the number down to one. All Brandlaugh had to do was to find one person whose life was improved by atheism and Hughes - who would bring 100 people improved by Christ - would agree to debate him. Bradlaugh withdrew!"
One would think that an atheist who was confident in his unbelief would have taken that challenge but, then again, maybe he wasn't so confident.
Why does God exist? Being can not be nonbeing, for they are direct opposites. If God exists, it would be contradictory to say that He doesn't exist. If He doesn't exist, we don't exist for we would not have had a creator. If one aspect is true, the other is necessarily false. A proposition has to be either true or false. Gets sort of deep when you try to get into it all but, from what I have learned, I have no doubt about the existence of God. I'll leave you with this reference made to the Scriptures by Sir Walter Scott:
"Within that awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries
Happiest they of human race
To whom God has granted grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray
To lift the latch, and force the way;
And better had they ne'er been born,
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn."
I don't know if I have answered your questions but I feel better having written this.
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