To moderators: this is kind of murky as to whether it is a "news" or "religions" item. I think since it focusses on political backgrounds, it is IMHO wiser to put it on the news forum. If you feel it is not suitable, feel free to move to religion forum.
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Wasn't it written somewhere something to the effect that "you'll know not the time nor the place"
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This Catholic believes we are.
There have always been large numbers of people who thought the end was near. I suspect they have a problem accepting the fact that the world will go on after they die.
Those Flying Saucers
You’d better pray to the Lord when you see those flying saucers
It may be the coming of the Judgment Day
It’s a sign there’s no doubt of the trouble that’s about
So I say my friends you’d better start to pray
They’re a terrifying sight as they fly on day and night
It’s a warning that we’d better mend our ways
You’d better pray to the Lord when you see those flying saucers
It may be the coming of the Judgment Day
Many people think the saucers might be someone’s foolish dream
Or maybe they were sent down here from Mars
If you’ll just stop and think you’d realize just what it means
They’re more than atom bombs or falling stars
And though the war may be through there’s unrest and trouble brewin’
And those flying saucers may be just a sign
That if peace doesn’t come it will be the end of some
So repent today, you’re running out of time
When you see a saucer fly like a comet through the sky
You should realize the price you’ll have to pay
You’d better pray to the Lord when you see those flying saucers
It may be the coming of the Judgment Day
The Buchanan Brothers [1947]
((Cy Coben-Charlie Green)
RCA Victor Records #20-2385
Interesting:
-GenX isn't buying the "last days" thing.
-Women are more distinctly likely than men to believe we're in the last days.
I wonder if this is a credible poll? I've never heard of McLaughlin & Associates, but it looks like they've used a decent sized sample (1000 adults).
38 percent of Catholics agree?????
38 percent of Catholics, it would appear, need to read the Catechism.
Last days? Yes, since the Resurrection.
Very interesting. I didn't know that most Americans were even award of the claims of end times teachings, but a majority, agrees!? Amazing.
"60 percent of Americans earning under $20,000 per year agree; 26 percent disagree"
Hasn't this more or less always been the way of thinking for poor people?
"51 percent of Americans living in the South agree; 35 percent disagree"
Gee what a shock there, huh?
Right has become wrong, wrong has become right. That is the flag.
Christians will know it. Not the exact time Jesus returns, no, but, Christians feel it, they know. And at risk of sounding stupid, they just won't say it.
I imagine Noah felt pretty stupid in front of his peers, building an ark, in the desert. I bet there were plenty that made fun of him, but was he right? That is the question. Who is right? Who will win?
So if it is the 'last days' what does that mean? What is next? So many questions not addressed by this poll.
We are all in our last days...give or take 85 years or so - guaranteed - our last day will come sooner than we'd like.
According to Jesus himself, all true Christians are born again Christians.
John ch 3:v 5-7, "Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
Since Jesus said that himself I don't see why the term "born again" is so objectionable to many professing Christians.