Posted on 11/11/2012 2:14:59 PM PST by NYer
Catholic ping!
Why would somebody who was a false prophet be given the title saint?
No true prophet makes false prophecies, and therefore could not be a true saint by leading believers into sin and error.
The last one was hilarious .
The world was going to end according to each time zone so it could be broadcasted on tv.
People who live an exemplary Christian life imbued with faith, hope and charity can still make interpretative mistakes. Sainthood is about walking the walk, not about being a flawless exegete of the Bible’s more complex prophecies.
Looking at the world situation, you have to like the chances of the Mayan prophecy, but as to its more specific claim (as I’ve seen in recent TV documentaries), that part seems groundless to me.
I’m referring to the supposed disruptions to the natural order that will take place when the Sun moves across the face of the galactic center on Dec 21. This is so incrementally different from what has happened in recent years that one would suppose that we would have seen signs of trouble building up each year. I very much doubt the physics behind this claim that the Sun’s position will somehow interact with a black hole at 30,000 light years distance from earth and bombard our planet with lethal consequences of any kind. Much more likely is that absolutely nothing like that will happen.
However, as I say, the world seems to be heading towards enough man-made trouble that we won’t be needing that much help from the cosmos.
Well, we can look on the bright side.....
If the world ends on December 21st, we won’t live to see a second Obama term.
His feast day I believe.
Christians don’t believe in date-setting. Jesus said that only the Father knows the time.
Like a thief in the night.
Here’s a somewhat incomplete list of individuals who at one time or another claimed to be the saviors of their people, possessing some degree of supernatural ability.
Adad of Ninevah (Assyria)
Alkestus of Aegeia
Atys of Chaldea (Phrygia)
Baal of Phoenicia and Tyre
Bal of Babylon
Bali of Orissa
Beddin (Beddru) of Japan
Beli (Bali) of Afghanistan
bi-Amrih al Hakim of Egypt
Bremrillah of the Druids
Budha Sakia of India
Cadmus of the Hellenes
Coyote Droppings (Wovoka) of the Piute
Crishna of India (Hindostan)
Crite of Chaldea
David Koresh
Deva-Tat and Sammonocadam of Siam
Elaides (Alcides) of Thebes
Elizabeth Claire Chapel/Count St.-Germain
Eugene Vintras of France
Father Divine (George Baker) of New York
Feta of the Madaites
Fohi of China
Gentaut of the Aztecs
Hel and Fata of the Mandans
Hesus (Eros) of the Druids
Hil of the Madaites
Holy One of Xaca
Horns of Egypt
Hung Hsiu-chuan of China
Hung Hui Ching of Taiwan
Iao (Jao) of Nepal
Indra of Tibet
Ischy of Formosa
Ixion of Rome
Jacob (ne Leibowicz) Frank of Poland (Zoharists)
Jan Bockelson (Anabaptist of Munster)
Jim Jones (U.S./Guyana)
Joseph-Antoine Boullan
Kameloxis of Thrace
Konrad Shmidt of Thuringia
Luc Jouret (Joseph di Mambro)(and daughter, Emanuelle)
(of Int’l Chivalric Order Solar Tradition)
Mani of Babylon (Manichaeanism)
Maria Devi Christos (Marina Tsvygun) of Ukraine
Marshall Applewhite
Mikado of the Sintoos
Mithra of Persia
Moate Kim Miller (of Concerned Christians)
Orus of Egypt
Osiris of Egypt
Prometheus of Greece
Quetzalcoatl of Mexico
Quirinus of Rome
Rael (Claude Vorilhon) of France
Sakia of Hindustan
Salvahan(a) of Caribec (Bermuda)
Shabbatai ben Zevi of the European Jews
Shiloh, son of Joanna Southcott
Shoko Asahara (Chizuo Matsumoto) of Japan
Sun Myung Moon of Korea
Tammus (Thammuz) of Syria
Tanchelm of Antwerp
Taut of Phoenicia
Tenskwatawa of the Shawnee
Thulis of Egypt
Tien of China
Tornieli Dolcino of Novara
Universal Monarch of the Sibyls
Wittoba of Telingonese (Bilingonese)
Xaniolxis of Thrace
Zoar of the Bonzes
Zoroaster of Persia
Zulis (Zhule) of Egypt
That’s correct, and not even the Son knows (Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32). Still, there are signs indicating when the time is near (Matthew 24:33, Mark 13:29).
Although stuff like recent events in the Middle East do, with uprisings and threats of wars do give cause to reflect as well as crazy recent weather events.
Cannonized saints predicting the end times?
Now that’s a good one!! LOL!
How about Obama of Kenya? Wasn’t he supposed to stop the oceans from rising and heal the planet? (Snicker)
bttt
There have always been overzealous believers who get carried away with themselves and end up becoming false prophets. They did possess sufficient belief to actually watch as we are commanded to do and to believe the Biblical prophets.
And so we’ve come full circle with the sin of our age being disbelief and outright mockery of such prophecy.
Which error is more grave? Disbelief, clearly.
Take any such utterance with a grain of salt, look at the source and judge on the basis of Biblical counsel regarding such matters. A prophet who is wrong is no prophet at all. There are, however, actual prophets.
Falling into the modern habit of mockery is not a good thing at all. “Scoffers” is the Biblical term. Clearly there is danger in becoming such a thing.
A false prophet is a false prophet and God has plenty to say about them.
And nobody has any excuse for canonizing them.
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