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I'm pretty sure the Bible doesn't say that...

Vee

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.
I think ALL holy books should be revised and updated regularly - why not?
Windows gets updated regularly, why not KJ Bible v3.2 or maybe it should be the Queen Elizabeth Bible v1.3
 

Vee

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
I think ALL holy books should be revised and updated regularly - why not?

Let's say you decide to short the market because someone told you the bible says it's going to crash, but instead of crashing, the market keeps going up and you lose loads of money. Do you think that update would be a good idea?
Updates are only good when they result in something positive.
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.
It sounds like just another variant of millenarianism to me. Like all the others, it seems pretty bonkers.

I've never understood why so many people search for specific predictions of the end of the world, or of society, in the bible. Nearly always they go to the most obscure and dreamlike book, Revelation, and try to force-fit all sorts of things to the terms and the numbers they find there. Especially the numbers.

But doomsday prepping seems to be something that appeals to a surprising number of people, for some reason. I can only guess, but I suspect it may be that some who feel they have not achieved what they would like are hoping for a giant "reset", in which they can end up on top as a result of their foresight.

P.S. I like the idea of investing in the sock market, so long as the stockings don't get suspended.;)
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
Let's say you decide to short the market because someone told you the bible says it's going to crash, but instead of crashing, the market keeps going up and you lose loads of money. Do you think that update would be a good idea?
Updates are only good when they result in something positive.
The Bible could be made much better. e.g.
  • Update it to explicitly ban slavery.
  • Update the 10 Commandments so that it includes,'look after the planet' and 'project children' and bin some of the useless ones
Are those positive enough?
 

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.

Bible code - Wikipedia.

Not that I'm saying there is anything to this but I had an acquaintance that was heavily into it.

The idea being every event from the beginning of time to the end is encoded into the Torah. So nothing added, just a manipulation of the original Hebrew text.

I don't know if this is where your predictions are coming from but it was a thing several years back.
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
The Bible could be made much better. e.g.
  • Update it to explicitly ban slavery.
  • Update the 10 Commandments so that it includes,'look after the planet' and 'project children' and bin some of the useless ones
Are those positive enough?
It already implies we should look after the planet, I think. Not sure about projecting children though. That seems a bit harsh. :D
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I have run across Christians that say "the Bible says" and then give some specific claim about what Jesus said or did. Far too often I can't remember him saying any such thing and I ask the Christian where he says that. If they realize that they have been caught they double down on "In the Bible" and leave it at that.
 

Brickjectivity

Turned to Stone. Now I stretch daily.
Staff member
Premium Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.
I don't know what they are saying that, but sometimes investors will go a long way to manipulate markets. Getting people to sell stocks, buy gold, dump cash and sell their bonds could be the true motivation.
 

1213

Well-Known Member
...A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash....

It would be nice to see how they think Bible tells it. I think it is true that there is not word “stock market” in the Bible. Bible would more likely use for example word “economy”. I think one way to see Bible telling about collapse is the idea that when people become evil and reject God in major way, it leads to destruction/calamity. When evil rules, it just brings all kind of adversity. At the moment it seems crooked world leaders have pumped really nice bubble to stock markets by their irresponsible and bad money politics. I think it is inevitable that it will burst in spectacularly.
 

Left Coast

This Is Water
Staff member
Premium Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.

Every few years there is a new figure identified as the Anti-Christ, or new thing identified as the Mark of the Beast. At this point it just makes me giggle. :)
 

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.
I find it strange that the Bible called the Living Word, is a static book that isn't supposed to ever change.
 
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.
My own opinion of what the Bible "may" be teaching about things like the stock market are that people should invest as wisely as they can, keep an eye out for possible ways to make a profit and always be completely honest in all their financial dealings, even to the point of trying to help out others without breaking any laws in any manner whatsoever. Beyond that, those who are successful are taught to use what they gain to help others after taking care of themselves, their loved ones and neighbors, but firstly to render to their religion a generous tithe.
I agree with what you are saying about persons who claim some pretty marvelous interpretations, I think we can definitively say, those interpretations are nonsense.
 

Dawnofhope

Non-Proselytizing Baha'i
Staff member
Premium Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.

This is common behaviour among many evangelical Christains and some new religious movements. It is often based on books such as Revelations and Daniel that has much symbolism. These books are among the most difficult in the Christian Bible and prone to wild speculation and interpretation. I prefer to focus on living the life and being the best person I can, rather than engaging in long and fruitless discussions about what the mark of the beast may or may not mean.
 

2ndpillar

Well-Known Member
The Bible is a very long book. There is a lot to read and much of it is not easy to understand, so it always puzzles me when some people feel the need to add stuff.
There is one that particularly annoyed me this week. A couple of times I heard people saying the Bible indicates/implies that the stock market is going to crash soon and people should buy gold and go live in a bunker and raise chicken or something like that.
I read the Bible more or less in it's entirety - can't promise I didn't miss a verse or two - and never once have I seen anything mentioning the stock market. Nowhere that I could find in the Bible is there a date or a formula to calculate a date for the allegedly fall of the sock market soon. I don't never know what "soon" means in this context.
What upsets me it that even if most people will see right through this and maybe just laugh about it, there will always be a few that believe it, and the consequences could be devastating for them.
If people want to buy farms and produce their own food and stay away from the rest of the world, with their gold buried under a tree somewhere, that's their decision. Whatever makes them happy. But connecting the Bible to the stock market... I can't find any reason why that would be a good idea.

The bible doesn't mention the "stock market". What it refers to is Har-Magedon, when the cities will "fall" (Revelation 16:16-21), and "every island fled away" and "mountains were not found". This would be referred to in Matthew 24, whereas "they will see the son of man coming on the clouds" and it will like the days of Noah who entered into the ark (Matthew 24:39). As the world will not be destroyed by flood again, it will be destroyed by fire. What is one to do? Well Isaiah 26:20 says to enter into your room and shut the door until the indignation shall pass. As Matthew 24:16 explains, those in Judea must flee, and they will not have time to go back for even their coat, and there will be a "great tribulation" such has not occurred from the beginning of the world. It states if the time was not cut short, no one would survive. As for gold and silver, the US dollar is facing extinction due to ever rising US debt. The two competing options under review by Central Banks for the currency is gold and central bank crypto currency. According to Zechariah 14:14, gold, silver, and commodities/clothing, will hold value. You can say peace reigns now, but apparently you don't live in Seattle Washington, or Portland Oregon. The technical definition of inflation is increase in money supply. Our present money supply was increased by 40% in 2020, and we are looking at another 2 trillion dollars of it in the 1st quarter of 2021. As for the stock market, it is going up because of the money being printed by the government, which devalues the dollar, making assets more valuable than money, even though many of the assets are of zombie companies, which are destined to fail. When the cities fall, where are you going to go? When the dollar crashes, what will you use for currency? When utilities and transportation fail, and your grocery store only has a 3 day supply in good times, where do you buy your beer? As for burying silver, in Britain it sells for 48 pounds per ounce, of which half is for the premium paid because it simply is not available. You can't even buy 100 ounce bars, because the institutions are buying all of the silver. In the US, silver bought in early 2020, when including the premium having to be paid, it has doubled in value. So any silver buried under a tree now is worth twice what you would have paid for it. As supply gets tighter, the price will probably return to gold/silver multiples of 15, which would increase the value of silver at least 4 fold. Now you can bad mouth other people for taking life improving steps, but when things go bad, what are you going to do. The government is not going to be able to help you, even if they wanted to. Your Progressive friends are fleeing the Liberal cities of New York and California, and buying all the guns and ammunition available. You will have a hard time finding any gun or ammunition to buy right now, if you you find something, it will be extremely expensive. The dollars the Progressives are counting on, will be worthless, and they will be without any skills to survive outside of the city environment.
You missed more than a verse or two, for the underlying story in the OT and testimony of Yeshua, is the kingdom of heaven/God, in which one must repent or face being cut down and thrown into the fire (Matthew 3).
 
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