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Will time bring about a fall of Theocracy?

Will time heal the wounds of Theocracy?

  • Yes

    Votes: 6 85.7%

  • No

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Total voters
    7
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URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Mister Silver said:
What's primitive is thinking anything written in the bible in any ways mirrors our current world today.
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Sure the Bible is primitive if one wants to consider the Bible as being an antique, but I find it is Not primitive when describing these current lasts days of badness on Earth as described at 2 Timothy 3:1-5,13.
The ' great ' earthquakes taking place today are as mirrored at Luke 21:11.

Especially BIG cities of today's current world mirror the violence of Noah's day.
The end came hard and swift in Noah's day.
Unfaithful Christendom currently mirrors the unfaithfulness of unfaithful Jerusalem in the year 70.
The end came hard and swift in the year 70 when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman armies.
So, it should be No surprise when the current political world climate suddenly turns on the religious world.
Then, it will be the same pattern ' hard and swift ' for those against God's Word (Bible) to live by peace and Not by the sword as Jesus taught to do so at Matthew 26:52; Revelation 13:10, besides 2 Corinthians 10:4
 
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URAVIP2ME

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Polymath257 said:
I find that I agree with one point in this article: religion isn't going to go away soon. More is the pity.
yes, I do see a conflict betwen science and religion. It is the conflict between skepticism and faith. Science relies on skepticism: testing every idea to make sure it works and exactly when and how well it works. Every notion is up for grabs, but to overthrow any idea requires evidence. Only those ideas that can be challenged by evidence are considered to be meaningful.
Religion, on the other hand, deals with faith. Instead of challenging ideas and promoting skepticism, it encourages acceptance at all costs. Instead of discarding those ideas that no longer work, it attempts to shield them from criticism. Instead of attempting to eliminate errors and find new truths, it encourages stability of error and the idea of tradition for tradition's sake.
I really do see the two endeavors as opposed in fundamental ways. No, they are NOT both attempts to understand the universe. Science does attempt this, always remaining skeptical. But religion promotes adherence to ideas simply because they are long-held. That is the worse reason to hold an idea.
So, while I am sure that religion will not go away any time soon (superstition is just way too prevalent), I can hope it gradually weakens and people wake up and discard their 'faith' and instead adopt a more skeptical view overall. Then, maybe, we can start to work together to solve some of the problems religion ignores.
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Of course religion deals with faith, but I find Jesus did Not use ' blind faith ' (credulity) but Jesus used logical reasoning on the old Hebrew Scriptures on which to base his teachings.

Basic understanding of the universe according to Isaiah 40:26 is that God used His ' power and strength ' (His dynamic energy) to create the visible material realm for us humans.

Jesus DID condemn false religious leaders who put church tradition, or church customs, for the sake of their opinions over Scripture but teaching them as being Scripture according to Matthew 15:9 and Matthew 23.

Religion already has gradually weakened because people have dried up spiritually.
It is people who ignore the Golden Rule and Jesus' New command found at John 13:34-35 to have the same self-sacrificing love for others as he has. If everyone on Earth lived by those teachings there would be No problems are there are today. However, the false religious world will Not collapse on its own. The United Nations already sees a hauntingly dangerous religious climate brewing and with backing the U.N. can be strengthened to suddenly turn on religion.
 
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