Brian Braiker of Newsweek recently sat down with minister and co-author of the popular "Left Behind" series, Tim LaHaye. Braiker's interview was pointed and relevant but obviously slanted to the secular side.
At one point during the interview, Braiker mentions LaHaye's recent donation to Liberty University for a hockey rink. He then asks why LaHaye would make that investment if he feels so strongly that end times are near. LaHaye defended the move by explaining the rink's purpose.
"We’re concerned about the salvation of individual souls," says LaHaye.
Furthermore, Braiker's question has been asked of the Jehova's Witness group by Rick Ross. The JW's have been announcing the quickly approaching end times for decades, but this group used to go so far as to make actual dated predictions for it's ocurrance. These short term predictions were taking place at the same time as the church's long term property investments.
While I disagree with the JW's theology and translation of the scriptures, I feel it is important to remind Brian at Newsweek of one simple fact in life. The stuff we own, the paychecks we get, and the very shirts on our backs do not get to come with us when we die. All we are left with is the soul God created and the man you are so desparately trying to break down in this interview is desparately trying to save yours.
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And I'm enriching my soul by reading as much as possible before I die.
Isn't the soul just the accumulation of experiences?
well i would like to see what people do if a guy comes out and says he is jesus part 2. they will laugh and send him to a mental hospital... if he does a miracel they will say its a magic trick like david copperfield. all in all... if he did come back it doesnt matter because no one will believe in it.
yes, I would say that anyone who says they are jesus part 2 is also crazy.
zyou pepole are crazy no the world is not comeing to a end i belive that god loves his world so much and he would not let anything happen to it so get a life if you have one they fight because they want to be come friends
Well, I know some think these are the end times, but I personally do not. When reading Revelations in the Bible, it says that the Middle East will be in complete peace. We're a long way off from that.
As far as God loving his world too much, yes, He does as he loves his 'Children'. But, as with any parent, he does get tired of the needless crimes and such that are committed. And when the time comes, yes He will destroy this world, as he did once before when he told Noah and his family to build that ark and then He flooded the Earth.
This article pisses me off. Why is this on the front page of a major internet site. It only creates pessimism and cult like fear in a society who does not need this. We need to read positive uplifting things.
Honestly, so many people can say what they want to discredit the second coming of Christ. It's funny how many people will believe in the story of Noah and the Ark, and Moses, yet when something even bigger than both those stories is prophecized (sp?), they can say it will be a joke, a magic trick. Honestly, disbelievers will always have a "reason" to disbelieve, but in the end, there will be no need to say that is a parlor trick or magic. It will be plain to see just like in the story of moses and such forth. I'm sure many people back then thought the water to blood was a joke, a trick.... But again you can tear this apart as you like. That is the beauty of accepting or not accepting Christ. It is your choice in the end. Just be wise, not hard hearted.
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