Sunday, May 1, 2011

A Fascinating Reminder of the 1914 False Prophecy

Dr. James White recently posted the following graphic showing a picture from 1984 publication from the Jehovah Witness' Watch Tower society. Back in 1914 they said Jesus would return and Armageddon would take place. Obviously, it never happened. The Jehovah Witness organization survived the failed prophecy by spiritualizing Jesus' second coming and saying Jesus returned spiritually but the Judgment would still come in the lifetime of the generation still alive in 1914. They published a picture of people who were still alive in 1984 and claimed that Judgment would come before the generation from 1914 all die. This picture shows that as of today, all these people are dead. It amazes me that people are still trying to figure out when the World ends despite Jesus saying:


35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. - Matthew 24:35-37


A Fascinating Reminder of the 1914 False Prophecy
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Unbelievable? 27 Jun 2009 - PZ Myers & Denis Alexander on Faith & Science

Here is an oldie but goodie. I missed this episode of Unbelievable? with Justin Brieley, but I could not pass this up.

Atheist Biologist PZ Myers is an outspoken critic of Christianity. He believes that faith in God and science are contradictory. He debates theistic evolutionist Denis Alexander, Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. Is science is at odds with Christianity as PZ claims?
They touch on Fine Tuning, Rationality, and whether God is an inference to the best explanation.


Unbelievable? 27 Jun 2009 - PZ Myers & Denis Alexander on Faith & Science
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White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Takes On Trump, Birthers, The Media, And More (VIDEO)

After a week of really being attacked by Donald Trump and other stupid Republicans. But he did it in a humorous way. I thought it was awesome. I was glad to see Obama hit back at his critics. Look at the link at the end of this post to look at the article.





White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Takes On Trump, Birthers, The Media, And More (VIDEO)

Seth Meyer spoke after President Obama and went even harder after Donald Trump than the President had.





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FacePalm of the Day #75 - Debunking Christianity: Is God to Blame for Weather that Kills People?

Bruce Gerencser was recently quoted by John Loftus

If you are a Christian and you believe the Bible is truth then the answer is an emphatic YES. The people recently killed by tornadoes? God’s doing. The people killed by Hurricane Katrina? God’s doing.

The Bible is clear


I agree the Bible is clear. God is responsible. He did it. He does it. He will do it again. I would say Gerencser is incorrect of course we can complain and ask God "Why?". Job Did. David did. Several Psalmists did. Habakkuk did. Jeremiah did. Jesus' disciples did. I live on several earthquake fault lines in California. It's only a matter of time before our time comes for a major disaster! It is not a question of possibility. It is a certainty. When it happens it will probably be worse than New Zealand's and Japan's disasters this year. I only hope that God will choose to be merciful although we don't deserve it. We deserve it less than New Zealand and Japan. We are not better than they by any stretch of imagination. So what answer does God give for this problem? It's not that God does not answer. The problem is we don't like the answer because God tells us we are asking the wrong question. God expects us to repent and to trust that He knows what is best for us and everyone - including those who die in Natural Disasters.
1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”
- Luke 13:1-9

The Facepalm is because we ask the wrong question and expect God to play by our rules and when He does not, people want to pretend He does not exist. I like the first comment made on Loftus' blog post.


JonHarker 2 hours ago
If God created life, he can resurrect it and bring justice to this world, in spite of mankind's misdeeds.

But if there is no God, then there is never going to be any justice, and a century from now we will all be forgotten.

You don't like those options? Too bad.

Debunking Christianity: Is God to Blame for Weather that Kills People?
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