Turn or burn! The choice is yours! Christian eschatology is the study of its religious beliefs concerning all future and final events (end times), as well as the ultimate purpose(s) of the world, of humankind, and the Church primarily. Do you know where you're going to go when you die?
In to another life? :-)
I spent much of my youthful days in the FEAR of the world coming to an end: the rapture with me left behind. I can't tell you how many days when I saw no one on the block, that I lived as a 5-6 year old, and I wondered if I had missed the ride to heaven Even at that young age I was frightened, I lived in fear of being "good enough".
Much of Christianity makes good money attempting to SACRE the HELL out of you!
The movie, A Thief In The Night (1872 is a good example of Christian "fear mongering". Made 30+ years ago, and having a low-budget feel to it, the acting was terrible and effects were poor, but the message was strong and persuading. The intent was obviously to scare the viewer into salvation.
The producers were aglow as the $68,000 film made MILLIONS and most importantly, it's estimated that some 4,000,000 people were scared and frightened in to a "conversion experience". Of course the film was followed by an altar call. And, we're to feel good about that? Does God-Creator-Consciousness need to use manipulation and fear to get us to "come to Him", and what does that phrase mean anyway?
And only Christians will be saved- those that profess Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Even back then the, the subtle issue was about one NOT being a FUNDAMENTALIST as Patty attends a LIBERAL (can you say BAD?) church where the pastor does not interpret the Bible literally. And guess what? She doesn't get to go to heaven. Get the message. Believe LITERALLY and you get to go to heaven.
Remember 1,988 reasons why Jesus is coming back in 1988?
You don't? Good!
Any religion that focuses on the end times and not the NOW: any religion that divides and puts down other religions; and, and religion whose currency is FEAR is not for me. And, you? What about you? :-)
As a spiritual-futurist, I have a BA degree majoring in history. One cannot know the future without knowing the past which holds clues to what is on the horizon. The world is in such a rapid expansion of knowledge that we are close to entering a tipping point that will forever change earth as we know it.
