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Old 05-06-2012, 07:00 AM
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There'a a name for those who actively work to thwart God's will. Could that be -- Satan?

If God decreed that billion must die, I hope I will face my fate with head held high, knowing I am part of God's plan and I pray I have the strength to not grovel or beg to be spared.
No one knows God's will, even Jesus ( according to the Bible writer) didn't know it;If he had he wouldn't have asked;Father "IF" it is your will let this chalice pass from me". God, If he is all knowing, would know ahead of time there would be people who wouldn't know his will and I doubt that any Supreme being who knows all things and can do all things, would sort out people to suffer and some to save, unless he was a sadistic monster!
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Old 05-06-2012, 07:05 AM
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Look, the world is going to end sometime, right? Guaranteed. But we don't know when, nobody does except Jesus. Could the world end in 2012? Either it's going to end in 2012, or it will end in some other year. That means the odds of the world ending in 2012 is 50-50. Better start saying your apologies to the man upstairs while you still can.
Jesus said only the Father knew the time,so Jesus didn't know either; although he did tell the Apostles it would end in that generation if the writer quoted him correctly.
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Old 05-11-2012, 08:56 AM
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I suggest what is so secretly kept about Fatima...is the truth of extraterrestrial presence! Our Lady very likely informed the children in 1917 of all that will happen later, not only of part of the truth...So what could it be logically?

Is the knowledge of an asteroid impact taking millions of lives really a secret anymore? We know that is perfectly possible to happen, only we don't know when. It happened in history. We are not going to deny anymore the dinosaurs etc as in the middle ages.

Others claim that the real 3rd secret of Fatima is apostasy in the Church. But hei, is it a secret at all? We know it is a pretty much a fact. Especially with the latest series of scandals, to say the least...

So what is really "secret" that made 6 popes and a number of cardinals totally silent for nearly a century?

Pope John XXIII is known to have met George Adamski, the famous UFOlogist, in his apartment in Vatican shortly before he died. Adamski gave him a package with unknown content. The story is widely published online.

Another less known story is that cardinal McIntyre of Los Angeles was present personally at the meeting between president Eisenhower and Aliens at Holloman Air Force Base, California. Then, the cardinal flew directly to Rome to inform pope Pius 12. You can get more of the story here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC4t1FEk5LE command sergeant Bob Dean with above top clearance claims that all popes have been informed, and some even had meetings with aliens at the Vatican.
Welcome to 2012!

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Old 05-11-2012, 09:05 AM
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I don't know if anyone has linked to the Masters take on Fatima (I'm not even sure if this is a joke thread or if the OP is serious), but in case no one has, here is the article:

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Before loosing my mighty torrent of knowledge, M., I'll have to provide a little background for those Teeming Millions who never learned the charming story of Fatima because they were wasting their formative years having impure thoughts and eating hamburger on Fridays. You might do well to pay attention yourself, because your letter contains a couple of regrettable misconceptions.

Though the Catholic Church is naturally reluctant to recognize tales of miracles, cures, apparitions, and the like, it has deemed credible the story of the Blessed Virgin's appearances at Fatima to three Portuguese children: Lucia dos Santos, aged ten, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, nine and seven.

After the first of these appearances--they occurred monthly from May through October of 1917--word got around that something neat was going on, and with each subsequent visit increasing numbers of people came to Fatima to have a look.

Only the children could see and hear the Lady, however. The rest had to be content with a moving cloud, a rustling tree, and--on the final visit--a grand miracle, witnessed by up to 100,000 people, in which the sun danced around the sky for ten minutes.
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(1) The Lady of Fatima showed the children a vision of hell, including demons that "could be distinguished by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals."

(2) In order to prevent "war, famine, and persecutions of the church and of the Holy Father," the Lady said she would return to ask for the "Consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart."
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Pope Pius XII, who died in 1958, may have read it, and Pope John XXIII and a few cronies certainly did, probably in 1959. John said, "This makes no reference to my time"; though Lucia was still alive, he dispatched the document to the archives and left the matter to his successors, none of whom has yet seen fit to come clean.

The papal cover-up, combined with the red-baiting, fire-and-brimstone nature of the revealed parts of the secret, has led many observers to speculate that the message is one of nuclear apocalypse.
Basically, it's a load of crap...even leaving the drug induced alien angle out of the whole thing.

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Old 05-11-2012, 09:06 AM
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I suggest what is so secretly kept about Fatima...is the truth of extraterrestrial presence! Our Lady very likely informed the children in 1917 of all that will happen later, not only of part of the truth...So what could it be logically?

Is the knowledge of an asteroid impact taking millions of lives really a secret anymore? We know that is perfectly possible to happen, only we don't know when. It happened in history. We are not going to deny anymore the dinosaurs etc as in the middle ages.

Others claim that the real 3rd secret of Fatima is apostasy in the Church. But hei, is it a secret at all? We know it is a pretty much a fact. Especially with the latest series of scandals, to say the least...

So what is really "secret" that made 6 popes and a number of cardinals totally silent for nearly a century?

Pope John XXIII is known to have met George Adamski, the famous UFOlogist, in his apartment in Vatican shortly before he died. Adamski gave him a package with unknown content. The story is widely published online.

Another less known story is that cardinal McIntyre of Los Angeles was present personally at the meeting between president Eisenhower and Aliens at Holloman Air Force Base, California. Then, the cardinal flew directly to Rome to inform pope Pius 12. You can get more of the story here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC4t1FEk5LE command sergeant Bob Dean with above top clearance claims that all popes have been informed, and some even had meetings with aliens at the Vatican.
Welcome to 2012!
What exactly is the topic of this thread?
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Old 05-11-2012, 09:09 AM
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greenlife, this is a discussion board, not a blog. If you don't intend to respond to people's questions about your posts, I will close this thread with the firm suggestion you go somewhere else.
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:04 AM
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I would ask you to delete my profile as well. This forum crashed my equilibrium for the short time I was given the chance to post and read "replies" (i.e. outright attacks). I am not that unintelligent as some mod called me 3 days ago. I don't see the option to delete my profile, otherwise would not bother you. Interesting, how you threat someone who wants to bring some input, not only BS chat. Quite straight dope, no doubt! No one pays me for that, so good bye
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:11 AM
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I don't think that actually happened, but OK. tomndebb suggested your posts might be a little drug-added because that's how they read - I expect you've heard that before - but regardless, I'm fine with bringing this to an end. Your account is banned, the thread is closed.
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