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If you look at the actual article, the “may” is a combination of “very likely” (11%) and “somewhat likely” (14%). So, people are saying that there is a good possibility, not just a non-zero chance.
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Fair enough, I stand corrected. Although I believe that some of the 14% may be salvageable, as “somewhat likely” could be interpreted as “possible”, if the responders believed that “not very likely” meant doubt of the occurrance, ever. The paragraph saying
implies that even some atheists and agnostics viewed “somewhat likely” as meaning “non-zero probablility”.
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I don’t get it; to an “evangelist” (as Robertson is supposed to be; a bearer of good news), the destruction of the world is a GOOD thing, because it ushers in the Millenium. So why isn’t this news received positively? Or, maybe, it is the Devil 9tempting us). In any case, why should God make his intentions known to an ass like Robertson? Or maybe god is playing a joke on us?
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This isn’t necessarily the beginning of the end times. Part of that scenario has something to do with Israel’s borders. He was very excited about that earlier in 2006.
This is just Pat telling us that God warned him that we’re going to be attacked by heathen Muslims sometime in the second half of this year. But don’t worry, Pat will pray it away if he future intelligence reports says it’s going to be in Virginia Beach.
Well… if you are a christian, you have to think that Christ will return, and that it may be soon… It is after all, what he told his followers way back when.
IOW, if you are a christian and don’t believe he’s coming back… you got other issues to worry about.
What your not supposed to do is predict that the end is nigh, or that he is already back.
The sad thing is that nothing he does or has done to him can hurt him whatsoever.
He’s already got the figurative setting up shop in the temple, and not too many people are up in arms over that.
If he dies of a heart attack… Whole 75+ country weeps and writes checks.
If he was assasanated by someone… same. But double the checks.
Caught in a sex scandal? “She was sent by Satan to spout lies against me!”
Stubs toe? "I meant to do that, you see, it is in God’s plan. Please make checks payable to. . . . "
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Well… if you are a christian, you have to think that Christ will return, and that it may be soon… It is after all, what he told his followers way back when.
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And, way back when, he told his followers he was coming back ‘soon.’
This is obviously only true for very large values of ‘soon.’
Jesus said no one would know the day or the hour of his return. Of course, that’s never stopped anyone from claiming they did anyway.
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Pat’s no Nostradamus. Nostradamus had the good sense to write vague, although shitty, poetry. Robertson makes dead-wrong predictions and sells protein shakes. He doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in such lofty company. He’s more akin to The Weekly World News.
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This would all make sense except for the fact that Nostradamus is prominently featured in about two out of three issues of WWN.
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This would all make sense except for the fact that Nostradamus is prominently featured in about two out of three issues of WWN.
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True, but they’re making up things Nostradamus said - and making him sound like Pat in the process.
