#6 Sys Op | 2007-07-09 04:14
<p>Most of the above comments have hit nails squarely on their heads.</p>
<p>What they have all described is a particularly nasty and stupid version of 2 doctrines. The movement is known as "Dispensationalism" and was made up out of whole cloth and surrounded by bits and pieces of Bible verses all out of context or text proofing, and much out of established English or Greek definition sets. One thing is sure -- it's been worth A LOT of money!! It has made its way into many denominations and I and a lot of non-religious people are sick to death! of it driving politics and foreign policy since it glorifies jews when Christ Himself condemned them/their religious system to annihilation.</p>
<p>I have finally been shown a book written to the general public about this very fact. A B. Kuiper--elderly Presbyterian cleric and educator I read, actually stated and proved that they and Dispensationalism were the reason we're fighting Muslims and bringing on terrorism from the Middle East. I was thrilled. I read the quotes but will have find the book. He took on the whole "rapture bunny" crowd. I predict his book will be treated exactly like "Why Johnny Can't Think" or worse.</p>
<p>The Bible these days is having exactly the same problems as our Constitution. The term for why the above comments are generally true and valid is "antinomianism" added to the absolute nature of God - the attributes that only He can define about Himself because we would not know how. One of those is all of science. Another is the conscience.</p>
<p>Here's a question that Christian white nationalist have a hard time with and generally ignore (in my small circle)... and yes, I realize this is not a testable science question (as many questions of all types are not).<br />
Given that God (aka the person as defined in the Bible as Jesus, the Messiah, the Savior, Son of God, etc.) is the creator of all life -- separator of all life into various types and kinds and the races, especially creation as outlined in Genesis and Job and a few places in the New Testament: <br />
WHY, after using His white race to be the primary cradle for and the only vehicle for dispersion until recently, would He allow that race to be destroyed, or to destroy itself?</p>
<p>Just a thought. Of course, I don't expect any discussions, especially from the faithful antis... for them a moot point.</p>
<p>[googled and found <i>In A. Bernhard Kuiper's new book When Bad Things Happen to Good Prophecies, the author poses this question, "If it is believed that the 1948 re-establishment of the state of Israel is in fulfillment of prophecies within the Old Testament, then why did God not oppose the extradition of Jews from the Gaza Strip and Golan Heights's"</i> and thinks the use of the term judeo-christian is a crock.]</p>