Is The End Near

[infinitelord1]

do you think the end is near? ive been reading the news lately and it seems like there is a lot of chaos around the world. i am currently in iraq...is this babylon? if not, where is it?

this place seems like hell to me.

[goldenchild17]

The end is near, at least as much as the end was near according to the New Testament. We are in the final covenant with God. So in that sense we are in the last stage. But who knows how long it will last, I have a feeling things will get far worse than they are now before the end (although I personally tend believe in a reign of peace by Mary after the worst is over).

[Happy_Catholic]

A second to God could be millions of years to us. So while we're in the last days, the last days could last thousands of years.

I'm a follower of the Chastisement prophecies. And as it stands, in both those words and others from Catholic mystics and in some people's opinions the Bible, the final days will only begin to progress once the gospel has been spread to every corner of the globe and accepted in China in particular.

But regardless, its not our business. Its up to the Lord to decide when He does His thing.

Frankly, I pray for the hastening of His hand.

[infinitelord1]

im gonna really go out on a limb here by saying this...

i think i have met the whore of babylon.

[CatherineM]

There has always been chaos in the world, because we bring the chaos. Comes with original sin. There have always been disasters, earthquakes and floods and fires and famines and plagues. We do get better news coverage of incidents now than we did 1000 years ago, so it seems worse.

There's a reason why Jesus told us that we can't know the time of the second coming.

[infinitelord1]

[quote name='infinitelord1' date='01 January 2010 - 10:28 PM' timestamp='1262402905' post='2028325']
im gonna really go out on a limb here by saying this...

i think i have met the whore of babylon.
[/quote]

i dont want to jump to conclusions here...is the whore of babylon an actual person? or is it a kingdom or what?

[Happy_Catholic]

[quote name='infinitelord1' date='01 January 2010 - 11:06 PM' timestamp='1262405165' post='2028374']
i dont want to jump to conclusions here...is the whore of babylon an actual person? or is it a kingdom or what?
[/quote]

Well, a seventh day adventist I know called the Catholic Church the whore of Babylon.

I think its a metaphor for an organisation or mindset that will herald the end of sin, by someone or something or a group of people being "in bed with sin" for lack of a better word. Of course, I could be wrong.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='infinitelord1' date='01 January 2010 - 10:28 PM' timestamp='1262402905' post='2028325']
im gonna really go out on a limb here by saying this...

i think i have met the whore of babylon.
[/quote]
Hey, be nice to your mother-in-law!

[CatherineM]

I was called that on more than one occasion by white supremacists. Can't say I cared for it.

[Resurrexi]

"But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone." (Matthew 24:36)

[OraProMe]

A sedevacantist I know calls the post-V2 Church the Whore of babylon and insists that John Paul II was the anti-Christ....despite him being dead and the world not ending.

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='OraProMe' date='02 January 2010 - 01:36 AM' timestamp='1262417812' post='2028503']
A sedevacantist I know calls the post-V2 Church the Whore of babylon and insists that John Paul II was the anti-Christ....despite him being dead and the world not ending.
[/quote]

Some of them do believe that. Didn't really add up for me though, the JPII part that is.

Edited January 2, 2010 by goldenchild17

[Nunsense]

Well, the end is a little nearer than it was yesterday I would assume.

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' date='02 January 2010 - 04:22 PM' timestamp='1262409728' post='2028439']
Hey, be nice to your mother-in-law!
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[Varg]

[quote name='infinitelord1' date='01 January 2010 - 10:28 PM' timestamp='1262402905' post='2028325']
im gonna really go out on a limb here by saying this...

i think i have met the whore of babylon.
[/quote]
Sarah Palin!? Sheesh...I feel sorry for you

[Sternhauser]

[quote name='infinitelord1' date='01 January 2010 - 09:29 PM' timestamp='1262399358' post='2028283']
do you think the end is near? ive been reading the news lately and it seems like there is a lot of chaos around the world. i am currently in iraq...is this babylon? if not, where is it?

this place seems like hell to me.
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~Sternhauser

[Maggyie]

My sister has a T-shirt that says that!

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[Sternhauser]

[quote name='Maggie' date='02 January 2010 - 03:04 PM' timestamp='1262462681' post='2028694']
My sister has a T-shirt that says that!
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Your sister is my heroine.

~Sternhauser

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='Sternhauser' date='03 January 2010 - 10:22 AM' timestamp='1262474531' post='2028762']
Your sister is my heroine.

~Sternhauser
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We're non sexist these days. Female movie stars are termed actors so the sister would be a hero.

[Sternhauser]

[quote name='Mark of the Cross' date='02 January 2010 - 06:52 PM' timestamp='1262476333' post='2028767']
We're non sexist these days. Female movie stars are termed actors so the sister would be a hero.
[/quote]

You know what's sexist? To insist on using masculine nouns for women, as though we've got to give them a linguistic hand up to join the proud ranks of apparently superior masculine gender. Also sexist is using gender-neutral terms as though we've got to condescendingly level the playing field to accomodate them. The assumption that it's sexist to refer to a female who acts as an "actress" itself casts aspersions upon the female sex, as though it were a lesser sex.

~Sternhauser