kbot wrote:
Or they may just be recalling prophetic verses which have had a remarkable track record of occuring as stated.
Whether one believes in these things or not, you have to admit that the world has become a scarier place and the secular perspective offers neither rationale nor hope. A 'reasoned discourse", perhaps. "Reasoned" being defined by those who live in a science-based worldview where objects can be measured, quantifed and analyzed.. Faith, on the other hand, requires one to go beyond the mere measuring and counting of things and and in this sphere, science and reason cannot succeed since the tools used by science in order to collect and analyze the data and publish the results and are insufficient to work. The conclusion drawn by alleged learned men of science is that, since they cannot measure something, it, therefore, does not exist, which the height of arrogance and hypocrisy. It presupposes that "Man knows all", which is clearly not the case, as each succeeding generation has proven over time.
Religions control their sheep with fear. This may not be how it is documented by them, but it is observable fact. My point is that the Catholic faithful must be shaking in their boots about now. I'll leave prophecy for prophetic and the faithful - and Nostradamus. Most all prophecy proves itself wrong in the end.
Science is not knowledge but is a means of verifying observations using reason, logic, theory and hypothesis. Any science that claims to know all isn't science at all, more like religion. My personal '
religion' demands that I question
everything, which is taboo in mainstream religions and goes contrary to
faith. My personal religion also holds liberty and freedom supreme and respects your and others right to believe what you will so I'm not trying to dissuade anyone of their faith. I truly sympathize with the position this has put the Catholic faithful in. I've also seen this or some other great change to the Vatican coming up Broadway for years now.
