Monday, October 6, 2008

How specific are Biblical End-Times Predictions?

Okay, once again, I saw another ridiculous attempt by an Evangelical to proclaim that we're living in the end times. You know, I see this kind of stuff all the time, and it's always posted by an idiot who doesn't know Jack or shit about history.

Here is a text version of what the usual claims are:

In the end times, there will be...
(1) people Claiming to be spiritual leaders
(2) Persecution of Christians
(3) Wars and Unrest
(4) Earthquakes
(5) Rise in Law-breaking
(6) Famines
(7) Diseases
(8) lack of sincere Love
(9) Sun and Moon darkened
(10) Stars falling
(11) Gospel preached around the world
(12) Jesus returns...


So I have some questione for all the Evangelicals out there who trully believe that the current time is the end times. These are all easy questions, but I'm willing to bet that nobody can answer them. Here goes:


  1. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when people haven't claimed to be great spiritual leaders?
  2. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there was no perceived persecution of Christians.
  3. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were no Wars and Unrest.
  4. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were no Earthquakes.
  5. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were no people perceiving a rise in Law-breaking.
  6. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were no Famines.
  7. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were no Diseases.
  8. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when people were not perceiving a lack of sincere Love on the part of other people.
  9. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when the Sun and Moon were darkened (I'm assuming this is about eclipses, which happen nearly every year).
  10. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were no Stars falling (Meteorites, novae, comets, etc)
  11. Can you name one single year or decade in the last 2000 years when there were the Gospel was not preached around the world.
  12. Finally, is there one single year or decade in the last 2000 years, when any one of the above 11 conditions was not happening?

I can prove to all of you, by simple historical facts that anyone can look up on the web, that all of the above questions must be answered with "No." in order for you to be honest and consistant with history. Anyone who claims any answer other than "no" is cordially invited to prove me wrong. If anyone can prove me wrong, I will post a mesage to that effect, proclaiming that I was wrong, and acknowledging that you beat me.

The only rule will be that you can't win by listing a year for which not much was written about. In other words, if you pick a year, and there literally is almost no history written about that year, it doesn't count. You will need to establish your claim as a searchable historical fact, such as on Wikipedia or another reliable source, and you must post the link.

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