Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day

[Dan Goncharoff]

There is a view that many of the events of Revelation already occurred in
the first century. I don't think you can prove them wrong.

DanG

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> An NPR commentator on May 12, about 4:20 PM EDT:  "So far, prophets
> of the End Times have batted zero."
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> Someone (not a CNN announcer) shown on CNN Headline News May 21 about
> 11:40 AM EDT:  "When somebody tries to predict an exact date, they're
> usually wrong" [because the Bible doesn't make an exact prediction].
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> I'm still waiting for CNN-HN to tell me the names of those rare and
> excellent predictors who've been right.
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> Joel, cowering in his nuclear bunker, but hoping it's impenetrable to
> lowering.
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