Poor judgment (and language) about Judgment Day

[Jonathan Lighter]

Jeez, Wilson, it seems like I spend half my time interpreting that for
people.

The verse is in the *present tense.*  That means it only applies to the
*first century*, when the words were uttered.

If it meant "will never know," it would say so, wouldn't it?

So maybe you can know if you're not in the first century.

Not definitely, just maybe.

JL

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> As Garry Trudeau, speaking through Zonker, pointed out in yesterday's
> strip, Jesus said:
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> "Of that day and hour knoweth no man, nay, not the angels of heaven,
> but My Father only."
> -Matthew, 24:36
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Judgment Day is beyond time. That's how it works.
> >
> > The dead, past and present, are /were/ will be judged right "now," if
> that
> > idea has any relevance to Eternity.
> >
> > And theologians will tell you it doesn't.
> >
> > When it comes to Eternity, even the laws of deduction could be wrong, if
> > that's how Eternity rolls. Â Ask a theologian.
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