Can we talk about The End?

hz80408

as in Judgement Day/the end of the world/etc?

Funnily enough that I'm asking but I hate thinking about it, but someone brought it up at lunch and said something about how it's supposed to start May this year and won't be a day but last through November.

I mean, I know it's personal for each person's beliefs and all, but I just feel like it's inappropriate to talk about this/religion with work colleagues at a Friday lunch.

 What's your belief?

MeganJ26

I think that no one knows when the End will be.

But some crazy sh!t has been going down lately!

Bre2Be

OK Hannah...I will.  I'm not scurrrred  

I believe that anyone who says they know exactly when the world is going to end doesn't really know much.  However, I will be the first to admit, that I don't know much about "the end" myself in terms of WHEN it will happen. 

For me, "the end" is actually just the beginning of something even more than I can fathom.  I am a firm believer in God and I believe what the Bible says.  Much of this is talked about in the book of Revelation, which we are studying right now.  Even as a Christian, it is difficult to read and comprehend it all.  To a non-believer I can only imagine how crazy it all sounds.

It's hard for me to grasp the concept that "the end" might happen during my lifetime. But there are certainly aspects about the end that are discussed in the Bible that are happening right now.  The selfish human that I am thinks "But, God, I want to have children and I want to see them grow up and have babies of their own and I still have so much left to do!!!"  But as a Christian, I know that our time here on Earth is temporary.  I have been saved because of what Jesus Christ did for me and you and every one else in the world, so I am comfortable knowing that when the time comes I will spend eternity in heaven.

Since no one really knows for sure when that day will come, it is that much more important that we accept this free gift that has been given to us.  I won't get into my full on testimony, but I came from a very difficult place and no matter how unworthy I felt, God met me right where I was and showed me his unconditional love.  I am eternally grateful and can't imagine my life any other way.

nfp147

For me the "end" is something that will happen when my life ends.  I don't buy into the "judgment day/end of civilization" theory.

Mia2700

Short and sweet.. sh!ts crazy.  I can't bring myself to feed into the theories because they are exactly that.  If there is in fact an end coming, I don't want to spend my last days trying to figure it out.  If there is not, then I don't want to waste a lifetime wondering, etc.

hz80408

Bre2Be:

OK Hannah...I will.  I'm not scurrrred  

I believe that anyone who says they know exactly when the world is going to end doesn't really know much.  However, I will be the first to admit, that I don't know much about "the end" myself in terms of WHEN it will happen. 

For me, "the end" is actually just the beginning of something even more than I can fathom.  I am a firm believer in God and I believe what the Bible says.  Much of this is talked about in the book of Revelation, which we are studying right now.  Even as a Christian, it is difficult to read and comprehend it all.  To a non-believer I can only imagine how crazy it all sounds.

It's hard for me to grasp the concept that "the end" might happen during my lifetime. But there are certainly aspects about the end that are discussed in the Bible that are happening right now.  The selfish human that I am thinks "But, God, I want to have children and I want to see them grow up and have babies of their own and I still have so much left to do!!!"  But as a Christian, I know that our time here on Earth is temporary.  I have been saved because of what Jesus Christ did for me and you and every one else in the world, so I am comfortable knowing that when the time comes I will spend eternity in heaven.

Since no one really knows for sure when that day will come, it is that much more important that we accept this free gift that has been given to us.  I won't get into my full on testimony, but I came from a very difficult place and no matter how unworthy I felt, God met me right where I was and showed me his unconditional love.  I am eternally grateful and can't imagine my life any other way.

I'm a believer, although not an avid church go-er, I still communicate with God everyday. I do believe that either way (death or Judgement Day), there will be more to my life that that I have/experience on Earth.  But you're right, it's hard to comprehend at times.  And I too have though, well shiz, if the end is going to be Dec 2012, then maybe we should TTC...but then I think about it and well, if God wants us to have kids during our life, then we will and if it's not in our plan from Him, then we wont.

Both the End and death are things that when I start thinking about, literally my heart-rate goes up...mainly I think it's because the only life we know here on Earth is one with material goods and our physical bodies, that for me, although I believe, it's unfathomable to imagine anything else

Nukke

As far as religion goes, I'm not Christian, and don't believe in a heaven/hell sort of scenario, or judgement day (or sin for that matter).  I'm panentheist, and was pretty much raised that way. 

However, my "end of days" scenario has nothing to do with religious belief.  I just think human beings will eventually kill ourselves off--either a super plague, or pollution, or destroying our resources--long before the earth dies, or the sun burns out. I also don't think we'll all die at once, but rather huge portions of our population will get killed off for whatever reason, and perhaps a few will survive.  But eventually we'll all be gone.

StaceB2010

Nukke:

I just think human beings will eventually kill ourselves off--either a super plague, or pollution, or destroying our resources--long before the earth dies, or the sun burns out. I also don't think we'll all die at once, but rather huge portions of our population will get killed off for whatever reason, and perhaps a few will survive.  But eventually we'll all be gone.

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Xan921

StaceB2010:

Nukke:

I just think human beings will eventually kill ourselves off--either a super plague, or pollution, or destroying our resources--long before the earth dies, or the sun burns out. I also don't think we'll all die at once, but rather huge portions of our population will get killed off for whatever reason, and perhaps a few will survive.  But eventually we'll all be gone.

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schuette2

They said we'd all go in 2000, the Aztecs (or was it Mayans?) said it'd be 2012 - and they're all dead. So, in my Methodist upbringing beliefs - man won't get to decide, and every time we guess, God has a giggle fest upstairs, and maybe pushes the date back or forward depending on  His mood.That being said, since I've probably skeeved someone:

Disclaimer - this is totally what I think, it's not my intent to push my religious beliefs on anyone. If you think I am, well, get over it.