• Pwrupdude@lemmy.zip
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        7 months ago

        So for full discloser, I am a Christian believer and also do not like Trump. I thought (even since before he was elected) he was using the presidency for his own personal gain. I’m also not going to try and say I didn’t like Hilary more, because I absolutely did not. Over his term I came to see it was worse than Trump just using the presidency for personal promotion and am at the point his actions seriously scare me.

        That being said, this article I think took some logical jumps to make it fit an American presidency. Prophecy is extremely difficult and subjective. I am just a normal person and haven’t studied biblical prophecy to the fullest extent, so it could be spot on and I’m just not as versed in it. Reading it I was also thinking were these verses picked to make the argument? Were there prophecies left out because they did not fit the argument? That would be my burden to study and look into.

        Overall, the article opened my eyes to some things that seemed off but I could not explain way. I have some obvious concerns and glad I have a starting point to start looking into it further. Glad I read this article, and thank you for sharing it.

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          Jesus did not fit the prophecies either. The point of prophecy isn’t prediction, it’s a tool to be used to make people believe what you want. For example, Jesus of Nazareth was almost certainly not born in Bethlehem, but that’s what the prophecies said so we have multiple differing mutually exclusive accounts saying how and why he was born in Bethlehem for some reason during a trip they took. They don’t really make sense, especially together, but they don’t need to. They were just created in order to fit a person into the prophecy.

          Not that Dune proves anything, but I highly recommend watching (and ideally reading) it because this concept is basically what it’s about, and it’s entertaining and well done. A prophecy was laid out in advance to be used when needed. It is then used to convince them Paul is their Messiah, and billions of people die because of it.

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          Prophecy is extremely difficult and subjective.

          And it’s also bullshit lol

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      Trump Building used to be located at 666 Fifth Avenue. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were trying to summon Gozer the Gozerian in there.