tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post5659853060627225863..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: Rapture and the Gnostic TendencyMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-18397199771806729432011-05-22T14:11:50.699-05:002011-05-22T14:11:50.699-05:00The formula was simplistic. The notion (nailing th...The formula was simplistic. The notion (nailing the day) was presumptuous. The baggage (trinity and hellfire) was typical. And he sure did flummox a lot of followers. But he is 'keeping on the watch,' as Jesus advised several times. No one can say he's not doing that. As so many before him have done. As you pointed out.tom sheepandgoatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519896568648043000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-10382621983333027002011-05-22T09:30:54.865-05:002011-05-22T09:30:54.865-05:00Yes, that was my intent. But it was sloppily writ...Yes, that was my intent. But it was sloppily written. I revised it: "Environmentalists have been predicting worldwide biological catastrophes since the 1960s. These prophesies of doom have often gone unheeded — and unfulfilled. "<br /><br />Paul Ehrlich is well known for making dire predictions about the near future. He may not represent the mainstream position, but then neither does Harold Camping. Both men get lots of press, whether they deserve it or not.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-15366999766727793982011-05-22T00:58:30.434-05:002011-05-22T00:58:30.434-05:00"Environmentalists have been predicting that ..."Environmentalists have been predicting that life on Earth would be wiped out in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and now in the near future."<br /><br />Is this intended as a factual statement?Greg Lucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034914846950452843noreply@blogger.com