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Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by stogot »

jancsika wrote: post #101
kulahan wrote: post #59

One mildly interesting fact that MANY Christians get wrong: There is no lead-up to the apocalypse. The Messiah will return "like a thief in the night" and "nobody, except my Father, knows the hour of my return" (I probably butchered those two quotes). Either way, the Bible is pretty clear (as was Jesus): there will be zero indication the apocalypse is coming. None. It'll just... start.

One mildly interesting fact MANY programmers get wrong about the is_computer_on function: It is threadsafe. The documentation is very clear about this.

Could you clarify this analogy? I’m confused

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by Yizahi »

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #47

I think they've gotta maybe define what counts as an "Apocalypse." The active "Fourth Turning" hypothesis expects a crisis on the scale of the Civil War. That degree of crisis has happened lots of times. Certainly the Civil War itself was accurately predicted for decades leading up to it.

There are countless civil wars going on nowadays, with variable intensity. That's kinda low bar as far as Apocalypse go.

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by conorcleary »

stogot wrote: post #111
jancsika wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One mildly interesting fact MANY programmers get wrong about the is_computer_on function: It is threadsafe. The documentation is very clear about this.

Could you clarify this analogy? I’m confused

Maybe something about programs being able to skip the 'is there a power cord connected to this PSU?' type jesting?

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by conorcleary »

nneonneo wrote: post #93
undershirt wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

9/11 happened 1 trillion milliseconds after the unix epoch.

Not quite; the first attack happened at approximately UNIX time 1000210380, which isn't quite as round as "1 trillion milliseconds". (It was about 2 days after 1e9).

accumulated daylight savings since y2k?

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by richrichardsson »

xivzgrev wrote: post #110

I'm surprised at the number of famous folk who have predictions, like Christopher Columbus. Gives new context to Thiels recent musings on the Antichrist. Step 1: become accomplished in some field Step 2: ??? Step 3: write about the anti Christ and predict when it will occur

I think the South Park underpants gnomes meme might be more apt here.

Switch your steps 2 & 3.

Step 4 is profit.

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by stogot »

fluoridation wrote: post #89
fred_wilson wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The book of Revelation also cites various signs that are metaphorical enough to be applied to just about anything. If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19. And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel. > It's pointless to cite the Bible to defend a theological position Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context.…

>If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19. See, that's when you use literal reading. "I'm not adding anything to the text, I'm just interpreting it." >And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel. Ezekiel is clearly about events in our past, though. >Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context. Meh. There's no inter…

Its systematic theology is internally consistent; amazingly consistent given three thousand years across 66 books and dozens of authors. It’s the cherry picking and overemphas that gets one into trouble

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by cindyllm »

stogot wrote: post #116
fluoridation wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19. See, that's when you use literal reading. "I'm not adding anything to the text, I'm just interpreting it." >And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel. Ezekiel is clearly about events in our past, though. >Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context. Meh. There's no inter…

Its systematic theology is internally consistent; amazingly consistent given three thousand years across 66 books and dozens of authors. It’s the cherry picking and overemphas that gets one into trouble

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Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by fluoridation »

stogot wrote: post #116
fluoridation wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19. See, that's when you use literal reading. "I'm not adding anything to the text, I'm just interpreting it." >And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel. Ezekiel is clearly about events in our past, though. >Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context. Meh. There's no inter…

Its systematic theology is internally consistent; amazingly consistent given three thousand years across 66 books and dozens of authors. It’s the cherry picking and overemphas that gets one into trouble

>Its systematic theology is internally consistent

It's not. Christian dogma doesn't even obey the law of identity.

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by cool_man_bob »

xivzgrev wrote: post #110

I'm surprised at the number of famous folk who have predictions, like Christopher Columbus. Gives new context to Thiels recent musings on the Antichrist. Step 1: become accomplished in some field Step 2: ??? Step 3: write about the anti Christ and predict when it will occur

You would be surprised how superstitious Americans are in general.

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by asdfasvea »

kulahan wrote: post #59

One mildly interesting fact that MANY Christians get wrong: There is no lead-up to the apocalypse. The Messiah will return "like a thief in the night" and "nobody, except my Father, knows the hour of my return" (I probably butchered those two quotes). Either way, the Bible is pretty clear (as was Jesus): there will be zero indication the apocalypse is coming. None. It'll just... start.

The term "religious fact" always puts a smile on my face.
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