In San Antonio I saw a man yelling on the street that God had told him "this city" would be destroyed in 40 days. 3 years later I saw him again in Houston, yelling the same thing about Houston.
Doesn't his give Christians a bad rep?
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Sandman
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Not really. Everyone could see that he's just plain nuts. The real damage is being done by virulent and vocal homophobes. They are the ones who are scaring off the whole next generation.
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maybe he's working the law of averages and he'll finaly get it right if he visits enough cities.probably missed New Orleans and is still pissed off.
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Hmmm...Suppose I were to prescribe medicine to an individual, that ultimately caused the person to die--would that give DOCTORS a bad rep? (By the way, I'm NOT a doctor!!!)
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Not really but it does say something about his personal mental health.+5
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No, he's just giving nutters a bad name.
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Who said he's Christian? Plenty of religions use the name "God" for their deity.
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It certainly makes it seem like God can't keep a decent schedule. . Maybe it's me but I'm wondering if it's possible that the guy might be wrong about God's plans for Texas.
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It makes for good entertainment for THIS Christian! I can't count the number of times the "End of the World" scenario has bee forcast by all kinds of people, from cities to the planet. Heck my favorite was Oral Roberts in 1987, when he said "God will call me home" if he didn't raise 8 million dollars by April 1st of that year. A personal end of the world, to be sure, but still... http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=20080326_222_78514
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Actually, the word "destroyed", that he used, sometimes also means "changed". The explanation of this can be found here: "Question: In Jonah 3:4, the prophet says that Nineveh will be destroyed in 40 days. But it wasn't destroyed. Doesn't Jonah 3:10 admit that it wasn't destroyed? In Jonah 3:10 the prophet says that Nineveh wasn't destroyed because the people of Nineveh had repented. Isn't Jonah 3:10 simply trying to clean up the fact that he had a failed prophecy in Jonah 3:4? Response: Jonah's prophecy, as represented in Jonah 3:4, was completely and literally fulfilled after the 40 days. But there are two reasons why people sometimes overlook this fact: 1. By making the assumption that the key Hebrew word, haphak, must be translated into English as "destroyed," rather than as "transformed," or "overturned," or "changed," etc. 2. And by making the assumption that the English word "destroyed" must always consist of a physical destruction." Source and further information: http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/q2.htm
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It gives hucksters a bad rep, but they already have that. I remember a "The end is near" preacher who had his website predicting the imminent end of the world. I only kept track of him for 4 years, but in that time he had 5 different end dates and 5 different reasons. The only constant was "so send me money so I can distribute it for charity". He may be still going for all I know.
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