Will I.B. retract if 2 billion don't die soon??? - Page 2

SDG · #11 06-27-2008, 10:14 AM

A friend of mine suggested this ... and I think it would be a great idea ...

Let's hold prosperity preachers, word of faith preachers and even these end-time preachers to truth in advertising laws ...

Perhaps a disclaimer saying something like...

Results not typical ....

but neither is faith.

Timmy · #12 06-27-2008, 10:19 AM

Today's prophets have it easy. They can just make stuff up, and not even worry about whether it comes true. They're usually ambiguous enough that it either looks like it was a "hit", or there's a way to wiggle out. But sometimes they get a pass, even if it's specific and fails miserably. One famous guy said, on New Year's Eve 1989, that God would destroy the homosexual community (by fire!, bringing cheers from his fans) in the 1990s. He's still making millions.

And how about the visiting preacher that told me God said He would heal my brother? Well, I haven't bothered to track him down and tell him that one failed. Maybe I should, but why bother? Think he'd admit that he just made it up? Not likely. God probably just changed His mind, or healed my brother in Heaven.

BrotherEastman · #13 06-27-2008, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Brother Baxter may very well be a good man ... but I find that even many futurists are becoming uncomfortable with this type of hodge-podging of today's headlines and trying to fit them into Scripture ...

It's speculation ... and maybe even fear-mongering in some minds ... passed off as sound doctrinal interpretation

Richard Heard used to do it ... all the time ...

Remember 88 reasons why He's coming in 1988???

This damages the futurist cause, IMO.

I really believe he just speculates more than prophesies.

SDG · #14 06-27-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

I really believe he just speculates more than prophesies.

Still baffles me how this has become a cottage industry ...

and results in huge speaking engagements, dvds, books, etc.

Rico · #15 06-27-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Still baffles me how this has become a cottage industry ...

We live in an entertainment driven society, Dan. Need I say more?

StMark · #16 06-27-2008, 10:23 AM

Let's show a little respect for Bro Baxter

SDG · #17 06-27-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by StMark

Let's show a little respect for Bro Baxter

I see this reaction as similar to some who don't want to discuss the writings of Ruth Reider simply because it upholds a doctrine that they hold dear ...

regardless of it's veracity or testing it against Scripture ... or even agreeing with it at all.

These are published claims he has made, Mark ...

and is expanding his ministry based on some of these claims.

BrotherEastman · #18 06-27-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Still baffles me how this has become a cottage industry ...

and results in huge speaking engagements, dvds, books, etc.

I understand, I have lost more interest in his materials over the last five or six years now.

Rico · #19 06-27-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by StMark

Let's show a little respect for Bro Baxter

Who's being disrespectful? People have said they think he's a good man. DUH?

SDG · #20 06-27-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Rico

We live in an entertainment driven society, Dan. Need I say more?

I see the ramifications of this as beyond entertainment .... this magazine sat in the room of an impressionable mind ...

also those who are looking to debunk the Gospel are given an opportunity to discredit the Church as a whole... they really love this type of stuff