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Reaper · 02-07-2012, 08:21 AM

Just out of curiousity, do most of the "Christians" have a specific cut-off date after which someone who claimed "god told me..." is simply dismissed as a crazy person rather than having their speeches/writings considered to be "The word of god." If so, when is it?

I've been wondering this since I listened to a dude claim that "god told me the world would end in seven years..." and so forth and so on. Most people on the train were rolling their eyes and smirking while looking away from him so as not to encourage him to speak more. I wondered if he'd have been considered a prophet had the diatribe been spoken 1800 years earlier.

02-07-2012, 08:21 AM	#666
Reaper Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: I'm right behind you Exp:	Just out of curiousity, do most of the "Christians" have a specific cut-off date after which someone who claimed "god told me..." is simply dismissed as a crazy person rather than having their speeches/writings considered to be "The word of god." If so, when is it? I've been wondering this since I listened to a dude claim that "god told me the world would end in seven years..." and so forth and so on. Most people on the train were rolling their eyes and smirking while looking away from him so as not to encourage him to speak more. I wondered if he'd have been considered a prophet had the diatribe been spoken 1800 years earlier. __________________ Don't fear me. Trust me.