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well, I'm glad I didn't upvote for the title alone, since the clip itself was a great disappointment.

I'm not sure where you're getting that John was a rebel or disagreed with Jesus, or that the book of John contridicts a single thing Jesus said.. on the contrary John was the beloved disciple and perhaps more than the others was privy to the deeper meaning of what Jesus said. The book of John goes right to the heart of His teachings.

I'm also not sure where you're drawing this imaginary contention between Revelation and the apocryphal vision of paul from..they are completely different animals..Revelation is pure prophecy, whereas the supposed pauline doctrine is very similiar to the gnostic mystery texts, which describes the various artifices of heavenly processions, but fails to expand on or add any meaningful truths. It has the words but not the content. Revelation is about the future, and it makes several predictions which are happening today, such as the formation of a one world government, economy and religion. This is what seperates the word of God from everything else.

As far as predictions about the end go, no one is ever supposed to make them..and anyone who does is automatically wrong. >> ^enoch:
book of john.
the man who disagreed with jesus most of all and was a true zealot.
i prefer the book of revelation according to paul.the writing is better and not as much hallucinagenic influences.
the book of john was a last minute addition to the bible to be canonized by the council of nicea.the revelation according to paul was rejected because johns was allegedly more emotionally and imagery provoking than pauls.
because of the addition of the prophecy of john there have been so many christians who read the book literally.when we consider the times that these books were written and the punishment if exposed,we need to take in to account that much of what is written is metaphorical.representing much of the cosmology and symbology of the time by way of inferrence rather than literal translations.wish some devout christians understood that.
see millerites:http://historicaldigression.com/2011/05/20/the-rapture-millerites-and-the-great-disappointment/
they are still around today.seventh day adventists

book of john.
the man who disagreed with jesus most of all and was a true zealot.
i prefer the book of revelation according to paul.the writing is better and not as much hallucinagenic influences.
the book of john was a last minute addition to the bible to be canonized by the council of nicea.the revelation according to paul was rejected because johns was *allegedly more emotionally and imagery provoking than pauls.
because of the addition of the prophecy of john there have been so many christians who read the book literally.when we consider the times that these books were written and the punishment if exposed,we need to take in to account that much of what is written is metaphorical.representing much of the cosmology and symbology of the time by way of inferrence rather than literal translations.wish some devout christians understood that.
see millerites:http://historicaldigression.com/2011/05/20/the-rapture-millerites-and-the-great-disappointment/

*they are still around today.seventh day adventists

This reminds me of the Great Disappointment of 1844. Unfortunately, the cognitive dissonance of not having the prophecy fulfilled makes those involved double down and become MORE devoted to the cause afterwards.

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>> ^deadgoon:

Haha. Wow. I don't even know where to begin. When Europeans start talking religion in America I remember a couple of key historical facts:
1. The colonization of America by Europeans was aided in part by religious persecution. And at that same time most of European exploration was an attempt to convert the native populations to some form of christianity.
2. Many European military campaigns came about because of "god's will". Money and power always have a nasty habit of being at the forefront of divinity.
Twats. Oh and "God save the queen."


The key thing there is "historical". As the world has become more "civilised" and enlightened we've come to realise the complete hokum religion actually is. Well, except for America and the Middle East at least

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>> ^jimnms:

Umm, dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Stephen-Fry-on-The-Great-Disappointment


Bah! Mine is seconds shorter! :-)

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Umm, *dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Stephen-Fry-on-The-Great-Disappointment

I was waiting for the midget to do a flying wrestling kick. Needless to say I was greatly disappointed.

dupe
http://videosift.com/video/Stephen-Fry-on-The-Great-Disappointment

>> ^peggedbea:
wait, so is the rapture a uniquely american concept?


Nope, it's a Protestant thing. The US has, of course, the greatest number of Protestants in the world, though we're 20th by percentage, according to this table.

>> ^sillma:
Which episode and of what season is this? I don't remember seeing this and I thought I've seen them all.


Series G, episode 'Greats'. (Series 7 and episode 10 if you prefer numbers)
It aired 29th Jan 2010 in the UK.