During covid times I heard many interesting conspiracy predictions such as the value is money will fall to zero, the whole society will collapse, the vaccine will kill 99% of the population etc. None of those things have happened yet, but can you add some other predicitons to the list?

Actually, long before covid hit, there were all sorts of predictions floating around. You know, things like the 2008 recession will cause the whole economy to collapse and then we’ll go straight to Mad Max style post-apocalyptic nightmare or 9/11 was supposed to start WW3. I can’t even remember all the predictions I’ve heard over the years, but I’m sure you can help me out. Oh, just remembered that someone said that paper and metal money will disappear completely by year xyz. At the time that date was like only a few years away, but now it’s more like 10 years ago or something. Still waiting for that one to come true…

  • oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
    191·
    1 year ago

    No, I’m talking about Matthew 24:34. Spoiler alert, that generation has been passed away for a while now. You read the bible more lol

    And before you try to twist Jesus’s words, keep in mind that god is not the author of deception, so if he got caught lying that’s a big problem for Christianity.

    • radix@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      34Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

      Doesn’t this context imply “this generation” is roughly equivalent to “heaven and earth”, not literally the current generation of Homo sapiens?

      • oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
        3·
        1 year ago

        32Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. 33So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near,f right at the door. 34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. 35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

        to me what you describe seems like post-hoc rationalization. If earth has passed away who will be there to see the signs and know he’s near? To me it seems to imply that after he returns (within the human generation) h+e will pass away and that’s when the second earth (if i’m remembering revelations correctly) will be created, and even then his words (mainly his moral teachings) will still be good

        some funny potential interpretations:

        • he’s never going to return, so his words about when he returns will never pass away because people will always be waiting and reading them while they wait
        • he won’t return until we’ve destroyed earth and abandoned it for mars/the moon/space
        • he made someone from that generation immortal to give himself extra time to get back
        • radix@lemm.ee
          3·
          1 year ago

          Hah, I like the way you think. Thanks for the input. I don’t remember Revelations well enough to speak on it.

    • QuodamoresDei@midwest.social
      515·
      1 year ago

      You are correct in that, that it is a controversial set of passages with 3 general interpretations.

      Thanks, you should join me in reading the Bible more.

      • oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
        3·
        1 year ago

        At this point I only read the bible when i’m double checking my memory on verses believers didn’t know about and/or when they try to twist verses to not be as damning for the religion as they are