Jesus to return by 2050, say 40% of Americans. - Polidicks

[url]http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/id1048.html[/url] Looks like someone knows what's up with the americans.

• 71 per cent believe cancer will be cured by 2050. • 81 per cent believe computers will be able to converse like humans. • 68 per cent of those under 30 predict a world war by 2050. • 53 per cent say ordinary people will travel in space • Nearly three-quarters, or 74 per cent, of those polled believe it likely that "most of our energy will come from sources other than coal, oil, and gas". • 42 per cent say it is likely that scientists will be able to tell what people are thinking by scanning their brains but 55 say this will definitely or probably not happen. • 89 per cent believe a woman will be elected US president by 2050. • 63 per cent anticipate the demise of paper money • 61 per cent say almost no one will send letters by 2050. Off topic: Of course I am with these people in all categories, including the world war thing. We would have nuclear fusion for an energy source, we will have space elevators, holograms, hovercars, and more by 2050 if our current technology continues to advance. On Topic: They would be strongly disappointed if 2050 comes and nothing happens besides new technologies...just like how people will be disappointed when 2012 passes. And probably people think us American voters are dumb because we could care less to what we vote when its not an election poll.

[QUOTE=Glaber;22852194]Re-release date pushed back. If I remember right, According to the Bible, we aren't suppose to know when he returns.[/QUOTE] Horse shit. It's god damned obvious that Jesus intended for the so called end of days to happen within his followers lifetime. Absolutely everything he preached was about letting go of everything you had so you could be ready for Armageddon. This idea that he thought that he ever intended for it to take longer than a third of the time he supposedly though the universe existed is ridiculous.

[QUOTE=The Winner;22852207]i am jesus ur argugmants are invalled[/QUOTE] be quiet silent bob :mad:

If you use the bible as a basis for something, you won't get far. That book is a huge contradiction to itself on every other page.

That's pretty silly. And I'm not even Atheist.

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;22853695]And you believe that? [img_thumb]http://images.whatport80.com/images/9/9e/HA_HA_HA,_OH_WOW.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] im atheist and u rnt so ur religion is wrong

[QUOTE=Thom12255;22853852]What makes you say that? So any time a number is used in the bible it could mean anything?[/QUOTE] No. A number that is used in the writings of the bible is symbolic. The number seven is a symbol of power or greatness, which is why Jesus is symbolized as a lamb with seven horns and seven eyes. 40 as I've said means 'sufficient for the purpose'. The bible uses 40 to suggest quite a bit of time, but not in a literal sense. To return to my Moses example, if you do the math from the tale they say he lived forty years in Egypt and then fourty more when he met Jethro and became a shepard. That would put him at eighty years old by the time that the plagues happen and going. Then it goes further saying after they crossed the Red Sea they wandered the desert for forty days and forty nights. There is no doubt that Moses by this time was an older man, but he was not as old as the 'biblical mathematics' may show. The number 666, the number of the beast, was to represent Caeser Nero as he persecuted Christians for simply being Christians. The number came from adding up the numbers of Nero's Hebrew name which added to 666 (It does not mean The Devil, I hate hearing that) . [QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;22854069]Horse shit. It's god damned obvious that Jesus intended for the so called end of days to happen within his followers lifetime. Absolutely everything he preached was about letting go of everything you had so you could be ready for Armageddon. This idea that he thought that he ever intended for it to take longer than a third of the time he supposedly though the universe existed is ridiculous.[/QUOTE] The End of Days was never supposed to be within any specific life-time because it was to be unexpected. Jesus' apostles and followers were simply tools of spreading his message throughout the world. His teachings are also to give example of living a good life so you may enter The Kingdom of Heaven.

Flawed survey, I know I didn't get surveyed. Or my family. Or any of my friends or their parents and so on and so forth.

Because Jesus will totally chose a round number that feels "good" because it satisfies all the human needs for an "easy to remember number". comeon...

[QUOTE=JDK721;22852483]that's a terrible way of thinking. why don't people just be good for the sake of being good?[/QUOTE] Because such things don't exist and never will.

[QUOTE=Melnek;22854946]Because such things don't exist and never will.[/QUOTE] That's a weak way of thinking. It is so much easier to be bad than good. In some situations there is no need to be bad, it's just the easiest escape.

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;22855037]That's a weak way of thinking. It is so much easier to be bad than good. In some situations there is no need to be bad, it's just the easiest escape.[/QUOTE] "Nature has left this tincture in the blood, that all men would be tyrants if they could" - Daniel Defoe

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;22855037]That's a weak way of thinking. It is so much easier to be bad than good. In some situations there is no need to be bad, it's just the easiest escape.[/QUOTE] What is bad? What is good? [editline]02:30PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22855187]"Nature has left this tincture in the blood, that all men would be tyrants if they could" - Daniel Defoe[/QUOTE] I prefer Williem Dafoe.

[QUOTE=Zeddy;22855190]What is bad? What is good? [/QUOTE] Touché. Good and evil are of course perspective qualities of people. I mean, I consider it wrong to kill innocent people, but I consider it good to kill a person who has killed innocent people. Something like that.

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;22855591]Touché. Good and evil are of course perspective qualities of people. I mean, I consider it wrong to kill innocent people, but I consider it good to kill a person who has killed innocent people. Something like that.[/QUOTE] And there are plenty of people here who disagree, saying that it is wrong to kill a person, even if they killed an innocent.

If Jesus returned, I think he'd get a heart attack the first day. There's fucking Crosses everywhere.

[QUOTE=Zeddy;22855656]And there are plenty of people here who disagree, saying that it is wrong to kill a person, even if they killed an innocent.[/QUOTE] Indeed. Even with my beliefs like that, I do get stuck in moral conflict of right and wrong or good and evil.

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;22855037]That's a weak way of thinking. It is so much easier to be bad than good. In some situations there is no need to be bad, it's just the easiest escape.[/QUOTE] That has nothing to do with my statement. It doesn't matter if it's easy or hard to be good or bad, every human mind is corrupted in one way or another. Even when you think you're doing good, in your subconscious you're making YOURSELF feel better, your intent isn't to actually do good. It's a fact that many of us refuse to accept. And as Zeddy said, both good and bad are very subjective.

So far, this has been more informative than most topics that get derailed by religion.

40% of America to be poorly mistaken, say sane people

[QUOTE=Glaber;22855941]So far, this has been more informative than most topics that get derailed by religion.[/QUOTE] :)

my reaction to the stupid Americans [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnbXudF54PY[/media]

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;22854273]The End of Days was never supposed to be within any specific life-time because it was to be unexpected. Jesus' apostles and followers were simply tools of spreading his message throughout the world. His teachings are also to give example of living a good life so you may enter The Kingdom of Heaven.[/QUOTE] So all those times he said the end of days are coming, give up all that you have because the end of days is coming, all that actually meant "Yeah, the end of days will be here in a few thousand years. Maybe. But don't count on it."

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;22856197]So all those times he said the end of days are coming, give up all that you have because the end of days is coming, all that actually meant "Yeah, the end of days will be here in a few thousand years. Maybe. But don't count on it."[/QUOTE] He said that because he knew people will not know when it would happen so they should follow those words as an example to prepare themselves for if and when it does come.

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;22853355]Sorry to burst your bubble, sir, but [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiosity_and_intelligence#Studies_comparing_religious_belief_and_I.Q.]they're [B]not[/B][/url]. They're as dumb as a rock, every single person that constitutes that 40%.[/QUOTE] They're 6 IQ points lower. That's really not "dumb as a rock".

[QUOTE=Glaber;22855941]So far, this has been more informative than most topics that get derailed by religion.[/QUOTE] Give some time. Eventually, it will crumble. It always does.

[quote]By mid century, 71 per cent believe cancer will be cured, 66 per cent say artificial limbs will work better than real ones and 81 per cent believe computers will be able to converse like humans.[/quote]Cancer is pretty much already cured. (nanites) It will only be innovated and furthered. Robotics are new and aren't going to stop where they are now. In fifty years they will most likely be microscopic, along with being capable of the grace of human motor skills. According to Moore's law, the difference between computer and human conversation will be indistinguishable not in forty years, but in ten.

[QUOTE=-Ben_Wolfe-;22856337]He said that because he knew people will not know when it would happen so they should follow those words as an example to prepare themselves for if and when it does come.[/QUOTE] Oh so he was a liar. Well that's always a quality I look for in my demi gods. Hey, don't bear false witness, suck my godly ass!

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;22857059]Oh so he was a liar. Well that's always a quality I look for in my demi gods. Hey, don't bear false witness, suck my godly ass![/QUOTE] I don't think you fully understand. He was not lying. He just wanted his followers prepare themselves for the inevitable end (which also means death not just the End of Days). By his teachings, those who follow them are guarenteed passage into the Kingdom of Heaven.