Super Moderator TheRedneckProfessor Posted April 26, 2019 Super Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2019 Your list could also be used to describe Washington D.C. if you skip the scarlet and purple bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted April 26, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2019 23 hours ago, Rickswordfish said: I never thought of that A lot of protestants are raised to believe that the catholic church is the whore of babylon, pope being the antichrist, number of the beast going back to the papacy, etc., etc. It's a very common delusion that I'd expect most ex-protestants around here are very familiar with. And we're also quite aware of what complete bullshit all of it is, too. All of it. Anyone claiming that revelation is about the contemporary period will fail miserably when pressed to substantiate the claim. Miserably. I was raised on that shit as an SDA. Spoon fed the mark of the beast is sunday worship, led out worldwide by the roman catholic church. It's total and complete horse shit nonsense, all of it. The evidence squarely points to the writer of revelation referring to the contemporary period of his writing. Making direct reference to Rome, the Caesar, and what was happening at that time and what he expected to take place, soon, at that time. That time has long since passed........ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disillusioned Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 50 minutes ago, TheRedneckProfessor said: Your list could also be used to describe Washington D.C. if you skip the scarlet and purple bit. Scarlet and purple are not so far from red and blue... Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator TheRedneckProfessor Posted April 26, 2019 Super Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2019 47 minutes ago, disillusioned said: Scarlet and purple are not so far from red and blue... Coincidence? No. Clearly red and blue are the direct result of scarlet and purple. Therefore causation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyWishbone Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 On 4/25/2019 at 9:46 AM, Rickswordfish said: I was wondering how common coincidences are in the world Yes, synchronicity. I think that has something to do with reality, not your reality or mine. But a system of counter measures that's running as the reality we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rounin Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Let me start off by posting my favourite video clip about the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHoxZF3ZgTo#t=49m18s In general, the chance of any one particular coincidence occurring is often low, but the chance of SOME coincidence occurring is very high, which is why coincidences happen all the time. Often, we're unreasonably impressed by such coincidences, because we forget all the other coincidences that didn't happen in the same place at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyWishbone Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 3:50 PM, JohnnyWishbone said: Yes, synchronicity. I think that has something to do with reality, not your reality or mine. But a system of counter measures that's running as the reality we live in. Shito! I really need to fine-tune my concepts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wertbag Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 4/26/2019 at 6:27 AM, Rickswordfish said: List of what the whore of babylon "Idolatrous practices" A city Rich Scarlet and purple Killed people Head of a worldwide organization 1 - every empire ever 2 - there are thousands 3 - every empire ever 4 - what is? Their flag? Military uniform? Favourite house paint? 5 - every empire ever 6 - every empire ever Vague enough to relate to anyone. What about the Babylonian empire itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LogicalFallacy Posted May 20, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 4/26/2019 at 6:27 AM, Rickswordfish said: List of what the whore of Babylon Head of a worldwide organization The current leader of Greenpeace? What particular attributes are you defining as worldwide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rounin Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 By the way, scarlet and purple dyes have historically been expensive, and wearing scarlet and purple cloth was probably a marker of wealth and power at the time, just as gold still is today. So if this text you're referring to mentions scarlet and purple, and the catholic church tends to use scarlet and purple more than average, the reason is probably money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted May 21, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2019 Coincidences are so common for me that I expect them often. And I'm seldom let down. Some people seem as if they attract coincidences more than others, though. And it's either completely random or there may be something more to it. Trying to hash out exactly the right answer to the question isn't easy. I get drive thru orders totaling $6.66 often enough that it's something I always take note of. Now either it's because I'm the anti-christ, or the real anti-christ is sending me little messages, or just so turns out that at Taco Bell and some such places certain combinations of orders come out to that total. A meal number such and such with a mexi-melt added on ends up equaling $6.66 after taxes. Three choices. Which one seems more likely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdelsolray Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 My wife an I purchased a newer car for her a few years ago, a Mercedes E350 (nice car BTW). After the purchase both of us began to notice many other Mercedes E350, E320, etc. on the road. Why is that not a coincidence? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted May 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 22, 2019 25 minutes ago, sdelsolray said: My wife an I purchased a newer car for her a few years ago, a Mercedes E350 (nice car BTW). After the purchase both of us began to notice many other Mercedes E350, E320, etc. on the road. Why is that not a coincidence? The same thing happened with my Carolina Skiff!!!! Madness I say, total madness!!! Carolina Skiffs everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdelsolray Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I gave that example to demonstrate a phenomena that most of us experience. Our brains spend considerable energy filtering out numerous sensory inputs. The example shows how that filtering process can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted May 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 22, 2019 1 hour ago, sdelsolray said: I gave that example to demonstrate a phenomena that most of us experience. Our brains spend considerable energy filtering out numerous sensory inputs. The example shows how that filtering process can change. Yes, with cars, boats, guitars, phones, etc. - just about anything. Once you have something you start to notice how many people have similar items. Prior to that, you don't notice the items so much. The Mercedes was a good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted May 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 22, 2019 @Rickswordfish Another Revelation oriented coincidence to consider: WWW in Hebrew = vav, vav, vav. "vav" is both the letter v / w and the number 6. So in Hebrew, www.com = 666.com numerically. Every time a web address is typed, 666 is invoked in Hebrew. So is it the Catholic Church or the World Wide Web that the bible is telling us is the Beast of Revelation bearing it's mark? Or is it all irrelevant nonsense (including the drive thru orders), because 666 was a reference to Nero Caesar in the first place and had nothing to do with the future and our contemporary period regardless of these "coincidences?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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