If the world was ending in your lifetime would it change your faith in your religious doctrine?

[Epic Beard Man]

I think this question is targeted to pagans. In my pagan religion there isn't the end of the World. Life will go on forever. If in my lifetime the Universe is about to get destroyed, then my pagan religion has something gone wrong in it's teachings... Will the World get destroyed???

I didn't get the "life will go on remark," can you elaborate?

 

[Epic Beard Man]

That depends on what you mean by "the end of the world".

Simple.....

An asteroid the size of Canada is heading to Earth. All attempts to avert it have failed and there is certain impending doom of life on this planet. Does this event change your perspective of what your faith (in your respective book) says about the end times?

As a Bible believing Christian, it would not change my perspective or my religion because this is something to look forward to.....the ending of a bad situation on earth and the beginning of a new world where righteousness will replace all the horrible things that take place in this world. (2 Peter 3:13)

This vexes me because in the Bible Christ comes back to Earth to defeat the anti-Christ......

An asteroid hitting this planet ending all life before that event would prove that wrong.

 

[Notthedarkweb]

Not particularly, I would assume that if Hindu cosmogony is correct, re-incarnation on different worlds is possible. Of course, this doesn't necessary mean extra-terrestrial life (although how cool would that be!) but any of the various loks of the Hindu universe.

 

[amorphous_constellation]

You understand there are more ways to die. The planet could suffer an asteroid that we didn’t pick up.

I don't know how that would change my view

 

[Notthedarkweb]

Simple.....

An asteroid the size of Canada is heading to Earth. All attempts to avert it have failed and there is certain impending doom of life on this planet. Does this event change your perspective of what your faith (in your respective book) says about the end times?



This vexes me because in the Bible Christ comes back to Earth to defeat the anti-Christ......

An asteroid hitting this planet ending all life before that event would prove that wrong.

I think a major problem here is literally assuming the corporeal appearance of Son of God to fight the Anti-Christ (and remember this is Revelations we are talking about, a book notoriously hard to interpret. It is pretty clear that a large number of statements made in it are, well, absurd if taken literally). So I don't particularly see any contradiction in biblical doctrine with the experience of an asteroid ending all life.

 

[Deeje]

Simple.....

An asteroid the size of Canada is heading to Earth. All attempts to avert it have failed and there is certain impending doom of life on this planet. Does this event change your perspective of what your faith (in your respective book) says about the end times?

I see, so not a biblical “end of the world” but a astronomical end of the planet?

Yes, I guess that would make me question my beliefs to a small extent, but at the same time I would question the validity and the accuracy of the predicted catastrophe. Our earth has supposedly been here for millions (or even billions) of years and any impact from space has not altered its position or created any great harm in all that time, the greater part of which man did not exist. We have the odd crater from pre-historic times but when we compare our earth even to our moon, we are relatively untouched. Our atmosphere is designed to protect us from space objects.

I would still maintain my faith because of God’s promise that the earth will stand forever. (Psalm 104:5; Ecclesiastes 1:4) After all, he did not go to all this trouble for another part of his creation to obliterate it.

I believe that we are the beginning of God’s plans to spread life throughout the universe. Ironing out all the ‘bugs’ pertaining to our proper use of free will before he does so, is a great example of his wisdom IMO.

This vexes me because in the Bible Christ comes back to Earth to defeat the anti-Christ......

An asteroid hitting this planet ending all life before that event would prove that wrong.

Yes indeed.....but defeating the anti-Christ is an event with a foretold pre-history. Everything about that foretold pre-history has been accomplished. The defeat of all God’s opposers, both human and angelic, is the climax of the Bible’s entire narrative.

The battle for the hearts and minds of men has been a spiritual one and in this “time of the end” all will have demonstrated to God where they stand on the issue of his Universal Sovereignty (what god they choose to serve and obey) and how they have used (or abused) their God-given free will.

An asteroid hitting our earth and obliterating all life, would demonstrate that God cannot take care of his own creation, but he has done a very good job of that so far. I think we have more to fear from greedy and godless humans destroying our earth TBH. And God has already foretold their end in Revelation 11:18. Before they accomplish that, God will step in.

This is why I would never worry about any external or internal threat to planet Earth. My trust in God as the Creator is absolute because he has already proven himself to me. To know him is to love him and to trust him. The biggest problem, as I see it, is that people don’t bother to get to “know” God, even though they may know something “about” him. If you put in the effort to get to know him on a personal level, with a sincere heart, he is not far away from any of us.

Acts 17:24-27....
“24 The God who made the world and all the things in it, being, as he is, Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade temples; 25 nor is he served by human hands as if he needed anything, because he himself gives to all people life and breath and all things. 26 And he made out of one man every nation of men to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of where men would dwell, 27 so that they would seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us.”

 

[Epic Beard Man]

I think a major problem here is literally assuming the corporeal appearance of Son of God to fight the Anti-Christ (and remember this is Revelations we are talking about, a book notoriously hard to interpret. It is pretty clear that a large number of statements made in it are, well, absurd if taken literally). So I don't particularly see any contradiction in biblical doctrine with the experience of an asteroid ending all life.

Because the final battle would be in the land of Megiddo which is an actual place. If we are all dead then we won’t get to that place.

 

[Vee]

This question is normally targeted towards people of the Abrahamic faith, but of course any can answer. For those that are doctrinal literalist, if the world is ending unlike what it’s said in your religious eschatology, happens in your lifetime would it change your perspective of your religion?

Probably. I'll let you know if it happens but for the time being I'm holding on to my beliefs and my hope for a beautiful future.

 

[syo]

I didn't get the "life will go on remark," can you elaborate?

Life will go on. It means that the universe won't die.

 

[syo]

Simple.....

An asteroid the size of Canada is heading to Earth. All attempts to avert it have failed and there is certain impending doom of life on this planet. Does this event change your perspective of what your faith (in your respective book) says about the end times?

When you say 'the end of the world' you mean the destruction of Earth and humanity??? The destruction of Earth and humanity is part of life and it is possible to happen. It's natural.

 

[j1i]

This question is normally targeted towards people of the Abrahamic faith, but of course any can answer. For those that are doctrinal literalist, if the world is ending unlike what it’s said in your religious eschatology, happens in your lifetime would it change your perspective of your religion?

I will not lose my faith even if GOD punishes me
I deserve punishment and deserve compassion as well
And that God's mercy always precedes his punishment as long as Well think in God

For me, there is a direct relationship between life setbacks and adherence to faith in God

 

[Epic Beard Man]

Life will go on. It means that the universe won't die.

But the universe is not alive, it contains living things but it itself is not alive.

 

[Epic Beard Man]

When you say 'the end of the world' you mean the destruction of Earth and humanity??? The destruction of Earth and humanity is part of life and it is possible to happen. It's natural.

I don't know why people are making this hard this is a rather easy question to answer.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

For me I think it would mean that we failed, because Gaia wanted us to be the pilots of the planet but we didn't succeed. So all I do is go down with the ship I guess, nothing else changes. It just means that we as the gifted species could not handle the divine gift, the earth is like a horse that bucks us off itself

I think humans thinking they could or should "pilot the planet" is the root of the reason why Gaia would " buck us off". All life has divine gifts. We err in thinking were uniquely special.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

This question is normally targeted towards people of the Abrahamic faith, but of course any can answer. For those that are doctrinal literalist, if the world is ending unlike what it’s said in your religious eschatology, happens in your lifetime would it change your perspective of your religion?

No, because I expect the planet to be gone long before Ragnarok occurs.

 

[Epic Beard Man]

No, because I expect the planet to be gone long before Ragnarok occurs.

How do you expect such an event to happen prior to Ragnarok? Besides didn't you previously had another faith?

 

[Epic Beard Man]

I will not lose my faith even if GOD punishes me
I deserve punishment and deserve compassion as well
And that God's mercy always precedes his punishment as long as Well think in God

For me, there is a direct relationship between life setbacks and adherence to faith in God

This has nothing specifically to do with your faith in God but your faith in the literal meanings of your text.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

How do you expect such an event to happen prior to Ragnarok? Besides didn't you previously had another faith?

I interpret Ragnarok as the death and rebirth of the entire cosmos. The Sun will turn into a red giant and destroy Earth long before that. I don't see what previous beliefs have to do with anything.

 

[Jainarayan]

if the world is ending unlike what it’s said in your religious eschatology, happens in your lifetime would it change your perspective of your religion?

Well, Hindu scriptures tell of different scenarios of the creation and ending of the world. Both are part of the infinite cycle of creation and destruction, and to be expected. So, no.

 

[j1i]

This has nothing specifically to do with your faith in God but your faith in the literal meanings of your text.

Every day I go to pray and sit from dawn until sunrise pray and talk to God and when I go out I feel the strength and positive energy and I see God more mercy than my mother and more kindness to me than my father and mother
He is more merciful and gives me what I want.
I am completely satisfied with this God and I know many things in the future
If you talk about something that will happen, the future will happen
I am more successful than Nestoradmus because God changes his expectations
While my expectations are divinely adopted hahahaha by his permission
Notice how trust is

we can change the destiny in one case by GOD permission
i do praying and crying to God that makes me a good man after what I was an invalid man
God changes destiny and makes me a good man with his permission

my faith is not because the information introduced me to be a Muslim
But my good communication with God and true communication with the true God
Some communicate with Jesus and Jesus is not God
Some communicate with Buddha and Buddha is not God
Some communicate with creatures believed to be miraculous but they were not God
God knows that they do not intentionally communicate with false God who is untrue

I communicate with the true God
this is my respectful believe