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As ridiculous as their claims are, I think it's best not to be rude. I know this is difficult, especially when they're so certain about their beliefs. The goal should be to get them to understand why you hold the position that you do, rather than ridiculing them. Be the one to promote a dialogue, not the one who tries to shut down the conversation.

Jesus is reported to have said that he would return while some of his listeners were still alive. That would mean that there are at least 2 people, about 2000 years old walking among us. Or maybe they are hiding out. But why are they hiding? Probably for the same reason that God is hiding. And your guess as to why is just as good as mine. But surely it isn't because they share the quality of non-existence.

You're right. Albeit, we may have 100 or more years left. I'll be dead by then.

I don't argue with stupid people I just dismiss them as a waste of time.

It's me....sorry for holding everything up....I am almost done with this crossword....it's the Saturday edition, after all, and I only answer it in sanskrit...Jesus keeps trying to help me, but I am so, like,"Back off Jesus, I can do it...remember what happened last time?" I know that's mean, but seriously, it's my crossword...he always steals sunday crossword...

I"m so sick of hearing about the second coming of Jesus. He ain't coming back. Why? Because there is no Jesus in the first place. It's mythology. It's like believing in Santa Claus, Popeye the sailor. If Jesus is so wonderful, why are like 25,000 children dying every day on this planet from starvation???? Why doesn't he come back with his basket of fish and feed everybody???

The one thing I always keep in the back of my mind when talking to and person devotion to which witch craft religion they dable in is this person is brain washed and for me to convince them that that are brain washed would take hundreds of hours of deprograming.

Christians since the first century believed in the second coming. It was believed to be imminent, as can be seen in the Gospel writing where Jesus tells his disciples to abandon their families and stop planning for the future. And it didn't come to pass. So the next generation, and the next, and the next, up through this generation, have all believed the end times were to come about within their lifetime. You'd think a pattern of being wrong for 2000 years would be enough to quash such rubbish ideas, but they remain tenacious in their delusions.

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There are those that say the Bible should be taken and read literally. Others say do not read the Bible stories literally, but metaphorically. What is the meaning behind the story.

As far as the Jewish concept goes , the Messiah hasn't come the first time as yet. They're still waiting for him. But the Christian belief system says that he has , in the form of Jesus of Narareth. As for the Christian idea of the 'second coming ' , the way I've figured it. there hasn't been a first coming yet.