08.12.06
Endtimes
http://mediamatters.org/items/200608010007
On July 31, CNN’s Paula Zahn Now featured a segment on “whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world,” marking the third time in eight days that CNN has devoted airtime to those claiming that the ongoing Mideast violence signals the coming of the Apocalypse. The segment included a report from CNN correspondent Delia Gallagher, which showed video clips of Christian author Joel C. Rosenberg comparing apocalyptic Scripture in the Bible to modern events. Yet even though Gallagher noted during her report that “some Armageddon believers” think recently passed legislation — such as the Real ID Act — are “taking the world a step closer to the End Times,” neither Gallagher nor Zahn mentioned Rosenberg’s assertion on the July 26 edition of CNN’s Live From … that he has “been invited to the White House, [and] Capitol Hill” to explain the current Middle East conflict “through the lens of biblical prophecies.”
Richard DiBenedetto said,
August 21, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Why do Evangelical schools of Christianity combine Old Testament beliefs
and values equally with New Testament Christian Philosophy?
Christ established his religious legacy with deliberate actions that would not permit money lending in the Temple yet the entire Western Civilization has grown to exclusively rely on the Old Testament interest bearing monetary system even though there are 2 billion Christians and only 20 million Jews who exchange money that way.
Fundamentalist Islam doesn’t believe in charging or paying interest, so are Christians to wage war to force 2 billion Muslims to accept our monetary system in the name of Old Testament Western Democracy?
Debbie Wimmers said,
August 24, 2006 at 6:41 pm
There are over 2000 verses in the Bible about money. Jesus got mad at the moneylenders because they were currupt. The Old Testement law prehibited curruption. The moneylenders were charging outragious prices for animals to be sacrificed. As long as the Jews did it honestly there wasn’t a problem.
I agree that we do have a problem with money. In Timothy, Paul warned that the Love of Money is the Root of Evil. to answer your question more clearly, I will send it to some biblical scholars that can give better insight. I go to a church that has some very good professors in theology from Criswell College in Dallas.
debbiewimmers said,
August 28, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Richard,
I asked some professors about your question. They all say I pretty much told you a good deal. One important thing though is that Isreal didn’t really have a democracy. It was either a theocracy (under God’s leadership) or monarchy (king’s leadership). It has a domacracy now but tying in with western civilization is false. The US supports Isreal on God’s terms. So that we can be a blessing and not a curse.