12-29-2012, 06:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-29-2012, 06:38 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
Quote:Backing away from a false prophecy does not abrogate responsibility for issuing it in the first place.
Quote:What responsibility? What did anybody force you to do? Why are we to be 'held responsible' for sharing our thoughts?
hogey- Will you do us both a favor and read my posts more closely? It really seems to me like you skim them, read something into them that isn't there, and then we have to go back and talk about what I didn't say, rather than what I did say. I mean this in the friendliest way possible.
Did you issue a prophecy? No. Did I issue a prophecy? No. We are two dudes talking about prophecies in a web forum. I would hope nobody is taking either of us that seriously.
Others did issue prophecies. And for those who did, backing away from them at the last minute does not abrogate responsibility for issuing them in the first place. That's what I was saying.
Quote:What you see as 'false prophecy', I see as 'zealous interest'.
You can see it however you like. But what is the purpose in the constant redefining of terms? Don't you see that this only causes confusion?
There is nothing esoteric or even philosophical about a false prophecy. It is simply making a statement that X will happen, and then it does not. That is a false prophecy. Could be about anything. Could be about a football game, or the weather.
False prophecies happen all the time. The question is: Why when prophecies inevitably fail do people continue to issue false prophecies instead of ceasing making prophecies altogether? And why do others continue to believe in false prophets, even after they are proven wrong time and again?
Quote:Without the December 21st, 2012 meme, i'm not sure I would have 'switched over' from one camp to the other. How many who expected great changes are going to leave the world of distractions and instead just focus on their own life and setting for the next few months?
Well, that's all fine and dandy. But wouldn't you say something is amiss when people require being lied to and made false promises to in order to start working on themselves? If you think about this closely- you might find that there is a very thin line here that leads to a slippery slope into a path that you may not wish to be on.
Lying and making false promises to people... for "their own good". The ends justify the means? I say no, they don't. Because if the whole thing is born of a lie, then anything that comes from it is also a lie. No spiritual growth can come from dishonesty.
Quote:Like you have said, what matters is where we go and what we do NOW and moving forward.
Yes. But how is this different from any other day? The fact is- it isn't any different. And that is the lesson.