[stylist] Looking for ideas on good children's books- Left Behind

Sat Aug 22 06:10:37 UTC 2015

Nope, actually, it was written for the Christians of the day, many living in
areas ruled by the Romans, who after a century or so, started seeking out
Jewish sects, or now known as Christianity. Most Bible scholars do not even
believe it was John who wrote the book, and it may have even been several
authors. And because the oldest copies of New Testament writings that can be
verified do not even come close to the actual dates they were penned, most
being about 400 to 500 years later, meaning we no longer have text of
Biblical scripture dating any sooner than the early medieval period, quite a
bit later than when New Testament scripture was originally written. So it's
never been authenticated as to when Revelations was written. It was actually
debated for centuries if Revelations should be included in the Bible. And
when the Council of Nicaea convened to canonize the Bible, it was not able
to authenticate it either in terms of origin. My point being that while
Revelations can act as a kind of spiritual guide, a good vs. evil, if you
will, it was never intended for future generations. It was to buck up the
spirits of Christians living in the time it was written, which likely was
between 50 AD to 150 AD. It was questioned and debated for years before
finalizing it as New Testament canon, so it was not intended to act as
prophecy or a guide on the End Times. And in fact, the Catholic church
believes that the Second Coming of Jesus happened when he returned after the
Resserection to meet with the Apostles.

Again, this is all covered in writing and book studied at most seminaries
and contained in mainstream Bible commentaries.

Bridgit

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Behind

The endtimes will not be pretty and Revelation makes that VERY clear. Those
books were meant to make one contemplate where they wish to spend eternity.
Barbara

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> On Aug 21, 2015, at 13:47, Jackie Williams via stylist
<stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Bridgit,
> What do you know? 
> You  are well-educated in both basic writing skills and biblical studies.
> For me, after reading the 1-5 first books, mostly out of curiosity and 
> the need to always balance my intake of everything, I felt almost 
> physically ill. So I never read the rest.
> 
> Jackie Lee
> 
> Time is the school in which we learn.
> Time is the fire in which we burn.
> Delmore Schwartz     
> 
> 
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> Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
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> Left Behind
> 
> I mean, if that's what you're into, what you believe, great, but I 
> personally am against them, and not even for the subject matter, but 
> they are just not well-written, but hey, they have sold millions, so 
> what do I know?
> 
> Bridgit
> 
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> 
> I never read the "Left Behind" books.  I heard about them and decided 
> they were worth avoiding.
> 
> Shawn
> 
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> Williams via stylist
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> Bridgit,
> Amen! Amen! Amen!
> 
> Jackie Lee
> 
> Time is the school in which we learn.
> Time is the fire in which we burn.
> Delmore Schwartz     
> 
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> Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
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> 
> Not to rock the boat, but the Left Behind series, both adult and 
> children's, are some of the biggest propaganda-driven books I've ever 
> read. And not all that Biblically sound either. Doctrinally, though 
> espousing popular beliefs, the theology is not well-grounded, much of 
> the Bible it's based on taken way out of context, and based on beliefs 
> that are only about 100 years old or so, interpreting Revelations in a way
not previously interpreted as such.
> The first university I attended was a Bible college, and all students, 
> regardless of major, had to minor in Biblical studies, plus, I've done 
> a lot of independent research on this, so I'm not just blowing smoke. 
> I know I'm being controversial, but I'm by far not the first to make these
comments.
> 
> And I don't even find Left Behind to be a good series. The movies are 
> equally bad. This is a perfect example of pushing an agenda in 
> literature, and focusing on the agenda more than the characters, or 
> even, to be frank, the plot.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> 
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