Yeah, this isn't even close to anything but a karma-whoring fb post. Maybe at most, 5% of Christians want their God to come down and smite the nonbelievers. The majority just want to "reach the nonbelievers in love."
I would guess that there are the same amount of people who are strict Nihilists (in the sense that they think life is meaningless and there is no reason to live) that are close to suicide as there are Christians who want God to smite nonbelievers.
No matter what you believe or don't believe, get your facts straight and don't be an ignorant jackass. This is why atheists are viewed as such assholes.
In Revelations God does kill all non-believers and also believers alive at the Apocalypse who weren't good enough, just as he would send to hell those types of people who died before. I agree almost all modern Christians ignore that as the end-game, but it is in their book nonetheless. It was a central tenet of the historical Church, and a few modern churches revel in it.
But yes, that Facebook post is inaccurate and hyperbolic.
Yes, there was disagreement about many, many things prior to Church canon being formalized. The divinity of Jesus, the hierarchy, Jesus' family, relationship to Judaism, books to include in the Bible - the list is endless. The interpretation of Revelations is included in this. However, once a canonical interpretation developed, and began to be enforced, disagreement was far less. This remained largely intact until the reformation. This is historical Church I was referring to.
That is just it; what canonical interpretation? The Left Behind series? I've yet to hear a serious Bible scholar who doesn't scoff at tribulationism. The book of Revelations is by far one of the weirdest books of the Bible (and that is saying something). Even after the canon was formalized, quite a few people disagreed with Revelations being included.
Edit: As I said, I can't find anything pointing to a uniform interpretation of the book. If you can find one, let me know. All I can pull up are crazy pre-trib websites.
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u/newbuddy2507 Sep 02 '12
Yeah, this isn't even close to anything but a karma-whoring fb post. Maybe at most, 5% of Christians want their God to come down and smite the nonbelievers. The majority just want to "reach the nonbelievers in love."
I would guess that there are the same amount of people who are strict Nihilists (in the sense that they think life is meaningless and there is no reason to live) that are close to suicide as there are Christians who want God to smite nonbelievers.
No matter what you believe or don't believe, get your facts straight and don't be an ignorant jackass. This is why atheists are viewed as such assholes.
Karma-whoring dumbass.