I grew up listening to fundie christian parents babble at length how we were living in end times. And mocking them mercilessly (at first among my fiends, later to their faces) as often as possible.

Now look at us - on the brink of non-existence politically, environmentally, and civilizationally. Not sure that last one is a word.

If they were right I’m gonna have some 'splainin to do.

Dammit.

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 hours ago

    Btw, what made you think we weren’t living in the end times?

    Edit: Ok i might have to do some explaining.

    The way i understand it, we’re living in exactly the time period (1800 - 2050?) where people basically figure out all about technology. That puts us in the very special position that we can choose what the future looks like. Such a situation has never been there before. In some sense, god lives on the inside; it’s us who will permanently transform the world into its final state. That is the “second coming” and “end times”.