Pedrito
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And then we have the sermons about the Return that Pedrito was exposed to when he was haunting “Evangelical” circles.
The ones based on:
Matthew 24:30: “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
Mark 13:26: “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Luke 21:27: “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
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The picture consistently painted was everybody in the world pointing upwards and saying, "There He is!"
(It didn't seem to occur to the preachers that that meant everybody on the spherical surface of the planet would be pointing towards outer space in different directions.
Nor did that occur to the sheeple in the pews, who sagely nodded their assent.)
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It must be such a stress-free existence, not having to employ reality checks on what one preaches or what one hears.
Unfortunately, Pedrito has always found the degree of conformance required to attain that state of Nirvana bliss, to be personally distressing.
(That lack of reality checking applies not only to the obvious example above. Nor only to “Evangelicals”. Each denomination could point to valid examples in the others. But would anyone be willing to take note? If and when that was done?)
The ones based on:
Matthew 24:30: “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
Mark 13:26: “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Luke 21:27: “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
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The picture consistently painted was everybody in the world pointing upwards and saying, "There He is!"
(It didn't seem to occur to the preachers that that meant everybody on the spherical surface of the planet would be pointing towards outer space in different directions.
Nor did that occur to the sheeple in the pews, who sagely nodded their assent.)
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It must be such a stress-free existence, not having to employ reality checks on what one preaches or what one hears.
Unfortunately, Pedrito has always found the degree of conformance required to attain that state of Nirvana bliss, to be personally distressing.
(That lack of reality checking applies not only to the obvious example above. Nor only to “Evangelicals”. Each denomination could point to valid examples in the others. But would anyone be willing to take note? If and when that was done?)
