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Professor Falken said : "One millisecond of bright light, and we're vapor"
Originally posted by SilverSurfer
anyhing to do with purgatory getting invented in the year 600 something by some greedy pope ??
Early Christian writers included "Fathers Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian, Lactantius, Eusebius, Cyril, Gregory of Nyssa, Epiphanius, Jerome, Ambrose, John Chrysostom, Augustine, Gregory the Great, Venerable Bede and second-millennium theologians such as Anselm, Bernard, Aquinas and Bonaventure..." 1,2 Prayers for the dead are also found in early Christian catacombs and in early church liturgies.
"Both purgatory and prayers for the dead were upheld by the major councils, beginning with the Council of Carthage in 394 A.D."
Belief in Purgatory became a formal church 'dogma' only in the 16th century.
Originally posted by Relentless
Originally posted by SilverSurfer
anyhing to do with purgatory getting invented in the year 600 something by some greedy pope ??
Not quite, purgatory was always a belief in the early church, due to the many bibical references of the importance of prayers for the dead. Now, if the soul is in heaven, there is no need for prayers, they have reached salvation. If the soul is in hell, the prayers are fruitless, once condemned it is final. So there had to be a place of purification for those who were in neither place to assist them in attaining entrance to heaven.
What do you feel will happen on 6/6/06.
Originally posted by SilverSurfer
Ill go with the its just a number, keep counting eventually you will get there
Do anyone know why this number was choosen for the beast, anyhing to do with purgatory getting invented in the year 600 something by some greedy pope ??
Originally posted by The_Final
This movie will be released:
The Beast
Have fun with this site, all I know is that a lot of Christians will be pissed off on this date.
Originally posted by paulthefourth
Well, seeing as how we (people) invented the calendar (and have changed it over the centuries) - isn't it a little presumptuous and pretty darn arrogant to think that God is going to do anything by our date book?
Originally posted by paulthefourth
Anyone think that God's got big plans, and is just waiting for our calendar to roll over?
Originally posted by paulthefourth
That's people for you, - They will believe in some all-mighty power even though they have absolutely no proof it exists,
Originally posted by paulthefourth
and then will assume that this all-powerful being is going to do things according to our "day planner". Yeah, Right.
I propose that NOTHING out of the ordinary will happen - If it does, it will be caused by people that freak-out, because they believe something will or should happen.
5 am - I will get out of bed, yawn, stumble to the restroom, stub my toe, swear , get back into bed
6 am - Finally decide that I cant hit the snooze any longer
7 am - Simon Gray will invite me over for a cup of Earl Gray, I will have to decline, but I will thank him for the offer and take a rain check.
8 am - Go to work, only to find out that my building has been purchased by the Shadow Government of China, being ran by the reptilians, with John Titor as advisor. Needless to say, I need a new job.
9 am - Call Bob Lazar to see if any work is available at Area 51, he declines to tender me an offer.
10 am - Turn on CNN to see the breaking news "PEE WEE HERMAN HAS BEEN ABDUCTED BY THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT"
11 am - Go to "Larrry's Corner Bar" which ironically is not located on a corner, but an open stretch of hiway 101
12 pm - Decide the bar is not the place to be to solve my problems.
12:30 pm - Log onto ATS, only to find out I have been post banned for some unknown reason. Rumor has it Thomas Crowne was seen lurking around the control panel before dawn, but I will never know for sure.
1 pm - A group calling itself "BMF" (Billy Meier Forever) strong arms its way into the HiloMilo observatory in HiloMilo, Vermont and demand equal time on abovetopsecret.com or, quote, "THE 10 INCH REFRACTOR GETS IT!"
2 pm - I call my mom and tell her I need to come over and talk, she says she will make some tea.
3 pm - Arrive at moms as a white unmarked van is pulling out of her driveway. She comes to the door but won't open it. She says she doens't have a son and I should go away before things "get ugly"
4 pm - Drive to Calamen to clear my head.
5 pm - See a strange light in the sky....it..it seems to be following me.
9 pm - Wake up with my pants around my ankles and 200 miles away from where I remember being last. I also seem to have lost about 4 hours...and why does my ass hurt?
10 pm - Start the drive home
1 am - Pull in my drive way, shut down the car.
2 am - Go to bed
5 am - The alarm rings.
Originally posted by One Man Short of Manhood
12:30 pm - Log onto ATS, only to find out I have been post banned for some unknown reason. Rumor has it Thomas Crowne was seen lurking around the control panel before dawn, but I will never know for sure.