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Palinator
March 1st 2005, 02:14 AM
Why should I be a preterist?

Can you convince me?
Amazing Rando
March 1st 2005, 11:41 AM
Why should I be a preterist?

Can you convince me?

I don't know about all of the preterists' claims, but among scholarly circles, the fact that the "little Apocalypse" of Mark 13 and its parallels is all but unanimously believed to be referring to the events surrounding AD 70 and the Jewish war.
James Peter
March 1st 2005, 12:03 PM
There is a big difference though between believing that some of the prophecies have been fulfilled and that all of them have...
studyhound
March 1st 2005, 12:13 PM
There is a big difference though between believing that some of the prophecies have been fulfilled and that all of them have...
and (orthodox) preterist do not say that ALL prophices have been fulfulled

:sh:
Hitch
March 1st 2005, 07:24 PM
Why should I be a preterist?

Can you convince me? I cant convince you, but I can challenge you. Its simple really, take a few days and view everything you hear wrt eschatology through the lens of Jn 6;39. If it doesnt fit throw it out.
Chief of Staff Lizard
March 1st 2005, 09:59 PM
For me (and from I have head, other preterist as well). Preterism, not only makes more sense of the eschatological passages, but makes a more coherent whole of all of scripture.

In fact it was my attempt to make my (then) futurism, fit in better with the rest of scripture that eventually drove me to preterism.
Cyrus of Persia
March 2nd 2005, 09:22 AM
I don't know about all of the preterists' claims, but among scholarly circles, the fact that the "little Apocalypse" of Mark 13 and its parallels is all but unanimously believed to be referring to the events surrounding AD 70 and the Jewish war.

:huh:

I thought that it's obvious that most of it surrounds to those events. I had no clue that while believing the obvious i was preterist actually :lol:
Amazing Rando
March 2nd 2005, 01:16 PM
:huh:

I thought that it's obvious that most of it surrounds to those events. I had no clue that while believing the obvious i was preterist actually :lol:

:rofl: I would have thought it was too! But there are a great many futurists who believe it all talks about some distant end-times thing that's way beyond our current scope of vision.