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To: epicure who wrote (26665)	8/16/2006 10:27:55 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540997

I think most mainstream denominations believe it without seeing it as having any definitive dates or schedule, though. It doesn't govern their everyday actions since they have no idea when it will come, and they don't worry about it much. They are saved, so if it happens, fine, but in all my churchy years, I never heard it presented as an imminent reality. It stayed pretty much in the prophetic realm with the emphasis on making sure you are saved and right with Jesus-- just in case.

To: epicure who wrote (26665)	8/16/2006 10:56:48 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540997

They would (I think) stake their lives on it- as they have trusted their immortal souls to Jesus, who has reformed them, and made them anew when they were born again. I don't know how much overlap there is between the born-agains and the Apocalypse-seekers. I would be cautious about conflating them. I'm out of my element here, as you know, but I would not expect that the latter would be relatively few in number. It's one thing to believe there will be one and quite another to look forward to it, let alone encourage it.