From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 07 Feb 2026 11:34:04 -0800, The Horny Goat    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:23:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D´Oliveiro   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:29:40 -0000 (UTC), Don wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Wars and rumors of war are foretold by Saint Matthew the Apostle.   
   >>   
   >>Wow, it’s like nobody else thought that wars would happen ...   
   >   
   >My immediate reaction to that lne was "Matthew couldn't possibly have   
   >been the first to say something like that!"   
      
   It's actually attributed to someone else, who is describing how the   
   world will end. Which, in at least one place, is explicitly said to   
   not include this ("but the end is not yeat" or something like that).   
      
   The obvious fact that wars etc are always happening has always been a   
   brake on claims that "the time is soon". The reality is that "the time   
   is unknown, and no amount of discussion is going to make it known, so   
   don't bother".   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)