Doomsday Delusions: What's Wrong With Predictions About the End of the World [Paperback]

C. Marvin Pate (Author), Calvin B. Haines (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995

C. Marvin Pate and Calvin B. Haines, Jr. dispel the myths of many doomsday prophets, showing how they misinterpret and misapply the Bible.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830816216
• ISBN-13: 978-0830816217
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,459,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

C. Marvin Pate (MA, Wheaton; PhD, Marquette University) taught for thirteen years at Moody Bible Institute. Now he is chair of the department of Christian theology and professor of theology at Ouachita Baptist University. Pate has authored, co-authored, or edited twenty books.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discrediting the Myth of "Pre-millenialistic" Rantings, October 28, 1998

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This review is from: Doomsday Delusions: What's Wrong With Predictions About the End of the World (Paperback)

Doomsday Delusions is a careful examination of the proper study of biblical prophecy and "end times" predictions in general. The authors start their study by way of introducing some of the more sensationalized accounts of "dooms day" which have fascinated American culture in the late 20th century-such as the David Koresh cult and the "saran cult" in Japan. Moreover, in the first chapter the authors construct their viewpoint which undermines contemporary Doomsday Preaching in light of two key problems. The first problem is Doomsday Preaching's failed prophecy and the second problem is the incorrect keys of interpretation used by the, so called, Doomsday Preachers. Most of the material related to incorrect interpretation methods used by the Doomsday Preachers is couched in a discussion of a "better method" of interpreting end-time prophecy in the Bible. This "better method" deals with the text per the genre type and, evidently by the authors, uses as key the characteristics of end-time prophecy outlined by Leon Morris as general characteristics of apokalypsis. The authors ask the question: "how is end-time prophecy to be interpreted?," and then answer, "The answer is that one should follow the standard fourfold procedure employed in the interpretation of the rest of the biblical materials, which is to look at the historically, culturally, grammatically, and theologically."

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dont bother, July 3, 2009

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This review is from: Doomsday Delusions: What's Wrong With Predictions About the End of the World (Paperback)

As with most anti prophetic books the authors present their arguments very "logically" but falsly. Any reader needs to simple ask is the model the authors use to interpret scripture the SAME or DIFFERENT methodology that Moses, Joshua, Jesus the Apostles and used? Clearly its NOT. As such, logic and rationality reject that methodology as incorrect. Yet of course the authors refuse to even ask this question openly. As it would undermine their preconcieved theories. Not worth the time to read.