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ICJ vice-president: 'The Lord is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel'
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@Saleh I respect believers, but she is claiming to speak on behalf of God. It seems to me therapy would be advisable. I think in a very stressful environment, people can come to rely on something familiar and they hold it as a comforting pillow. I don't feel we should be too harsh, this person probably just needs a break. Or a break and therapy.
I am religious. I find the idea of purposefully bringing on the end of times strongly contradictory to my understanding of the Abrahamic religions. It is not the place of humans to decide, when the end times come, nor do humans have the power to do so. And the idea that purposefully bringing on the end of the world would be rewarded, instead of punished, by God is incomprehensible to me.
There is a narration both in Judaism and Islam, that emphasizes this:
https://bliis.org/essay/planting-a-tree-in-the-end-times-an-analysis-of-an-islamic-and-jewish-saying/