Preterists are really raising the bar. "Futurism is fundamentally anti-human." I would love to find a Preterist who was not a extremist or dogmatic in their views. Someone without huge errors in their theological system as a result of their 70ad theories. If I could find one, I don't particularlly think they would call themself a Preterist. If Preterists really wanted to raise the bar, they would dismiss their 70ad theory which places all in the new, and stop making spiritual things historic events. They would focus less on "time statements" and less on "mere past events" and realize that spiritual things can not be temporal or external things if they are really spiritual. They would focus more on spiritual things and make them primary, rather than the secondary. Making secondary things primary is like straining gnats and swallowing camels.
John McPherson "Raising the Bar"
We, as Preterists, must “raise the bar” to where it was supposed to be all along. We have the opportunity to be people who are admired for our healthful lifestyles, avoiding obsessive extremism of all kinds, and living lives of contentment and peace. We will undoubtedly be accused of being “self-satisfied” and “selfish” – but those accusations will come largely from the dissatisfied, disenfranchised and envious futurists who are inwardly deeply disillusioned and aware of the shortcomings of their dubious (often hypocritical) faith. The false “imperatives” guiding and motivating the futurists in their quest for planetary domination as a religious system will ultimately fail and prove empty, as the Truth persists in making itself evident throughout human history and the lives of those who truly understand and live it.
Futurism is fundamentally anti-human. To believe and live it is to embark on a course of self-destructive behavior and thinking. We have the ability and opportunity to manifest the restoration of true humanity within an accurately, wisely balanced understanding of Christianity.
