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![Schweitzer Identified the Problem, but not the Answer to the Second Coming | IN 1906, ALBERT SCHWEITZER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM WITH FUTURISM (THE CHURCH'S LONG POSTPONED -- BUT SOMEHOW STILL IMMINENT -- SECOND COMING), BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE ANSWER: NAMELY, PRETERISM (PROPHECY FULFILLMENT IN A.D. 70), AS SET FORTH BY JAMES STUART RUSSELL IN "THE PAROUSIA" IN 1878 AND 1887. SCHWEITZER, WHO REGARDED JESUS AS DELUDED ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, WROTE IN HIS "QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL JESUS": “THE WHOLE HISTORY OF [MAINSTREAM] ‘CHRISTIANITY’ DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY, THAT IS TO SAY, THE REAL INNER HISTORY OF IT, IS BASED ON THE DELAY OF THE PAROUSIA [SECOND COMING], THE [APPARENT] NON-OCCURRENCE OF THE PAROUSIA, THE ABANDONMENT OF [1ST-CENTURY] ESCHATOLOGY, ...THE ‘DE-ESCHATOLOGISING’ OF RELIGION...." | image tagged in albert schweitzer,second coming,futurism,preterism | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/8xq7rf.jpg)