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Re:Prophetic Perfect Tense by denton-scratch on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:10AM (#37689845)
"Doomed" in common parlance doesn't mean judgment has been passed; it just means that our unhappy future has become certain. "Damned" does mean that judgement has been passed - is that what you meant?
Re:Prophetic Perfect Tense by carlosjobim on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:22AM (#37690904)
Common parlance is wrong a lot of times. Doomed means exactly that judgement has been passed, which means that something has become certain to happen. By God, by providence or by the laws of nature, whatever you wish to call it.
Re:Prophetic Perfect Tense by nerdponx on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:25AM (#37690957)
Yes but that doesn't mean it's necessarily prophetic perfect tense. It might be the case that the doom-ing occurred yesterday, and today we are just awaiting the doom that will arrive tomorrow.