Do your job!

I've heard some Christian missions guys use Romans 11.25 to say that Jesus isn't coming back until "we do our job" and "every people group hear the Gospel." Further, they proceed to say that "If we do our job" then Jesus will come back, so we need to get the Gospel out to the 1.8 billion still "unreached."

Personal note: this is ridiculous.

Now, it's not that the argument is invalid; it's just unsound! What if there's 1000 people here and now alive who need to hear and repent, but there's one dude 1000 years from now? Too bad, Jesus ain't comin' back until that one dude is born 1000 years from now! Ain't no rushin' to that one! Can't mess with that timeline! We're waiting.

Lemme muddy the water for ya..

So I'm trying to find 5 logical falllacies for a paper of mine.. Instead, I've found out how perspectives are presented to the populus:

-"Authoritative Statement": Scofield, the news: the perspective is assumed, not mentioned how or why.

-"Hope": "if/when this fibberding is up to speed/figured out, why, it could save the lives of millions!" This is just plain over-optimism. We all have it though. Our boss asks us, "can I have that by Friday, and you say, "No problem" knowing full well you'll need the weekend.

-"Alternative Perspective": to which people will respond, "I don't like it. I don't know why, I just don't like it." Non-fallacious, just 'different' (slate.com). Involves the use (couching) of statements like, "they argue" and "some say" with a mix of labelling what's normal.. a mix of 'hope' and 'authority'.