Stilwell, Phil: ◉ The Prophecy Marker Problem: 2 Timothy 3, Vague Traits, and the Failure of Apocalyptic Measurement

I treat 2 Timothy 3:1-7 as a claimed diagnostic instrument. Popular apocalyptic interpreters use its list of vices as though it marked the present as uniquely or climactically the last days. The question is not whether the listed traits can be morally serious; many can. The question is whether they function as indicators. I argue that they do not. A temporal marker must be measurable, discriminating, and tied to a baseline strong enough to separate one period from another. Most traits in the lis