You frighten me, when you say there isn't time.I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia.But it keeps not ending.So far, so good.
The quote reflects a character's concern about the urgency surrounding predictions of the end of the world. The speaker expresses confusion over why such a sense of immediacy exists, pointing out the long history of Christian expectations regarding the apocalypse that have never come to fruition. This raises questions about the legitimacy of these claims and the panic they can instill in people.
By observing that the world has not ended...