The whole rapture thing
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It seems funny on the surface, but the more you think about this and hear from people who used to be on the 'inside'.... I feel sorry for the kids caught up in this. Imagine if you were a little kid and your parents told you that this one specific day you were all going to Heaven (so you die, but without the death part, because kids have such a solid understanding of death) and their toys and pets and home and non-Real-True-Christian classmates and friends were going to be destroyed in hellfire and divine wrath. That'd be enough to put me in therapy, but then they have to live through a countdown to the day, the day, and then the crushing realization that their parents put them through all that torment for NOTHING.
This Rapture garbage is sick and corrosive and fucks people up in the head, both stupid adults and the poor kids the adults are considered fit to raise.
http://www.jesusneedsnewpr.net/a-blog-post-11-days-until-judgment-day-and-im-not-laughing/
http://www.patheos.com/community/slacktivist/2011/05/19/disappointment-despair-and-harold-camping/
This Rapture garbage is sick and corrosive and fucks people up in the head, both stupid adults and the poor kids the adults are considered fit to raise.
http://www.jesusneedsnewpr.net/a-blog-post-11-days-until-judgment-day-and-im-not-laughing/
http://www.patheos.com/community/slacktivist/2011/05/19/disappointment-despair-and-harold-camping/
...You do realized that ALOT of people, including Catholic people thought it was bullshit?
Hell, my theology teacher exact quote:
"What do you think of may 21?"
"I tell you on may 22."
Hell, my theology teacher exact quote:
"What do you think of may 21?"
"I tell you on may 22."
EACTLY.Lady Nilstria said:Well, seeing how apparently no one actually reads the Bible, it doesn't surprise me that people continue to believe whatever they hear. A Christian who doesn't read the Bible is a blind sheep, and normal sheep are notorious for needing rather extensive shepherding. Imagine trying to herd a blind sheep. They'd let anyone push them along, even over a cliff.
It doesn't surprise me, but it does sadden me. People just don't seem to learn. No one knows when the Lord will come. If even the angels don't know, why would someone think a man would? He shall come like a thief in the night; in the blink of an eye He will come and go. No one will see Him coming.
Also, the fire and brimstone comes later. One must build tension to make an event suitably dramatic.
Hey, someone else who actually read the Book.Jegsimmons said:*high five*
I read that passage and that why I wasn't scared. I just feel sorry for the people who felled to that scam.
You want to know how much money that guy made? 73 million dollars and not a single cent. I'm thinking of doing something for anyone who felled to that sccam, raised some money or something.
I didn't really care either way; butI pulled an all night "Gears Of War 2" gaming session. You know, just in case. But I thought it was a little silly because apparently the christians that predicted this didn't read the whole Bible because-
Before I go on I'd like to ask that nobody attack me or the Bible because I'm simply stating what it says.
- the book says that the rapture/end of the world is known only to God. The angels don't know it, not even Jesus himself. So if it was to happen, we certainly wouldn't have seen it coming.
Before I go on I'd like to ask that nobody attack me or the Bible because I'm simply stating what it says.
- the book says that the rapture/end of the world is known only to God. The angels don't know it, not even Jesus himself. So if it was to happen, we certainly wouldn't have seen it coming.
Amen sister.Lady Nilstria said:Well, seeing how apparently no one actually reads the Bible, it doesn't surprise me that people continue to believe whatever they hear. A Christian who doesn't read the Bible is a blind sheep, and normal sheep are notorious for needing rather extensive shepherding. Imagine trying to herd a blind sheep. They'd let anyone push them along, even over a cliff.
It doesn't surprise me, but it does sadden me. People just don't seem to learn. No one knows when the Lord will come. If even the angels don't know, why would someone think a man would? He shall come like a thief in the night; in the blink of an eye He will come and go. No one will see Him coming.
Also, the fire and brimstone comes later. One must build tension to make an event suitably dramatic.
Hey, someone else who actually read the Book.Jegsimmons said:
It annoys me to no end that people do not read anymore. When I first heard the 'story' I asked "how are they getting past 'X, Y, and Z'"? Sadly, no one in the media ever asked those questions (that I am aware of) so I still do not know the answer.
I'm just wondering how they thought buying canned food would help them when the End of the World came.