Originally Posted By RoadTrip The Bible very clearly states that no one will know the date when Christ returns except "The Father"(God). All the supposedly "Christian" people who re-interpret the Bible for their own purposes are truly sick.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Know what would be funny? What if he's right? Won't we all look silly? I'm supposed to go out to dinner tomorrow night, just about Judgement time. What do I do if I'm in the middle of my salad when it happens? Do I continue to eat or stop? Do I need to leave a tip?
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Do I continue to eat or stop?< Depends if you grab a hold of the salad as you float up.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Sorry, but I cannot get myself to act like this is funny. I think a lot of good hearted people have been fooled because they think they are following real biblical scholars. I think before we laugh at people, we should look in the mirror, and see our faults, and how people may look at what we believe.>> I don't think this whole thing is funny, either, BPSJP. Here are the questions I keep asking myself: 1) How much did it cost to rent all those billboards? 2) How many essential social service agencies in our country have disappeared for lack of funding in the past 5 years? How many homeless shelters, pediatric medical clinics, food kitchens, and geriatric assistance organizations? 3) Could the money that was spent on those billboards have funded two or three of those agencies for the next five years? 4) Is it more worthwhile to devote one's time, energy, skills, and resources toward: a) getting people to be afraid of God, or; b) improving the quality of life of fellow humans who are in need? 5) How would a truly compassionate god answer Question #4? 6) Do I need to "respect" the positions of people who decline to consider the above questions? For me, the answer to #6 is "no." I'm not inclined to laugh at those people. I think some of them are "good-hearted," as you say. But I believe that each of them possesses some combination of stupidity and selfishness that enables and encourages them to advocate ridiculous positions that ultimately make life worse instead of better for their fellow humans. I'm not going to make fun of them. But I AM going to oppose and attack them -- and totally without feeling guilty about it.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I think we will all be going to the big Disneyland in the sky. Looking forward to the true vision Walt's Dream...
Originally Posted By Fowley Well 7.45pm Saturday here and I'm still waiting, had me bags packed and my hair done for it all too
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Right on I57, I am totally with you my friend. Fowley, remember, only the chosen ones go up (you are not in the mid west or southern US), the rest of us stay here to party until October when the world eats us up.
Originally Posted By Fowley ooh can they make it November, we have our yearly trip to Disneyland from October 9 till November 5
Originally Posted By fkurucz "Well except all those hot blonde public school teachers who seem to like 13 year old boys." I was the target of one of those teachers when I was in high school. Its way more common than you might think. In the 15 years we've lived in our small burg there have been 4 or 5 incidents of this, the most recent ones happened just a few months ago (but no pedo priests). "There are a HELL of a lot more child child molesting priests than there are child molesting teachers" Do you have hard numbers to back this up? I know that in our archdiocese that all seminarians are now run through the wringer with pyschological tests, etc. to screen out the potential bad apples.
Originally Posted By Labuda Good point, fkurucz - I do not have hard numebrs, just the knowledge that the Catholic Church, one of the biggest organizations on the planet, actively worked to cover up child rape whereas I've not heard of school districts doing it.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost ^^^^And because of that it got a lot of press attention. I know it happened, I have no doubts, but I am not ready to condemn an entire religion because of a few renegade priests and the churches desire to not bring it to public attention. They waited too long and they reacted incorrectly and got even more bad press. However, to say that it is the rule instead of the exception to the rule is just as bad. I spent 9 years in catholic schools and frankly I never heard of or experienced any such behavior. It wasn't all that rampant. I am no longer a practicing Catholic but it had nothing to do with this particular concern.
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Originally Posted By Longhorn12 My brother brought my attention to an interesting theory this morning. Macho Man Randy Savage is the new Jesus, as he died to prevent the rapture.
Originally Posted By alexbook For your amusement, James Randi's list of failed Doomsday predictions, from the 1st through the 20th Centuries: <a href="http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/appendix3.html" target="_blank">http://www.randi.org/encyclope...ix3.html</a> Here's a list of 21st Century predictions of the end of the world as we know it: <a href="http://transmitters_revenge.tripod.com/doomsday_list.html" target="_blank">http://transmitters_revenge.tr...ist.html</a>
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>It's a heck of a lot more than "a few". But that's not MY grievance. The churches desire to not bring it to public attention (and all the way to the top, no less!) does not deserve condemnation? Really? These are KIDS we're talking about. Horribly scarred for life. On moral grounds alone, any "church" willing to cover their own asses over protecting children is a gigantic FAIL as far as I'm concerned.<<< Let me make it clear...I am not saying that it is OK, or that punishment should not be handed out, but, the majority of Catholics are just as shocked by what happened as anyone. What I'm saying is like any other "reported" event. The focus, rightfully, is intense. You keep hearing about it, many are just the same event rehashed. Not really as common as the media has lead us to believe. Was it wrong to hide it...of course it was. Should those responsible be exposed and punished...absolutely. What I'm saying is that the vast majority of the congregation are good people, certainly not child molesters. Since religion is supposed to be based on a belief in God, Jesus or whomever, this doesn't change that. There will be corruption in any organization that is operated by human beings. It appears that we are way less then a perfect species. The leaders of that organization during that time certainly are to be held responsible as the flawed humans that they are, but not the religion as a group. That said, I left the Catholic Church many years ago, long before I ever heard about these atrocities. That was due to basic beliefs and my own concern about the herding effect of organized religion. I still am not ready to condemn an entire religion based on the terrible actions of a few. And like it or not, when compared with the total numbers, is a few, not a majority.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***that punishment should not be handed out*** Who's going to punish the Pope, the Hague? That's part of what really burns me, the true villains in this evil plot are untouchable. The only way they COULD be taken to task would be if their flock stopped funding them. It sickens me that they don't collectively do so.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***And like it or not, when compared with the total numbers, is a few, not a majority*** You keep harping on that, but I keep trying to tell you the ones *I'm* most disgusted with are the ones who covered it up, and that is a VAST number of influential people in that organization all the way up to the current sitting Pontiff.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 One of my friends put on her Facebook page: "Business idea for Rapture 2011: T-shirt saying "My Mom went to meet Jesus, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." LOL.
