Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It seems that I was bypassed on the judgement or it didn't happen. Sadly, no one I know is missing, so that doesn't speak well for my friends and family. Maybe next time.
Originally Posted By mawnck Something odd going on on Family Radio ... I tuned in about 15 minutes ago and they've been playing strictly instrumental music ... plus, just now, a tape from a couple days ago of Harold Camping telling a caller that the rapture was ABSOLUTELY going to happen today. A ghostly message from the great beyond? A perturbed employee that's "raptured" the network control room? The book of Revelation doesn't say.
Originally Posted By Mr X What exactly can they say? They'll be back after laying low for a while, with a new "guaranteed" prediction so they can start bilking suckers all over again.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "btw - hold crap - w2as Randy Savage actually that muscular at some point?" Yes he was, pretty much all the way to the end. He stopped dying his hair, so the pictures of him with white hair were likely taken within the last year. The girl he's holding on his shoulders, Elizabeth Hulette, passed away in 2003 of an overdose. He was one of a kind, that's for sure. <a href="http://sportalerts.blogspot.com/2011/05/wallpapers-of-macho-man-randy-savage.html" target="_blank">http://sportalerts.blogspot.co...age.html</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 So I guess we're still here huh? Or maybe it's like Lost and we're in an alternate timeline.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost You know..you might be correct. I played a round of golf this morning and did the best I have ever done. I think we must be in an alternate.
Originally Posted By Mr X I think we've entered the alternate timeline in which God is a human construct created to explain the unknown and comfort those who fear the notion of mortality.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^It takes all types I think. I know many "religious" people and from what I have seen they are all over the map. Some fear death and others don't. Some are kind and good hearted, other's aren't. Some want straight forward answers for everything (how old is the Earth, when will Jesus return?), others are perfectly comfortable with mysterious and unknown. I think your description of the root of religion is a bit oversimplified, which surprises me somewhat as you usually understand that explanations for human behavior are seldom cut and dry or black and white.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Some are kind and good hearted, other's aren't*** I would say that whether or not someone is kind or not doesn't reflect on their religious convictions. In other words, I don't believe that religion *causes* one to be "good" (or bad). It only amplifies what a person already is (like alcohol). ***I think your description of the root of religion is a bit oversimplified, which surprises me somewhat as you usually understand that explanations for human behavior are seldom cut and dry or black and white*** I definitely didn't write that comment to come off as such a deep insight sort of thing...it was just a one-off joke about the whole "alternate timeline" thing. I do realize that it's incredibly oversimplified (religion is clearly one of the most complex issues of the human condition, to say the VERY least). If you want my honest and thoughtful opinion on it, you might have to wait a few years while I think it over, consider and re-consider my take on it, and even then I'd bet my opinion would be lacking. It's incredibly complex.
Originally Posted By mawnck This is my country ... land that I love .... <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/05/21/media-circus-of-biblical-proportions-at-armageddon-hq/?singlepage=true" target="_blank">http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie...age=true</a> (BTW ... SFGate sez Camping has reappeared and he says he will make a statement on his radio network tomorrow. I'm sure it will be less interesting than I think it will.)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip OK... this is TRULY disgusting. From a local bulletin board: <<Here's a link to the Joplin story on KY3. Note that in the comments a "Rev." is using the tragedy to try to sell his book about the day of judgment and the final tribulation. <a href="http://discussions.ky3.com/20/ky3/kspr-tornado-strikes-joplin-major-damage-reported-20110522/10" target="_blank">http://discussions.ky3.com/20/...10522/10</a> >> Go to the bottom of the page and click on "View Comments" and look for the comment by rev.dblair at 9:21 PM May 22, 2011. The don't even know the total number of dead in Joplin at this time... at last count it was 24... and this SOB is trying to make money on it!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Local reports currently list the total number of dead at 37. That number has not been confirmed.
Originally Posted By Mr X Tornados happen. And they suck. They are frightening, and people often die. Other common natural horrors include tsunamis, and earthquakes, and hurricanes, and typhoons, etc... Religious nuts taking advantage of the fear of natural disasters disgust me.
Originally Posted By Mr X (RT, please note my other topic in another section on my feelings about Joplin...my comment here was just an observational one, emotion aside)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip It is terribly ironic that the vast majority of people who believe all this is supposedly related to "The Rapture" absolutely refuse to even recognize the possibility of what is really causing it... climate change. By the way... this whole Rapture thing is a very minority Christian belief held by Evangelicals, and not even all of them.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>By the way... this whole Rapture thing is a very minority Christian belief held by Evangelicals, and not even all of them.<< They've done a good jobs of marketing it as though it's mainstream.
Originally Posted By mawnck Near Greensboro, NC: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/5iCeG.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/5iCeG.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck The old coot is on the air live right now ... and it sounds like he's doubling down on October 21! God decided to have mercy on everybody and not make them suffer for 5 months. The earthquakes and stuff will all happen at once in October. Nice guy, that God. Their website of course, has been thoroughly raptured by all the people trying to listen to the stream. In the LA area he can be found at AM 1280. (Note to FCC: this is why broadcasting is better than broadband.)
