Rapture Ready: "This is our last Thanksgiving and Christmas as we know it."

[Bluebear]

"...This is our last Thanksgiving and Christmas as we know it.

I just can not explain what I am talking about to most people. Even my son, who is getting his dual master's degree in Theology and the Ministry can not understand what I am talking about. We were up until 2 am last evening talking about end time events and Israel and why I feel this way.

He said that it could be just that this area is where my "calling" is centered, and maybe he doesn't feel like I do because his calling is more for teaching. I just don't understand why more Christians are jumping up and down with anticipation like I am and most here."

http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=69668

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P.S. If somebody working on their master's degree in theology can't understand what the heck the Rapture cult is talking about, that might be a clue to Ma that she's talking kerrrrazy!

[Orrex]

1. Why all the fuss? I'm always ready for some Blondie

[Javaman]

2. I will bookmark this then write this stooge on rr in a year. nt

[gratuitous]

6. That's it; write it down

Have them initial it, if possible. If they're right, they'll have all eternity to congratulate themselves on discerning the right sequence for their Combination Lock God. If they're wrong . . .

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I wish Gawd would get busy and rapture these nitwits ASAP.

We could have all their stuff and fix the mess they made.

[MineralMan]

4. Jumping up and down in anticipation.

There's a pill for that.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Finally! We are finally going to get rid of the wack fundies?

I can't wait. Please rapture, hurry up!

[whistler162]

8. No..... those won't be the ones raptured!

[WCGreen]

7. It's like a death cult, almost....

It's as if they can't wait to throw off this mortal coil. How the hell can they enjoy all that god, in their eyes, has given them when they have their eyes on the next world...

I think Jesus would be crying for these soulless Christians who are more concerned with the afterlife than the life they are leading today. Perhaps if they kept their focus on earth instead of always on heaven, then they would truly see what Jesus was preaching...

You know that earthly stuff like doing unto others, treat your neighbor with kindness, share your bounty.

Instead these wackos have become as nutty as that tennis shoe wearing cult that committed mass suicide to catch a space ship...

[Bluebear]

9. Their thread reads like a horror show. Will there be a terror attack? Will Israel attack Iran?

So much gleeful anticipation of unhappy events. It's a horrible way to live.

[L0oniX]

14. Fundies are calling for the end of Israel in a round about way.

[peacetalksforall]

12. Just watch - to the very last nano-second - they will rant about a fetus that was killed

by abortion lovers or in a reserch dish.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I guess, for them, it's pie in the sky...

I'd rather have mine here, thank you very much!

[riqster]

25. Bob Marley had a handle on these Rapture Junkies:

"Most people think,
Great God will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth." (From 'Get Up, Stand up')


Words to live by. Words to live by.

[kimmerspixelated]

33. DING! DING! DING!!

Exactly Right! Perfectly put!

[Ishoutandscream2]

10. Jeez, the responses. "Meet you in the clouds"

Do they understand how crazy they sound? Batshit crazy!

[Lex]

11. She should liquidate her worldly assets and make the check out to me.

After all, you can't take it with you, lady!

Certified funds preferably, but I can do Paypal.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. TAKE THEM!! PLEASE!!!!

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. Considering how rabidly right wing 98% of that board is (there are a handful of exceptions)

I would say they're less likely to be raptured, and more likely to be in the group that JC refers to as the "goats" in Matthew 25. And their final journey is a one way ticket to a ..... much warmer climate :evilgrin:

[Ezlivin]

16. Too late!

They need to read the pamphlet 88 reasons Why The Rapture Will Be in 1988 or the sequel The final shout: Rapture report 1989.

Rapture yesterday, rapture tomorrow, but no rapture today.

[niyad]

18. as one bumper sticker says, "when the rapture comes, can I have your car?"

I keep asking these nutbars why they don't just do themselves in, and save us all the trouble and aggravation of their existence.

[lame54]

19. God is going to look down and...

see what a bunch of fucking idiots they are and call the whole god-damn thing off

who wants to spend eternity with these folks?

[theoldman]

20. The rapture will occur January 20th when the Bush idiots

will rise out of Washington DC and go back home. Then our Messiah will rule for the next 8 years.

[Initech]

21. Fuckin' absolutely batshit insane.

:crazy:

[soleft]

22. Is it just a really bad case of fear of death, or does this life just suck so bad?

I don't get it.

[snooper2]

23. I can't read anything at that site

:rofl:

You have been banned for the following reason:
Troll

Date the ban will be lifted: Never


:rofl:

Yep, I had my fun with those fucking idiots....


:rofl:

[CatholicEdHead]

35. Sounds like my experience at Catholic Answers' board

:crazy:

[Bake]

24. I got dibs on the Mercedes ...

Bake

[LanternWaste]

26. Well, we have our own secularized version here at DU...

Well, we have our own secularized version here at DU...

How many threads do we read (sometimes on a daily basis) that are concerned with Revolution in the street, civil war between red and blue states, the Bush administration canceling the election results, or imposing martial law (marital law? now that's a funny typo...) with an almost salivating desire for it from some of the posters ("I have my guns, ammo and rations-- I'll be good!")?

Granted, RR is more genuine, open and honest about their desire for a world cataclysm, but we have our own fruit-baskets who would seem quite at home there.

[Bluebear]

27. Interesting, but a very small contingent. That whole board is *dedicated* to salivating for disaster

[LanternWaste]

29. Most likely..

Interesting, but a very small contingent..

You're most likely right. I'm going off of number of threads rather than number of authors making those threads. Thinking about it, we'd be pretty safe in guessing that most of those threads are initiated by a smaller contingent than the actual number of threads would illustrate.



(But there are some days here... "Flood! Fire! Famine! Martial Law! Psy-Ops! Coinintelpro!")

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Yeah, there are a few "WE'RE ALL DOOOOOOOMED" types, here.

I tend to figure they've spent a little too much time holed up in their dorm room with their copy of Das Kapital, hoping the revolution will exact revenge on the kids in high school who made fun of their nose piercing.

But, as the other poster mentioned, it's a small minority in these parts. And those folks, although at times misguided, aren't nearly as dumb or batshit nuts as the rapture ready folks.

[MindPilot]

28. A "master's degree in theology"? Riiiiiight.

I think I'll go back to college and get my doctorate in Batmanology.

[Ian David]

30. Let's leave piles of clothes on the sidewalk outside their houses!

And just to mess with them, let's have some of those piles of clothes holding dog leashes with empty dog collars, so they'll think that dogs are being deemed more Rapture-Worthy than themselves.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

37. Oh God I love it! That would be like the best

Candid Camera ever!

[riqster]

42. Tea all over my keyboard, thanks to you!

:spray:

[knitter4democracy]

31. We've got them in every generation.

There were those who'd been with Christ Himself and took what He said about the Second Coming literally, waiting for Him to come back before St. Peter died. Then after St. Peter died. Then every decade since. Several protestant denominations were founded in the 1800s and early 1900s over rapture fever, even. The reality is, we cannot know when it'll happen, and it's best that way.

[yardwork]

32. It's like the Dark Ages for some of these folks.

[RagAss]

34. Where have you gone Jim Jones? Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you......n/t

[lib2DaBone]

36. This is the last holiday as we know it..because we are going from a Consumer Society..

to a "Scarcity" Society. We are going back to local production and local consumption. We can no longer afford to ship strawberries all over the country.. and expect a profit.

We can no longer depend on cheap foreign oil to solve our problems.

Criminal Corruption and unprecedented theft in government.. has led this country to the brink of failure.

Forget about 2012, the Mayan Calender, Planet X or asteroids. Start worrying about where you next meal is going to come from.

[htuttle]

38. So they're catching the Comet To Forever, then?

I'll send the track suits and razor blades! Just give me a shipping address...

[bdamomma]

40. can't they be raptured, and leave us alone.

[Warren DeMontague]

41. "Brother I cannot wait to meet you in the clouds"

Clouds of crack smoke, sure.