What time on Saturday is the "rapture" supposed to happen?

[scheming daemons]

Saturday is a busy day, and I need to schedule my looting around a golf outing and the kids' soccer games.

Also.... Will the world end on Eastern Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time? I doubt the "bible code" took into account the invention of Daylight Savings Time.

These are major questions... What about Saturday Night Live? Will their show be cut short? I hope not before Weekend Update.

And what happens during the NBA and NHL playoffs if half the players are "assumed into heaven" during the games? That would potentially give an unfair advantage to whichever team has more heathens on it.

I also want to avoid freeways that day.... don't want to have to dodge a bunch of driver-less cars.

Hopefully, the majority of those that are raptured are boomers... that way we can save Medicare before the "boomer bomb" hits.


I hope my Mother-in-Law has lived a righteous life (though I highly doubt it). I wouldn't mind her disappearing.



These are questions that need to be answered, Dammit!

[niyad]

1. very important questions indeed. there are some good movies on sat night--will have to work my

schedule of "redemption" around them

wonder if one of my friends could tivo them for me.

[roguevalley]

80. funny you should ask. May 21st is Safety Day in my little town. :-D

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Doesn't concern me. I'll be at Fightin' Bob Fest

in Chippewa Falls with about 5000 other progressives, and I expect the whole bunch of us will be left behind.

[malaise]

3. I agree

I need to link up with rapture ready folks who are willing to part with their bank books _ I'll keep them for their return whenever :evilgrin:

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Grandson has a 2pm ballgame, so anytime after four works for me.

[SDuderstadt]

58. LOL!

I hope it's not TOO much after 4, because I have something at 6 PM.

[IScreamSundays]

74. Saturday doesn't work for me at all

I could switch things around on Sunday and they could get their rapture on.

[librechik]

5. 4:20

obviously

[JuniperLea]

6. My sister is throwing a big party that day...

She didn't even know it was the end of the world as we know it! She just felt like having a party... maybe she's psychic?

I listened to the preacher man on the radio a couple of weeks ago. (Laugh riot!) He said it would start with earthquakes in the islands in Indonesia, and it would work its way north and west around the Pacific Rim. I'm guessing it will be late by the time it "hits" California since it becomes 5/21 far later in the CA day. With any luck, I'll have had a few by then;)

[divvy]

7. Frankly I hope they are right .....

we would all be better off if most of them did leave the planet.

[RagAss]

43. Do you really think God wants these Assclowns?....Nope...we're stuck with them.

[Lint Head]

8. Isn't it suppose to be at about 3:15 pm or is 2:15? Better check to be sure. I need to shower first.

[pipi_k]

9. It doesn't, actually...

Saturday is just the beginning of the end.

The "real" Rapture happens on October 21st.

Although I guess there's no set time for that day, either.


anyway, on Oct 21st I expect to see people floating up to Heaven in waves...like how they do the fireworks around the world on New Years Eve, by time zone.

:7

[Arugula Latte]

15. I'd like to be in the grand finale part, you know, maybe part of a big spell out of "JESUS"

Sadly, I think my atheism is a pre-existing condition preventing me from being Hoovered skyward in the Rapture show. :cry:

[JohnnyRingo]

16. Must... resist.... Dick Clark joke...

Whew!
That was close.

[Mojeoux]

25. Wa-What!?

Are these loonies going to be able to say that "it has begun!"

Then we have to wait till October??!!

[Tesha]

37. So the first ones will be off the bridge in Sydney Harbour, near the Opera House? (NT)

[sharp_stick]

10. I'll keep an eye on the neighbors

if I see them floating up, I'll let you know. He wasn't too happy when I once asked him if I could have his car after the rapture.

[RayOfHope]

11. Yeah, I'm doing a 5k that morning. I'd like to reach my goal time first, then it can happen. n/t

[buddysmellgood]

12. I don't want to miss the pre-rapture coverage.

[Arugula Latte]

18. You can always Tivo it

[cleanhippie]

13. 6pm, local time.

Yep, you read that right. Harold Camping, the guy spearheading this claim, states that it will happen with a major earthquake that will start at 6pm, local time.

If he is right, we should be able to see the first earthquake happen in the Mid-Pacific, then watch as it travels around the world, keeping pace with 6pm, local time.

[cordelia]

36. That's what I heard, too. That'll be 6PM EDT for me.

[immoderate]

39. Perfect timing for THE Rapture Party...

Watch the rapture from a pool with a pina colada, and adult party goers!*

---

*adult = no one puking in the bushes.

--imm

[jpljr77]

60. Goddammit! That's gonna ruin dinner out. Selfish bastards. n/t

[divvy]

14. Wait ....... Can i get a hallmark card ?

I will be sooo disappointed if sunday comes and they are still here .....

[Arugula Latte]

17. You might be interested in some of these ...

http://postrapturepost.com/order2.html

[divvy]

20. holy toledo .... i think you found the motherload.

thanks for the link. it will get well used.

[immoderate]

40. The Post Rapture Post is a business created by an atheist!

He's quite candid. Click on "About Us"

The Post-Rapture Post website was conceived in 2005 by an Atheist computer scientist looking to help those who believe that the end of the world is near. You may be wondering why I created a website offering services based upon an event that I believe will never happen. The answer is that, while I don't personally believe, I feel that others may need my services in the event that the impossible happens. Also I need money to support my sinful lifestyle. To better help you to understand our mission, I have included a FAQ (If your question is not on our list feel free to send me an email).

:rofl:

--imm

[Arugula Latte]

57. "I need money to support my sinful lifestyle"

I LIKE that guy! :D

[divvy]

19. OMG ..... there is one. Check this out

http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.1542177.1.papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.v4.jpg


holy cow .... there are rapture ecards too.

http://www.someecards.com/workplace-cards/rapture-donald-camping-end-world-funny-ecards

[buddysmellgood]

21. Where is the best place to watch? I'm thinking the airport.

[divvy]

22. If you look up ..... you will see a bunch of ass holes as they fly up into the sky

that is, if they are not wearing any underwear.

[RaleighNCDUer]

30. That could get awful messy -

people flying up as planes are trying to land.

[Auntie Bush]

49. If hey get hit by a plane ...will the get killed and rise twice.

[YvonneCa]

56. I saw on Twitter where someone will be...

...live-tweeting the rapture on Saturday. I'll see if I can find a link. :7

[elocs]

23. How many here know that most Christians do NOT believe in the "Rapture"?

The "Rapture" is a doctrine cobbled together a couple of hundred years ago by forcing scriptures together to make them support the doctrine and disregarding prophecies fulfilled a couple of thousand years ago as yet to happen. Even those who believe in the rapture have simply swallowed what others have fed them without looking for the truth themselves, they believe what they are told.

I wonder, if my neighbors all die in a car crash and won't be needing their stuff anymore is it ok for me to simply go to their home and take what I like? That doesn't sound so clever but the concept is the same.

[slackmaster]

27. I attended a mainstream Presbyterian church when I was a kid

There was no discussion of the Rapture, only the Second Coming.

[Mojeoux]

28. You mean the Christ-Like Christians ? With the feed the poor,

heal the sick mandate? I feel sorry for these diligent and caring people. They get lumped in with the loons.

[elocs]

38. Other than Evangelical, Charismatic, Pentecostal Christians, the Rapture is not part of the beliefs

of the majority of mainline churches.

[Dappleganger]

52. The "Rapture" idea is put together by prosperity "christians" who believe that God couldn't possibly

want his people to go through any kind of hard times if/when the end of the world comes to pass.

I say that this is hubris of the highest level, to think that they (or we, as I am christian) are above the overall human experiences which people endure. Real faith is proven by trials in real life.

[elocs]

55. No, the popular idea of the Rapture today came from the 19th century (1827):

http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/cathouse/darby.htm

The doctrine of a secret rapture was first conceived by John Nelson Darby of the Plymouth Brethren in 1827. Darby, known as the father of dispensationalism, invented the doctrine claiming there were not one, but two "second comings." This teaching was immediately challenged as unbiblical by other members of the Brethren. Samuel P. Tregelles, a noted biblical scholar, rejected Darby's new interpretation as the "height of speculative nonsense." So tenuous was Darby's rapture theory that he had lingering doubts about it as late as 1843, and possibly 1845. Another member of the Plymouth Brethren, B.W. Newton, disputed Darby's new doctrine claiming such a conclusion was only possible if one declared certain passages to be "renounced as not properly ours."

Sandeen writes, "this is precisely what Darby was prepared to do. Too traditional to admit that biblical authors might have contradicted each other, and too rationalist to admit that the prophetic maze defied penetration, Darby attempted a resolution of his exegetical dilemma by distinguishing between Scripture intended for the Church and Scripture intended for Israel. . . . Darby's difficulty was solved by assuming that the Gospels were addressed partly to Jews and partly to Christians."

Thus, the doctrine of the separation of Israel and the Church, the foundation of dispensationalism, was born out of Darby's attempt to justify his newly fabricated rapture theory with the Bible. Dispensationalists believed justification for carving up the Scriptures came from 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) "rightly dividing the word of truth." Subsequent dispensationalists divided the Scriptures in terms of categories of people: Jew, Gentile, and Christian. Chafer taught that the only Scriptures addressed specifically to Christians were the gospel of John, Acts, and the Epistles! Pettengill taught that the Great Commission was for the Jews only.

The doctrine of the Rapture is only a couple of hundred years old and has had waves of popularity, one of which was back in the middle 1970s. It was invented and is not an accepted doctrine by the majority of mainline Christian churches.

[Goblinmonger]

71. "It was invented..." That's some tasty irony right there, friends.

Yes, by all means, everything else about Christianity makes COMPLETE sense, it's the RAPTURE that's just plain silly.

[Arugula Latte]

89. Right, the rapture is the only "invented" part about religion.

*snort*

[Mojeoux]

78. Yes Universal Hubris and Delusions of Grandeur,

AS IF!!!!!!!

[Bonhomme Richard]

24. Can I sleep in? n/t

[hlthe2b]

26. If it is worldwide, then does it hit the other side of the dateline

first---so the Marshall Islands folks get raptured first when it is still Friday here? Inquiring minds want to know....;)

[14thColony]

59. In theory yes,

But of course they're all heathens who wear palm leaves and probably don't even vote Republican. So of course there won't be any Jesus rockets launching from there...

[tanyev]

29. Thanks for the reminder. I think I'll wait to pay the Visa bill until after the 21st.

Hey, you never know.

[krispos42]

50. Yeah, like the people that run Visa are going to be raptured...

:evilgrin:

[Auntie Bush]

51. Damn, My cards are scheduled to be paid on the 21.

I'm going to have to change that. Thanks for the reminder.

[C_U_L8R]

31. i wonder if they know

if they leave now they won't have to wait in line on Saturday.

[sarge43]

32. Here's a countdown clock

http://www.wecantknow.com

FWIW

[underpants]

33. So it is at 8 - perfect timing right during my in-laws 50th Anniversary dinner

if anyone can slow down even a huge process like that ....it is my in-laws

[brooklynite]

62. I've heard an earthquake will occur in each time zone at 6 PM...

...every hour on the hour.

[pacalo]

34. I read your OP to my husband -- we were rolling on the floor! Thanks for the laugh!

[notadmblnd]

35. I hope it's early. I have a concert to go to later in the evening

I could use something nice to wear.:shrug:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. 11:14, Give or take a few billion years.

[arbusto_baboso]

81. It will be at 2450 hours next February 31st.

[lunasun]

42. i nearly drove off the road - why are some signs mentioning OCTOBER now???

Bait and switch WTF?

[RagAss]

44. Yeh...and then in October they will switch to December...it will go on for decades. Because....

When you think about it...that's all religion has ever been....move the goalposts ad infinitum.

[Arugula Latte]

73. Decades? More like centuries.

That Jebus is already hundreds of years overdue. The early Xtians expected him back in their lifetimes. Maybe he has organizational issues.

[pipi_k]

53. Hey, it takes time to plan a good Rapture, you know...

:7

[MountainLaurel]

66. This weekend is the Rapture, October is

The Apocalypse. (A friend was trying out his new smart phone and looked up the web site when we saw the billboard.)

[Canuckistanian]

45. Could they reschedule it? I have a busy day on the 21st

KTHXBYE.

[1monster]

46. Not to worry about Saturday Night Live... they'll all still by here on Sunday

morning... Ain't none of them being raptured! :evilgrin:

[PRETZEL]

70. Hey, maybe they can get Victoria Jackson

as special fill in guest star.

That would make for entertaining television.

[Warren DeMontague]

47. When the Man from Mars Stops Eatin' Cars and Eatin' Bars

And now he only eats Guitars.

[hifiguy]

65. +1 for the Blondie reference

:)

[Auntie Bush]

48. Not to worry, all the NFL and NBA players will still be here!

Every one of them!

[pipi_k]

54. Hey, I just thought of something!!!!

I wonder if they'll have Blondie doing a live show that day?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g

[Freddie Stubbs]

61. Matthew 24:36

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."

[Arugula Latte]

69. That quote should end after the first three words.

[mmonk]

63. I don't know but I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they

recognize they are damned like the rest of us.

[HappyMe]

64. I hope there aren't a bunch of speeches

and stuff first.

Who's gonna sing the National Anthem?

I hope my little black dress isn't too formal.

[nadinbrzezinski]

67. Six in the afternoon

of course if this is at the same time, is this GMT, Eastern time, pacific?

Yes I had one of the locals kids go on and on... stumped him with THAT question.

[MountainLaurel]

68. 6 pm, according to Camping

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/laurilebo/4602/may_21_rapture_scheduled_for_6_p.m._/

[bikebloke]

72. Are they bringing in extra air traffic controllers for that shift?

With all the raptured air born, there are bound to be collisions.

[marions ghost]

75. Got it on my calendar

still a few days to get my life in order...:popcorn: not sure I would have done anything differently :popcorn: can't think of any really bad thing to atone for, mostly just the little stuff :popcorn: Mostly just... "that which I should have done I did not do" :popcorn: What? I have til October to get my life in order? :popcorn: OK then, bags of time :popcorn: No Worries.



Check out the painting, "That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do." By Ivan Albright:

http://my.firedoglake.com/masaccio/2011/01/22/saturday-art-that-which-i-should-have-done-i-did-not-do-the-door-by-ivan-albright/

[Travelman]

76. "And what happens during the NBA and NHL playoffs if half the players are "assumed into heaven" ..."

"...during the games?"

The greatest hat trick of ALL TIME!

[hootinholler]

77. I'm combining my looting with a round of golf...

There's a blue 450 SEL rag top in the lot that I have my eye on.

-Hoot

[lunatica]

79. 9 am pacific time

[LiberalAndProud]

82. I find it very alarming that news of the impending second coming has not reached the far corners.

My friends in the Panhandle of Nebraska have no idea. Somebody's gonna be held to account for this and I mean it!

[Arugula Latte]

88. Well, you know, I was thinking that maybe Jesus and his posse want an element of surprise.

Like, maybe the rapture is planned for an undisclosed time and only the heavenly higher-ups with the highest security clearance know the time (and then on only a need-to-know basis). So I figure Jesus is gonna come down in a stealth helicopter like a Navy Seal and go all "Bin Laden raid" on all the sinners' asses. That way there can be no last-minute repenting, which is kinda like cheating. That sounds logical -- nay -- likely, to me.

[markpkessinger]

83. I hope not too early -- I want to sleep in! ;) n/t

[adigal]

84. I just joined the Facebook group

I will be looting right after the rapture, with a bunch of fun people, I would think. ;)

[PeaceNikki]

85. 6:00 pm local time.

ish

[Contrary1]

86. Well, my in-laws are coming to visit this weekend...

I can't think of a better time to be raptured. I hope whoever is left behind enjoys the family cookout.

[They_Live]

87. I have band practice that day...

...so, the rapture will probably begin during the guitar solo of the improvisational piece. I'll try to record it for everyone!

[rucky]

90. Google Earth needs a Rapture Tracker n/t

[mrs_p]

91. if it is at 6pm local time

what about arizona? will the earthquake hit them an hour after utah?