We need to do everything we can to spread the word that the rapture did occur

[EstimatedProphet]

Whenever they come along now and claim that it was the wrong date, we need to say that it did happen, and they were left behind because they are obviously immoral and unfit in God's eyes. Maybe that will shut them up.

[RandomThoughts]

1. heh, if I was left behind, I wouldn't want to go.

That is how I know I can never be left behind, becuase what I think of as God, would never leave me behind, and I hope he would not leave anyone else behind either, nor ask me to.


So I don't have to worry about end times.

[Tesha]

2. In one school of thought, the rapture is only for the 144,000 "elect".

12,000 from among each of the 12 Tribes of Israel.

Nowadays, spread far and wide across the 7 billion
people of the world, it would take a while to notice
and correlate that it happened. ;)

Tesha

[Motown_Johnny]

3. the point being that all the religious types still here were left behind and

therefore have no idea what God really wants.

[Tesha]

5. (I understand the point; I was offering a plausible explanation for why so many are still here.)

(You could weave it into your story.)

[EstimatedProphet]

7. Quite true, and just what I was thinking.

[Urban Prairie]

12. So how many of those 144K are already deceased?

I asked this question to a Jehovah's Witness' ex-co-worker long ago who frequently gave me their literature during our lunch breaks.

He couldn't answer that one, nor could he defend himself when I asked him why he liked to make all that extra money by working ALL of the voluntary overtime available that we were offered, and also why did he not give up all of his worldly possessions, and instead devote the rest of his life in helping the poor and sick, since it is my sincere belief that IF there is a Heaven and Hell, it is mostly those who devote or even better still, sacrifice their very lives for the well being and lives of others, that are most likely to be "saved"

I also went to the trouble once, of actually reading some of the pamphlets that he gave me, took a pen and underlined each and every sentence and paragraph within them that I knew damned well that he was not strictly adhering to.

I think that I managed to make him at least question the primary JW belief that they, and they only may enter "Jehovahs Kingdom"

[Motown_Johnny]

4. either great minds think alike

(and so do lesser ones)


or you stole my idea
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1139638&mesg_id=1139638


Either way, I agree

[TexasProgresive]

6. Give it time- it doesn't occur until 6:00 PM n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

8. It's after 6 over most of the world now

Of course, that doesn't really matter, since everyone knows that only Americans will be Raptured.

And some Canadians, of course. Most of them are white enough.

[JTFrog]

9. Get a bunch of blow up dolls and fill them with helium and release them all at 6pm PST. n/t

[Electric Monk]

10. There was an episode of Six Feet Under that went something like that

Funny stuff :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LXuNpF6NVg

[JTFrog]

11. LOL! n/t