Why the rapture hasn't happened yet

[ck4829]

God looked down upon the Earth, saw the 'christian' Right, and said "Ain't no way I'm bringing THOSE people up here!"

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. 2012.... counting down and it won't be exactly what these fundies

think it will be.

[havocmom]

3. LOL das a fact!

The other day, I told a fundy the Rapture had already occurred. The chaos which was foretold is upon us even now. She is still here, so what does that say about her?

:evilgrin: me bad, oh yes, me bad

[Dr.Phool]

4. You should do that more often.

You'ew bound to get a few heads to explode.:evilgrin:

[havocmom]

19. Live in a REALLY small community

Not that many people to talk to.

Yeah, my bro always said I never found a bush I wanted to beat around.

[xmas74]

7. I've brought up the Dec 2012 date before also.

They hate that.

[melnjones]

13. Explain to me the significance of 2012...

I'm missing something somewhere, probably because I don't freak out about end-times crap.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. According to the Mayan calendar...

...the world is supposed to end sometime in 2012. Let me do a little digging and I'll give you the exact date.

ed. December 21st seems to be the day, although I also saw a reference to May of that year.

[xmas74]

16. Either Dec 21 or Dec 22 is when the Mayan calendar

supposedly comes to an abrupt stop. There are tons of theories about what will happen-too many to list here. The highlights include alien invasions, a great war pitting those who are spiritual vs those who are materialists, nuclear blasts, animals or machines ganging up on humans, etc.

The date has even been featured on shows like Futurama, The X Files and Doctor Who. (Those are the ones that I remember off the top of my head.) Each had their own theories or digs at the date.

[nebenaube]

17. revalations and space science

The tribulations read like a celestial event, two fragmented comets cross paths near earth in 2012, they entangle, gravational forces sling some fragments into the earth, the skies turn red, volcanoes and earthquakes, a form of nuclear winter ensues etc... no one knows the exact date due to errors in the calculations. Although according to that story we were supposed to be hit this year by some fragments of one of the comets described.

[lastknowngood]

2. The Rapture has happened but he only took about 20 people

The rest of us are left here in Hell.

[Democrats_win]

5. God's waiting for the Rapture Ring tone to be introduced.

And you thought the cell phone was invented just to annoy parents.

[rzemanfl]

20. I think I saw one on "Rapture Ready" when studying mental

illness the other night. I'm "series." I will look again.

I guess I was wrong, they have "Sermon" and "Prayer" ringtones, but the rapture is supposed to have some big fucking trumpet or something. I hope they can get Miles Davis.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Would somebody please tell those guys that there ain't gonna

be no rapture!

[melnjones]

12. We try...see my post #10. eom

[Swamp Rat]

8. They haven't killed themselves yet.

When they do, it will be the "rapture." Then, the rest of us will sigh in relief. :)

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. Let's bow our heads in a silent prayer.

[icymist]

9. Who says that God was considering that he would....

"bring those people up here"? Maybe he thought (in the words of jimi hendrix) "those people so uptight, they sure know how to make a mess"!

[melnjones]

10. lol...

Regarding end-times theology, my church affiliation is amillennialist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amillennialism). Makes a lot more sense and avoids pointless speculation about end-times with which so many Christians want to waste their time...

[jwirr]

22. I also believe this way. The end times are God's concern and I

am to live my life day by day without fear.

[RummyTheDummy]

11. Here's to that!

Good point. I mean if there is such a thing as eternity, would you want to spend it with those uptight, hate mongering loons?

[hyphenate]

14. That sounds pretty right

I wouldn't any of them around me, either!

[notadmblnd]

18. and Satan said.... I sure as hell don't need the competition.

nt

[Cleita]

21. I don't see anywhere in the Bible where there is a rapture in the

way the wacko religous right describes it. The Bible says we will rise from the dead on the last days. The promise is that once the earth has it's last burp of humanity and that humanity is dead and buried, then JC is going to come down to earth and resurrect all of us like he was resurrected. The righteous will join their souls that are already in Heaven and the bodies of the damned will go to Hell. Purgatory and Limbo will be no more, however, didn't the Catholic Church say there is no Limbo recently? It's convenient how a few hundred cardinals can rearrange the afterlife according to their politics, isn't it?

But first we have to DIE!. Nobody is going to get lifted into heaven whole body and all the while the rest of us go on with our earthly life as usual. It just isn't in the Bible that way. Also, the signs of the last days of earth aren't cut into any time frame. It basically says that the end is going to happen AFTER certain events occur, like the creation of the state of Israel and the other prophesies. This means that they can occur at any time even over millenium and only when all those things have happened then you might start looking around for that giant asteroid or other disaster that might wipe us out. It's really all very vague and for a group of religious leaders to mislead their congregations like this is really criminal IMHO.

[checkmate1947]

23. One thing is for sure, Rapture or not

Nobody is getting out of alive!!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

25. If you're Dobbsian, the world ends every year on July 5th

Ever since 1998!

http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/fun/devivals/9XDay/9X-Day.html