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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:13 AM Original message |
Why are repub bornagains so fixated on Revelations? |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's the part that most reads like a comic book |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is it the 'whore of Babylon' or the 'whore who babbles on'? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. LOL. You're gettin' renditioned for that, big guy.... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. Everyone wants to think they can tell the future. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because it's so convoluted and obscure, they can make it say anything they want. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Are they religious, or are they seriously deluded and deranged?" Yes. |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. Because they're not happy and they want Jesus to come back and say... |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Exactly! |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. They really shouldn't be so anxious for the end to come, ya know. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Just guessing here, but the relatively modern concept of "rapture" |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. wrong. the fixation on Revelations |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I always enjoy my morning scolding |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. not to worry, although I think cali makes valid points, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. it's not a scolding Just correcting some of your post |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. What an interesting degree subject-makes my MA in Military History look boring |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Christianity began in the crucible of Messianic Judaism which was focused on the End Times |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. What's fun is to listen to one try to explain how this is not the Holy Mother. |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My favorite passage |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. In fairness, revelations interpretations vary widely and wildly |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. They are angry people |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. "Being ignorant about anything but their jobs and the last five years of pop culture" |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. Let's Put it This Way |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. to answer your last question |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because their righteousness is an excuse for their failure in |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. They focus on Revelation |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The OP did not simply ask a question, he proffered an answer |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. LOL! "mote" instead of "moat" |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Did I really? That is a funny gaffe. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I meant it good naturedly, so glad you took it that way. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Yes you are right |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Look, this is my subject. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I know what you mean |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Fair enough. it seems we were just misreading one another here |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Absolutley |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. Because it's the part that doesn't tell them they have to... |
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AnnaLouise (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. Christian warmonger, an oxymoron |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. Drama. The rest of the Bible is probably boring to them. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. bingo! St. Paul tells them about how to behave and Jesus |
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meowomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. They think they are chosen |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. Because they are bat shit crazy! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. Go visit www.raptureready.com |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. I think the morbid fascination is across the board.... |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. its like horoscopes for christians |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. because they hate their own lives. nt |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
45. They are easily frightened people, its a character flaw, its the truth, why else |
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Rocknrule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. Because they have a hard-on for human suffering |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. It's not RevelationS (not plural) but singular: Revelation |
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