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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:20 AM Original message |
Ah apocalypse and the end of days |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. I find it ironic that Christians are using the Myan calendar to support their end of days theory |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not just Mayan, they are using |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:32 AM Original message |
Well the date they chose to celebrate the birth of Jesus |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. Early christianity competed with Mithraism - a religion held by many |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. Or, simply, the winter solstice. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Well the date they chose to celebrate the birth of Jesus |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. A couple of fundies at work are doing this very thing. I had the impulse |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Too bad they don't actually listen to the Mayans |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Most religions and cultures have an end time facet, though |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Very true |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I don't see that Christians are using Mayan culture to prove the end is near |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. My dad believes it and he is evangelical Christian |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. They apparently don't read their Bibles |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. ? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The Nostradamus Effect |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Before The Deluge" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Jackson Browne is one of my favorite singers |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. what happens in 2033? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The crucifixion happened in 33 AD |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. You nailed it |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. christians are about the biggest fucktards going.. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. it's hardly just Christians with active end time/millennial/apocalyptic |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. they seem to have the most, and they have to keep adjusting them when nothing happens. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I wish millennial insanity was limited to one group |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. who other than christians would care about the 2000th aniversary... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Let me see, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-11-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. what calendar do non-christians base their millennialism on...? |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Joan Rivers turns 100 -n/t |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. The Nostradumbass Effect |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You know what is histerically funny? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
13. No one will know the day or the hour |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Actually, 1000 wasn't a particularly big year for apocalyptic movements |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'd also like to point out that no apocalyptic movement has ever done |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. Funny how the $ behind that channel is sooo interested in promoting this |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. or climate change or a combination of the two you mentioned and climate change |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. You noticed that, too.... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. I want to add a little more about the year 1000 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think it's an indicator of the public mood more than anything. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. There is a program from Britain called "Dark Ages" that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Well there were two other periods of this insanity |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
29. We watched that one too |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. I always found it a bit misleading to talk about "prophecy" on a HISTORY channel |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. I can't wait until Dec 22, 2012. The world will still be here and the 2012 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. Maybe the Mayans figured they had taken the calander far enough and that they would finish it later. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-10-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. I remember in the 70's people talking about a new ice age, overpopulation, etc |
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