RationalBiker Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 (edited) I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed the turbulent times I've had on this forum over the past 7 years. It seems the Rapture is coming and I just wanted to get that in before we all die. LOL!!!!! Edited May 15, 2011 by RationalBiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JASKN Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Here's another gem: worldly evidence of Alpha and Omega's fiery fury against Sodom and Gomorrah! Finally, hard proof of His Holiness so that I won't need the faiths anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayR Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 It seems the Rapture is coming So next Saturday the lines will be shorter at the grocery store, shopping mall, gas pumps etc.? I wont have to make reservations at my favorite restaurant? Although, its authentic Italian food so there probably wont be any cooks or waitstaff present either, darn. But Im going to take advantage of these opportunities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Wait.... we didn't go boom when Obama, the Anointed One, got inaugurated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Here's another gem: worldly evidence of Alpha and Omega's fiery fury against Sodom and Gomorrah! Finally, hard proof of His Holiness so that I won't need the faiths anymore. Oh good grief. This idiot has obviously not been to the Monument Valley or he'd see "buildings" a lot more impressive than this--without any sort of biblical explanation either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 (edited) Although, its authentic Italian food so there probably wont be any cooks or waitstaff present either, darn. Any good fundamentalist will tell you he believes that the Catholics are all going to Hell, and surely will not be raptured. So after this all happens let us know if the fundies are right. At least we will be able to settle that argument. Edited May 15, 2011 by Steve D'Ippolito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayR Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 I hope youre right, I got my mom a gift certificate for that restaurant for mothers day. It didt say anything about the rapture in the fine print. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Guess I don't have to study for my huge test on the 25th then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptnChan Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 I've listened to the radio show a few times the past couple weeks. The guy is so great. It's hugely entertaining. People call in with questions/objections about the whole doomsday thing, and the guy literally does not falter one bit. I gotta hand it to him he's convinced. He's not even screaming or being dramatic or anything. He literally talks about the end of the world like it's a haircut appointment. I think he may have had a stroke, because he talks alot like Dick Clark, which actually adds to his calmness about the whole world ending this month thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 (edited) It would be a lot more "hugely entertaining" if fewer people took him seriously. Edited May 15, 2011 by Steve D'Ippolito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Jesus is coming for my birthday. He promised. Sorry it has to end the world, but a promise is a promise. I gotta hand it to him he's convinced. I wonder if he's burned any bridges, e.g. not paid his bills, not signed a contract to continue his show, etc. Now that would be committment worthy of committment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Reasoning 1. According to Camping, the number five equals "atonement", the number ten equals "completeness", and the number seventeen equals "heaven". 2. Christ is said to have hung on the cross on April 1, 33 AD. The time between April 1, 33 AD and April 1, 2011 is 1,978 years. 3. If 1,978 is multiplied by 365.2422 days (the number of days in a solar year, not to be confused with the lunar year), the result is 722,449. 4. The time between April 1 and May 21 is 51 days. 5. 51 added to 722,449 is 722,500. 6. (5 × 10 × 17)2 or (atonement × completeness × heaven)2 also equals 722,500. Convincing argument there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 My ANA membership number used to end in -449 so I must have something to do with this. Maybe I am going to be "borrowed' by the Holy Spirit on that day or something. Honestly the figure I see for the crucifixion is 30AD. According to Luke the baptism was in 29 AD (15th year of the reign of Tiberius). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 Convincing argument there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 One rapture site even has a "rapture index" with the disclaimer: The Rapture Index is by no means meant to predict the rapture, however, the index is designed to measure the type of activity that could act as a precursor to the rapture. You could say the Rapture index is a Dow Jones Industrial Average of end time activity, but I think it would be better if you viewed it as prophetic speedometer. The higher the number, the faster we're moving towards the occurrence of pre-tribulation rapture. Though it is funny, it also makes me uncomfortable (and a bit pessimistic) when I cannot tell the difference between real life and an overdone SNL farce/spoof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalBiker Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 A Rapture Disclaimer.... LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 One business is promising to take care of pets left behind after the rapture. (HT: Timothy Sandefur) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted May 18, 2011 Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 The funny part is that there is no pre-Tribulation rapture in the New Testament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 It occurs to me that the rapture is in fact a trillion times likelier to happen this Saturday than on Friday or Sunday. One trillion times zero is still zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingtruth Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Skeptical responses The group Seattle Atheists formed the Rapture Relief Fund which they will use "to help survivors of any Armageddon-sized disaster in the Puget Sound area";[38] if the rapture fails to come as predicted, the money will fund a camp that teaches children about critical thinking.[39] The group American Atheists has sponsored billboards in several American cities declaring the Rapture to be "nonsense", and are holding a party during the period of the predicted rapture.[29] LOL FUNNY. 0096 2251 2110 8105 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VcatoV Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I vote we throw a party in honor of the rapture. Don't worry about BYOB-Jesus can always provide as long as we have water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'kian Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hasn't anyone else seen the flaw in this claim? The world can't end on Saturday, because that's God's freaking Day Off! Ask any non-Reform rabbi if you don't believe me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalBiker Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 20 minutes and counting.... repentance and prayer or Fireball shots? Yea, Fireball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalBiker Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Incidentally, I just checked the weather for the next 36 hours, no hell fire in the forecast. Then again... weathermen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalBiker Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Bah dum bah! Thanks everyone, you've been a great crowd, I'm here until Tuesday... or am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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