satindesire
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I am totally disappointed by the lack of zombies.
Most Boring Rapture ever!
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FloggingMolly
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I was glad, but not surprised. There must be some pretty red faces about now though!
LisbethElliot
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I feel bad for his followers. But not so much for him. I don't know if he really believed what he has been teaching, but he has raked in a lot of money from the people who believed him. And I am betting he is not going to return a dime. I wonder what he is telling his followers tonight.
satindesire
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I'm assuming he's going to say the same thing the last time he predicted the Rapture and it didn't happen.
LisbethElliot
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I'm assuming he's going to say the same thing the last time he predicted the Rapture and it didn't happen.
Thanks to him, God is giving us another chance? I guess we should all be sending tokens of our gratitude.
midwestyankee
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As far as I'm concerned, the lack of Rapture was not the end of the world.
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Daddy2mylilgirl
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The REAL reason the Rapture never happened:
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Ohhhhhhh Yeeeaaaaaaahhh!
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Ohhhhhhh Yeeeaaaaaaahhh!
Curious_in_Cali
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Wait, nothing HAPPENED?!? 
*takes off her "Sinners are Winners" party hat and clicks off the karaoke machine...
*takes off her "Sinners are Winners" party hat and clicks off the karaoke machine...
DVS
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I know everybody is jumping on the bandwagon with this and I'd be the last one to question when people do that. But I've got to say there was a small rapture at my work, last night. Yes, it happened on the 21st, but I'm not sure if it was 6 PM or not. It could have been, but I didn't notice it until about 11 PM. I had to replace a battery in a clock.
Now this might not seem significant in and of itself, but it went prematurely. The manual says a battery should last at least a year in that clock, and it didn't. It only lasted a matter of months. I know what you're all saying...there was no earthquake and in the big scheme of things, a clock battery just isn't the same thing. But, I've gotta tell ya, it was a little eerie for me, all alone with a clock that just stopped working for no reason. I was sweating it, there for a while.
In a panic, I started checking all of the other clocks and then I went on to radios, microwaves and refrigerators before I felt safe in saying to myself it was just a single battery and nothing more. Whew!
Now this might not seem significant in and of itself, but it went prematurely. The manual says a battery should last at least a year in that clock, and it didn't. It only lasted a matter of months. I know what you're all saying...there was no earthquake and in the big scheme of things, a clock battery just isn't the same thing. But, I've gotta tell ya, it was a little eerie for me, all alone with a clock that just stopped working for no reason. I was sweating it, there for a while.
In a panic, I started checking all of the other clocks and then I went on to radios, microwaves and refrigerators before I felt safe in saying to myself it was just a single battery and nothing more. Whew!
DVS
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You have to feel for all of the people who believed this rapture was going to happen. I know one guy spent thousands with all of his fliers, billboards and such, making sure everybody knew it was going to happen, and when. you've got to feel for him and the others who believed it was really going to happen.
But on the day after this non-rapture, those believers are surely thanking their lucky stars that this guy didn't have them put on matching running suits and new sneakers and eat laced jello before bedtime. And I'm sure a few of them are glad they weren't forced to drink the cool aid, either. And I'm sure they must be happy they weren't all in some compound in the deserts of Texas, surrounded by FBI agents with guns, and have somebody yell out, "everybody...go to the center of the compound and huddle in that concrete block room while we light the hay bales on fire."
But on the day after this non-rapture, those believers are surely thanking their lucky stars that this guy didn't have them put on matching running suits and new sneakers and eat laced jello before bedtime. And I'm sure a few of them are glad they weren't forced to drink the cool aid, either. And I'm sure they must be happy they weren't all in some compound in the deserts of Texas, surrounded by FBI agents with guns, and have somebody yell out, "everybody...go to the center of the compound and huddle in that concrete block room while we light the hay bales on fire."
satindesire
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I don't feel sorry for them. A quick glance in the bible at the phrase "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." should have alerted them that this FALSE PROPHET was full of shit and after their money. If they were trying to be great Christians and do what was right, they should have followed the Word, not the words of a con artist who has a history of getting the Rapture date wrong.
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Awwww.... Darn. lol.Wait, nothing HAPPENED?!?
*takes off her "Sinners are Winners" party hat and clicks off the karaoke machine...
It is sad when good people who probably mean well are gullible. It's why I teach my kids to always investigate for themselves.
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BiBunny
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My opinion is that after he incorrectly predicted the Rapture in 1993, he chose a date so far into the future that he thought he'd be dead when it arrived. (He is 89 years old, after all.) When it got here and he realized he was still alive, he had to go with it. Count on the next date for the Rapture being in, like, 2052 or something, so he doesn't have to answer for it when it doesn't happen yet again.
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My opinion is that after he incorrectly predicted the Rapture in 1993, he chose a date so far into the future that he thought he'd be dead when it arrived. (He is 89 years old, after all.) When it got here and he realized he was still alive, he had to go with it. Count on the next date for the Rapture being in, like, 2052 or something, so he doesn't have to answer for it when it doesn't happen yet again.
Why, Bunny, you seem so cynical.
evesdream
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Awwww.... Darn. lol.
It is sad when good people who probably mean well are gullible.....
Meh, rapture believers, especially the ones who believe (and hope) the end is imminent, are not good people. They tend to be the most vindictive, blood-craving, holier-than-thou Christians of the lot.
The whole campaign to warn the world was fueled exponentially by the amount of fear generated by their leader and the smugness anticipated when I-Told-You-So proved right.
I feel sorry for their kids.
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People who believe in the Tooth Fairy look extremely silly when they mock those who believe in the Easter Bunny. Seriously, folks. Wow.
As for whether or not to feel sorry for the particular group of believers planning for yesterday's rapture, no. I don't. As far as I can tell, most of them still truly believe that their Friend in the Sky will make everything blissful and perfect for the faithful for all eternity, and hideously torture everyone else; they'll just have to wait a little longer. Pity isn't my reaction to someone who worships a Being like that.
As for whether or not to feel sorry for the particular group of believers planning for yesterday's rapture, no. I don't. As far as I can tell, most of them still truly believe that their Friend in the Sky will make everything blissful and perfect for the faithful for all eternity, and hideously torture everyone else; they'll just have to wait a little longer. Pity isn't my reaction to someone who worships a Being like that.
DVS
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I guess you missed my dry sense of humor as well as my attempt at reverse irony. Fair enough. You couldn't see my cheeky smile. I am sorry they were disillusioned. They should now know their spiritual leader is a false profit and a poser. They should be intelligent adults and learn from this. Join up with the cynics. Trust, but verify!
DVS
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This had nothing to do with any religion. It had everything to do with people who believe in something, but they were gullible enough to mistakenly trust a poser as their spiritual minister. This guy has a history with this kind of thing. They should have been more skeptical this time around. That was their first mistake, but understanding the desire some people have to believe in a message, it's sometimes easy to be taken in. But, if they continue to follow this guy, it's their own fault and reap whatever comes their way.
Oh, and by the way...I say the world is going to end in June. If you want to know the particulars, send me some cash. Believe in me and I will take you there!
intothewoods
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I was thinking something similar. I listened to a lot of religious folk on the news say stuff like, oh, how silly, everyone knows only God knows when the rapture is coming.
Ok. So you all really believe there will be a rapture. It could happen any day -- it could have been yesterday. It could be a thousand or ten thousand years from now. It's just that that guy doesn't know the date?
If you really take the bible literally, why is that guy so weird?
