troubleagain wrote:What is it referred to on your side of the pond?
Blue Monster 65 wrote:I'd love to see it happen today, but ... well ... it's bullshit.
Enzo wrote:Recent as in not of the biblical era.
Blue Monster 65 wrote:No, actually, the Rapture has been a favorite of wingnuts for a couple of centuries now. It has its roots in 1800s Pentacostalism (a preacher named John Nelson Darby made it up - go figure) and really had its best time when one preacher in (I believe) the 1860s managed to get literally thousands of people to give up their homes, all their worldly possessions, etc. and travel to and wait for to be called home. When it didn't happen ... well ...
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Ah! Ahahahah ... Ahh ...
Sorry. I just have to laugh every time I think of that. I'd love to see it happen today, but ... well ... it's bullshit.
Scott
Enzo wrote:And it is not just the pilots. If the flight attendants were to disappear, who would be there to gesture vaguely towards the exits, and say "buh bye, buh bye" at the doorway?
Blue Monster 65 wrote:We (my wife and I) were standing in line at the airport when the Heaven's Gate news came on the TV monitors. She turned to me and said, "Imagine how they'll feel when they wake up the next morning ... AND THEY'RE STILL DEAD!" We both broke out laughing, but it sure upset a few people in line with us.
Scott
KLA2 wrote:Yeah. I had a religious uncle (on my wife's side) who challenged me with the concept that if I did not embrace religion and life after death , he could always say "I told you so" to me, but I never could to him ... and was I willing to risk that?
I was ... and am. A nice guy, now deceased. I liked him, but doubt he will get the last laugh.
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