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If the Rapture happens tomorrow... (Original Post) Swede Sep 2025 OP
The rapture turns out to be the mothership and Mama has had it! Gaugamela Sep 2025 #1
That's awesome. KentuckyWoman Sep 2025 #2
144000 people disappearing from the world, won't even be a noticable blip. PurgedVoter Sep 2025 #3
Just make up your own new "rules" to allow more to be taken JoseBalow Sep 2025 #5
That was before the tariffs, DUH. Thank goodness our dear leader Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #6
That 144,00 number is from a long time ago. It does not account for inflation fargone Sep 2025 #9
1 in 55? COL Mustard Sep 2025 #15
The Rapture Coldwater Sep 2025 #4
Welcome to DU, Coldwater! calimary Sep 2025 #13
Thank You, Coldwater Sep 2025 #16
Some folk would call that "blast for me". oasis Sep 2025 #14
Yeah, its God taking out the trash...nt 😊 Figarosmom Sep 2025 #7
My supervisor is a MAGA "christian". Maybe I shouldn't show up for work tomorrow and say I didn't think anyone would be LT Barclay Sep 2025 #8
Lol BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 #10
Kick.N/T Upthevibe Sep 2025 #11
Somehow I wouldn't expect to see them "raptured" up. calimary Sep 2025 #12

PurgedVoter

(2,721 posts)
3. 144000 people disappearing from the world, won't even be a noticable blip.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:02 AM
Sep 2025

My first guess was Jehovah's Witness, since they sort of have a pattern. I don't know if these are JW, but if they are and you just take 144000 that they believe is all that go to heaven, and assume that only currently living people will go to heaven, and only take people from the 8 million active Jehovah's Witnesses, then one in 55 of their populace will disappear.
I can't find what church is lead by pastor Joshua Mhlakela who is always announced as a South African pastor, but he stated that his church was going. Again, we don't know the name of the church so we can't thin this down and figure out what branch of Christendom is most likely to start floating off.

My guess would be that the few nice old ladies will be missed by their congregations, and no one else would notice. Sad really. The cops are going to be rather curious when they hear how a man saw his wife of 40 years float into the air. Poor man will probably end up in jail.

JoseBalow

(9,742 posts)
5. Just make up your own new "rules" to allow more to be taken
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:25 AM
Sep 2025

Your interpretation is as valid as any other. Don't let some silly suspension of disbelief ruin a good CYOA!

Maru Kitteh

(32,010 posts)
6. That was before the tariffs, DUH. Thank goodness our dear leader
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:48 AM
Sep 2025

has a great relationship with that whole Yahweh guy, but anyhow Trump did the Tariffs and said you know 144K isn’t that big anymore you got to go BIGGER and more gold. So to fix the tariffs Yahweh was like "okay don’t hurt me just take whatever you want.’

So now you can get in as long as you have enough credit card miles.

LT Barclay

(3,202 posts)
8. My supervisor is a MAGA "christian". Maybe I shouldn't show up for work tomorrow and say I didn't think anyone would be
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:18 AM
Sep 2025

there.

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