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bluesbassman

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23. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 is the most common citation.

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 04:15 PM

Mar 2015

13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,4 that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words

Revelations has some additional passages that booster this view, but to Fundies Paul's writings are the ones that they adhere to the most.

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The "You Can't Make This Shit Up" award goes to [View all] ashling Mar 2015 OP

I doubt he can even spell "irony" much less define it. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #1

"Irony" is something the dry cleaner uses on his shirts Hekate Mar 2015 #9

Special Iron dry cleaners use on just the lower leg of the pants rpannier Mar 2015 #36

I know what the opposite of irony is: chknltl Mar 2015 #41

My favorite quote about irony comes from Spider Robinson Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2015 #55

I wish this asshole would just move to fucking Israel world wide wally Mar 2015 #2

Cotton ...the next ambassador to Iran. L0oniX Mar 2015 #3

I'm all in favor of him being the next Ambassador to rpannier Mar 2015 #37

He is auditioning to be the spearpoint of the TParty vlyons Mar 2015 #62

I'm waiting for the Cruz - Cotton Celebrity Deathmatch BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #4

CNN is still working in the Bibi-Obama death match....and whose side they are on is clear enough. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #17

You and I are thinkin' along the same lines there, BRDS.. from the get-go.. I've said cruz must Cha Mar 2015 #39

And the sad thing is BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #43

Yes, they do "defile" the President's Alma Mater.. all that education might as well Cha Mar 2015 #44

Bring it! Initech Mar 2015 #56

I wasn't aware that Arkansas had a huge RW Jewish population n2doc Mar 2015 #5

He's working to keep the support of the fundamentalist Christians...... TheDebbieDee Mar 2015 #7

I just hope they all get swept away erronis Mar 2015 #11

Too bad we can't just loan them a used sand planet somewhere Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #26

It is imperative for humanity to abandon its childlike belief hifiguy Mar 2015 #19

exactly angrychair Mar 2015 #22

+1000 smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #53

It's all about the Rapture and Biblical prophecy, which is a fundy Christian mishegas Hekate Mar 2015 #12

Can you please show me SCVDem Mar 2015 #20

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 is the most common citation. bluesbassman Mar 2015 #23

Defined, perhaps Brainstormy Mar 2015 #61

you state the obvious angrychair Mar 2015 #24

As a former Rapture Rhetoric believer, classof56 Mar 2015 #25

You did great in your reply. Additionally, a well-educated Lutheran pastor I used to know stated ... Hekate Mar 2015 #27

Hekate, I thank you for your response. Means a lot! classof56 Mar 2015 #29

I've also read... Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #59

Republicans just don't want national interests to get in the way Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #6

one wonders Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #8

Shit-brown, given where he keeps his pointy little head Scootaloo Mar 2015 #31

Thanks for posting ashling Faux pas Mar 2015 #10

Again, no caring about his own country. lark Mar 2015 #13

Pure evil wears a flag pin and carries a Bible gregcrawford Mar 2015 #14

What is taking Netanyahu so long to form a 61 member coalition? All of us should be asking. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #15

Some resistance? Dare we hope? mountain grammy Mar 2015 #32

Republican tools are cheap and disposable. gordianot Mar 2015 #16

You guys ain't seen nothing yet. This is only the warm up. Iliyah Mar 2015 #18

Republicanism is dying tomsaiditagain Mar 2015 #21

Ha ha ha, this is hilarious. Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #28

Let's hope he Cha Mar 2015 #40

I'm pretty sure this could be a weekly award... Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #30

Those eyes! mountain grammy Mar 2015 #33

It seems Cotton forgets which country's legislative body he sits in. n/t Beartracks Mar 2015 #34

Whoever writes the GOP playbook is pretty smart. Commit a crime/immoral act, accuse your Rex Mar 2015 #35

Ugh, so so true. n/t prayin4rain Mar 2015 #64

Cotton mouth is just a ted cruz wannabe or vice versa.. they're two little gopees in a pod. The Cha Mar 2015 #38

And here to present the award are the ghosts of: chknltl Mar 2015 #42

Obama has been 'interfering' by not going along with Bibi since 2012: freshwest Mar 2015 #45

Excellent, freshwest.. Mahalo for the timely reminder! Cha Mar 2015 #46

The only grown up in the room, will leave office in 2017... n/t freshwest Mar 2015 #47

And, I.. and a lot of peeps Cha Mar 2015 #49

He's had our backs. I don't expect to see that again. n/t freshwest Mar 2015 #50

Soon people will start Turbineguy Mar 2015 #48

LOL! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #54

I told you two weeks ago that Tom Cotton would rather be Israel's Senator than sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #51

Who's side are these assholes on? d_legendary1 Mar 2015 #52

Who cares what the traitor Cotton says about anything now? workinclasszero Mar 2015 #57

It should be an unhappy clown Omaha Steve Mar 2015 #58

Fuck Cotton. So tired of the Stupid in this Country. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #60

Asshat. blackspade Mar 2015 #63

Sounds as though this asshat wants to jump aboard the clown bus in 2020. greiner3 Mar 2015 #65