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Maraya1969
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Sat May-21-11 01:45 AM Original message |
For some people this rapture thing is terrifying. He should be ashamed. |
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murielm99
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Sat May-21-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. I never thought of that. |
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Raine
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Sat May-21-11 02:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I was scared of nuclear war too. I was a little girl during the Cuban |
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murielm99
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Sat May-21-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I remember checking out the crawlspace under our |
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DesertFlower
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Sat May-21-11 03:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. i was scared too. i was 21 and a mother of |
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iwillalwayswonderwhy
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Sat May-21-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I was 8 years old and living in Florida |
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RebelOne
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Sat May-21-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. I lived in South Florida as a child. |
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demodonkey
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Sat May-21-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. My aunts took me to a Billy Graham service once when I was little... |
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pipi_k
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Sat May-21-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Yep, I just wrote in another thread... |
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xmas74
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Sat May-21-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. My ten year old asked me questions about it yesterday. |
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RandomThoughts
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Sat May-21-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Next question. |
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Rhiannon12866
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Sat May-21-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. +100. Excellent point... |
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Arkansas Granny
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Sun May-22-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
67. It's in the media because they know it will attract viewers. |
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xmas74
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Sat May-21-11 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. It really frightened me as a child. |
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steve2470
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Sat May-21-11 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. I agree. |
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MH1
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Sat May-21-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. imagine if they spent that kind of money feeding or sheltering the homeless |
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kentauros
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Sat May-21-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. My only 'fear' about all of this, |
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ohheckyeah
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Sat May-21-11 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've seen more about the rapture here |
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strawberryfield
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Sat May-21-11 02:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The DU seems to be big on obsessions |
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ohheckyeah
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Sat May-21-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Since I have ADD |
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NYC Liberal
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Sat May-21-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. DU has many recurring obsessions that flare up every so often. |
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mentalsolstice
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Sat May-21-11 05:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. You left out the eating @ Olive Garden in NYC. nt |
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xmas74
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Sat May-21-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Are they still flaming over cornflake chicken? |
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murielm99
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Sat May-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. I thought Skinner put a stop to the cornflake chicken |
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xmas74
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Sat May-21-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I thought there was a stop to them |
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NYC Liberal
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Sat May-21-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. That he did: |
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murielm99
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Sat May-21-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Damn, that was funny. |
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Odin2005
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Sat May-21-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. LOL, I remember the cornflake chicken flame-war! |
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treestar
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Sat May-21-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Yep. |
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LadyHawkAZ
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Sat May-21-11 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. I went to a Presbyterian school |
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sakabatou
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Sat May-21-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. I grew up Jewish, so I can't share the same fear as you did |
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DesertFlower
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Sat May-21-11 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. i went to catholic school and i was |
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bluedave
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Sat May-21-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I did too |
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Zhade
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Sat May-21-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. They are compatible views. I am an agnostic atheist. |
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NNN0LHI
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Sat May-21-11 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. The part in the bible where Abraham thinks he hears gods voice telling him to slice his sons throat |
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Mariana
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Sat May-21-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. God didn't stop Jephthah from cutting his daughter's throat. |
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sarge43
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Sat May-21-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. A daughter, not as important as a son. OED n/t |
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Ilsa
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Sat May-21-11 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm worried about we'll see reports of murder-suicides |
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salin
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Sat May-21-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Just read an interesting article in Slate - per what the likely response will be |
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Ilsa
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Sat May-21-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I've heard that there will be an abundance of professional counselors |
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sarge43
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Sat May-21-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. "Fear is the mind killer." |
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Motown_Johnny
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Sat May-21-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Herbert (n/t) |
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Odin2005
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Sat May-21-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Ah, the Litany of Fear, from "Dune". |
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sarge43
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Sat May-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. As litanies go, not a bad one. |
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EstimatedProphet
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Sat May-21-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. Believe me, I'm there with you |
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xmas74
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Sat May-21-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Granddaughter of a Pentecostal preacher. |
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pipi_k
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Sat May-21-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. OMG I can so identify with what you wrote... |
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treestar
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Sat May-21-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. My first day at college - far away from home |
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Odin2005
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Sat May-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. I once had a nut try to witness to me on campus |
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Love Bug
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Sat May-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
34. I'm an ex-fundamentalist and trust me, there are none more anxious than fundies |
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lunatica
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Sat May-21-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
35. I believe religion is child abuse |
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Zhade
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Sat May-21-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. Same here. I was very upset when my son uttered the phrase "the one true god". |
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Mr. Jefferson
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Sat May-21-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
36. Ashamed...? |
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Occulus
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Sat May-21-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That's because the world is, morally and ethically, very gray. |
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Mr. Jefferson
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Sun May-22-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
66. You should demand a refund from whoever sold you that book on how to read minds. |
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Tuvok Obama
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Sat May-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. I agree with what you said about children, but I think this has been good for the adults |
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Arugula Latte
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Sat May-21-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. My mom had a rapture nut aunt who scared her silly in the 40s |
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Cattledog
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Sat May-21-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Who cares what idiots fall for? |
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Codeine
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Sat May-21-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Exactly. |
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lapislzi
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Sat May-21-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. I am sorry to laugh, but your typo was very funny |
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Odin2005
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Sat May-21-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. I have OCD, so I feel for all the folks with OCD that have been suckered by this bastard. |
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Skidmore
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Sat May-21-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. He's collected a cool $80 million off of this since the last |
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Codeine
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Sat May-21-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. If some one is stupid enough to be frightened of the Rapture |
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Avant Guardian
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Sat May-21-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Back in the 90s my aunt and uncle sold their house and went to Texas |
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Sat May-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
60. I remember a co-worker who told the boss she would not be at work on the day of Camping's last ... |
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murielm99
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Sat May-21-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I think you can see what impact it had on her life |
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donheld
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Sat May-21-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. I know very well what this does to a kid |
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freshwest
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Sun May-22-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
65. Thanks for expressing what has affected so many of us. |
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