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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:15 PM Original message |
Are the Second Coming & Rapture the fevered dream of anxious immature |
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getmeouttahere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hasn't it been predicted for centuries now.... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. But isn't it part ofthessence of Christianity that Jesus is still with us? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The 'Rapture' was the drunken fantasy of a 19th century carnival preacher |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. In England, right? |
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grumpy old fart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. In the U.S. actually.... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. not necessarily |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I do not equate The Second Coming with All religious viewpoints. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If it is the Fundy rapture, ... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Drink The Kool-aid. |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I know what you mean. |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. By my calculations - August 14, 2005. Get your shit packed. |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Damn, that's three days before my birthday |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. If you're like me, |
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Syncronaut Seven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's an easy out. it completly absolves |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Deus-ex-machina - Don't worry, obey, everything will be fine . . . |
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xynthee (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not soon enough!! n/t |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. adolescent destruction fantasy vs. deus ex machina |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. The "Rapture" is a fraud - according to a great book out |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Didn't it turn into a BUSINESS Lobbying Cartel? |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I think the best interpretation of Revelation is mystical. |
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Zorbuddha (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The Whore of Babylon is unlikely a person, |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 06:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The Whore of Babylon |
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Zorbuddha (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 07:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Some say it is modern western culture. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. The rapture is for those who want to go to heaven without dying first |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. 1. yes |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. The idea of a 2nd coming has been around for quite a while. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. The Rapture is not Biblical |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-05 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. They've been expecting it "any day" since 34 AD. |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Maybe it happened in 33 A.D.. |
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Astarho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. No, just very unhappy people |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-05 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. Definitely the Rapture |
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whyverne (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. O Lord, please take them, |
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