BF2S Forums Leave your kids and job now, world ends May 21st

UnkleRukus wrote:

I liked religion when it was still underground.

lowing wrote:

Stingray24 wrote:

lowing wrote:

Lets see, of all the born again Christians I know, 1 is serving time for child molestation ( no shit, a preacher), 1 is a mooch, several have cheated on their spouses, 1 has a drinking problem, and more than I can count, study porn like they were going to earn a PHD on the topic. It is almost as if, they aren't Christians at all, but I know that can't be true, they know the bible and know they are all forgiven, no matter how many times they commit the same sin.

I tell ya Christians have carved themselves out a pretty convenient belief system for themselves. Fuck up all you want on purpose and all you gotta do is believe and you are in. How can you beat that. I mean, except for the 70 virgins thing.

The belief system is invalid based on the fact its followers are incapable of following the teaching of Jesus to perfection?  You're correct that a true Christian will not live life with the approach that they can do whatever they want and just ask forgiveness.  That's found nowhere in the Bible.

Well lets see, our country is made up of what 90% "Christian", and our country is in the moral decline that it is in.....What does that say about Christianity? Or at 90% someone else is responsible?

It tells me that a lot of those "90%" are Christian in name only. Especially since Nihilism is becoming fashionable again.

Cant end may 21...my birthday is the 22...see, cant happen

Well, I didn't see what they base their conclusion on. I see nowhere in the Bible suggesting the world will end this year on May 21st. The Bible says the rapture will come as a thief in the night meaning that nobody will know when.

From Jacksonville to Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- If you thought you had less than three perfectly healthy months to live, what would you do? Would you travel? Spend time with loved ones? Appreciate the joy life has given you?

Probably do the same shit I always do, because it's what I think, not what I know.

lowing wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Well, I didn't see what they base their conclusion on. I see nowhere in the Bible suggesting the world will end this year on May 21st. The Bible says the rapture will come as a thief in the night meaning that nobody will know when.

I don't either, all I know, is if you asked 1000 "Christians", the same question, you will get 1000 different answers. Christians are famous (or infamous)  for structuring their beliefs to suit their needs, not to what is written. Christianity has to be the most convenient religion around.
Now, when you have a nation that is 90% "Christian" how can you blame anyone other than CHristians for all the turmoil in our nation? 70% divorce rates, fatherless children, higher crime rates than most nations that is always pointed out. Christians are also famous for pointing out who the FAKE Christians are, and it is never them.

The reason you get so many different answers from professed Christians is due to a combination of the sheer amount of uneducated people in the world; and the fact that there are so many branches of Christianity out there, each thinking their way is the unquestionable truth, and attended mostly by people who aren't fully (if at all) educated in their tenants. Some even use lay clergy with no formal education in theology.

And not because certain kings got tired of doing what the Pope told them to do?

lowing wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

From Jacksonville to Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- If you thought you had less than three perfectly healthy months to live, what would you do? Would you travel? Spend time with loved ones? Appreciate the joy life has given you?

Probably do the same shit I always do, because it's what I think, not what I know.

lowing wrote:

I don't either, all I know, is if you asked 1000 "Christians", the same question, you will get 1000 different answers. Christians are famous (or infamous)  for structuring their beliefs to suit their needs, not to what is written. Christianity has to be the most convenient religion around.
Now, when you have a nation that is 90% "Christian" how can you blame anyone other than CHristians for all the turmoil in our nation? 70% divorce rates, fatherless children, higher crime rates than most nations that is always pointed out. Christians are also famous for pointing out who the FAKE Christians are, and it is never them.

The reason you get so many different answers from professed Christians is due to a combination of the sheer amount of uneducated people in the world; and the fact that there are so many branches of Christianity out there, each thinking their way is the unquestionable truth, and attended mostly by people who aren't fully (if at all) educated in their tenants. Some even use lay clergy with no formal education in theology.

THere are so many variations of Christianity for 1 reason only, because there was not a convenient variation in place at the time someone was looking, so they invented yet another variation to accommodate, not what is written, but what they choose to believe.

This is true.

I think that's probably why I don't mind being Baptist so much despite how legalistic they are, I could have gone the way of my parents and grandparents (Catholic),. I'm glad we (Baptists) don't have some conveniently edited version of the Bible.

I should strive to be a better Christian, I'm such a bad example to you guys.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

I was going to type a paragraph reply, but:

English language bible = translation = edited and exacerbated either by your own reading or its potentially incorrect interpretation by even a scholarly pastor.

yer right, and even the scholar will take what he wants from the reading, and leave or ignore the rest.

Last edited by lowing (2011-03-23 08:15:53)

As one of the people here that will argue with lowing no matter what, lowing you're gonna look pretty damn stupid on May 21st when this shit hits the fan

May 22nd*

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2011-03-23 10:25:29)

lol

I wonder if these idiots will kill themselves or something on May 21st so they won't face the same on the 22nd.

lowing wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

"I hope the Rapture is smoother than this,"
Somehow doubt it.

Well what kills me is, one day they are gunna be right and the world will end, and there they will be yelling " SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS TRUE".

See that's the beauty of it, when the world ends they won't be around to say "I told you so".

Edit: Holy shit, reading that article is really depressing.

Why does this Rapture thing still exist? It's a relic from the fucking dark and middle ages before the Renaissance when society figured out that actually we're making progress. That's the origin of the whole Rapture myth, when the peasants asked the Church why their lives were so hard and seemingly not getting any better their answer was that things get worse and worse until finally Jesus returns, rescues the faithful, (so keep giving money and power to the Church or you wont be saved,) and ends the world. No responsibility for those in power and the Church because if things get better no-one cares and if things get worse, well it's part of the divine plan and people are happier that they're closer to being saved. Then boom, Renaissance. Suddenly people look at their lives and figure, hey things aren't getting worse, we're actually making progress. Guess that whole world decending towards the Rapture is bollocks.

So why in the 21st fucking century to these numpties still hold onto this dark/middle age philosophy that was worked out to be bullshit around 600 years ago?

Ty wrote:

lowing wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

"I hope the Rapture is smoother than this,"
Somehow doubt it.

Well what kills me is, one day they are gunna be right and the world will end, and there they will be yelling " SEE I TOLD YOU IT WAS TRUE".

See that's the beauty of it, when the world ends they won't be around to say "I told you so".

Edit: Holy shit, reading that article is really depressing.

Why does this Rapture thing still exist? It's a relic from the fucking dark and middle ages before the Renaissance when society figured out that actually we're making progress. That's the origin of the whole Rapture myth, when the peasants asked the Church why their lives were so hard and seemingly not getting any better their answer was that things get worse and worse until finally Jesus returns, rescues the faithful, (so keep giving money and power to the Church or you wont be saved,) and ends the world. No responsibility for those in power and the Church because if things get better no-one cares and if things get worse, well it's part of the divine plan and people are happier that they're closer to being saved. Then boom, Renaissance. Suddenly people look at their lives and figure, hey things aren't getting worse, we're actually making progress. Guess that whole world decending towards the Rapture is bollocks.

So why in the 21st fucking century to these numpties still hold onto this dark/middle age philosophy that was worked out to be bullshit around 600 years ago?

actually by the time the late 20th century came around all of the philosophers and thinkers were declaring how we're not making progress. progress is a product of the hegelian dialectic. we don't use that anymore, it's old hat.

lol, I really want to hear an interview with them on May 22nd.