Rapture Ready "Christian" Bulletin Board HATES YOU

[BushFungus]

I don't know if anyone has heard of this site. But recently, I went over to the so-called Christian website called Rapture Ready. I made a startling discovery - they HATE YOU. That's right. They hate you.

If ANY post regards a "liberal Democrat" or a "liberal" philosophy, both the Democrat and the poster are fodder for ridicule, attacks, and all manner of namecalling. But ridicule, even CRITICIZE their god George W. Bush (or any other Republican for that matter), and it's off with your head. Believe me, I PRAYED that Kerry would get the office just to end all this nonsense (he was far more qualified anyhow).

RR strictly follows a "three strikes you're out" practice of discipline. But, if they disagree with you enough, you may go back to RR and find that you cannot login even after one warning. They don't even afford you the luxury of an Email. Why should they? You're a lousy worthless liberal.

The admins on this board run it like communist regime. Intelligent people who simply want to discuss issues that deviate from the Ann Coulter-loving, Bush-worshipping Republican status quo are "watched" and eventually kicked off by the ruthless admins. God knows these people can't be Christians. They certainly do not represent the Christianity I know. It's like an elitist country club. It's also eerily similiar to Survivor. If you don't quite "fit in," they watch you then eventually kick you off.

The point is this. Yes, there is hatred on both sides. But as Christians, we are supposed to be held to a higher standard. I have seen so much hatred and irrational nonsense spewing from the ugly mouths of mamacags, Elizabeth, and several of the dictitorial admins (Christine, Becky, Werner being the worst). I still cannot believe it. But as Scripture says, their folly will be made evident to all. And it is.

Apparently, this board is owned by Todd Strandberg. There was even a Time magazine article about it. Well he ought to be ashamed on how he is running this board. And the Admins ought to quit their day jobs.

These people disgust me. Elizabeth kisses up to mamacags to gain approval and to get in with the admins. Mamacags knows this and just laughs. She loves the attention that Elizabeth gives her; it feeds her ego. Mamacags is just about the nastiest woman on earth. She is NOT a Christian, this is just a ruse. She is clearly using Elizabeth. She eats it up. Poor Elizabeth does not know this yet, but she will soon find out. The Admins are also aware that mamacags is a faker, yet for now, they freely allow her to spew her venemous hatred all over the board.

The admins know these people and are playing them like a fiddle. When it comes down to it, the admins don't really like anybody. They just love the game. They drink in their godlike power like water, but their folly is evident to all. So it is very interesting that people like Mamacags and Elizabeth can be so horribly mean with the blessing of the admins, and yet they don't realize that it's all a ruse. They are being used. How sad. It reminds me of a disgusting high school clique. That's really all it is.

The worst thing to me is that these people call themselves Christians. They are NOT. DO NOT for a SECOND think that they represent Christianity, because they do not. The Bible talks about Christians speaking the truth in love. Not the truth of the Republican party, or political issues, but the truth that Jesus Christ came to earth to save sinners like you and me. Nobody can be so mean all the time and praise Jesus out the other side of their mouth. It just doesn't work that way.

My point is not to stir up hatred, but to expose what appears to be Christianity and yet is clearly not. I want everyone here to know that Christianity as a faith has nothing to do with Republican politics. It has to do with faith in Jesus Christ.

To be sure, there are some fine folks on the RR board. My main beef is with the admins, their buddies, and their exclusive little club called "Freenati."

Oh well. I hope this is a lesson to you all. I do hope and pray for reconciliation, but RR is making that much harder than need be. And they certainly are making it hard for true Christians to reach out to others.

And don't EVEN get me started on Ann Coulter...:mad:

[Lindacooks]

1. I myself am looking forward to the rapture with great anticipation.

After it we can start to clean up the mess the right wing nutso fundies have created.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

35. Wow.

Have you looked at the "Women's Corner" over there?

Some choice topics listed below (no I am NOT making this up)


Question about Nails

What's For Dinner?

A Chiffarobe or a wardrobe?

Decorating! I finally got some done!

Finally - a curio cabinet

I'm getting new floors....YAAAAA!! FINALLY!

[thinkingwoman]

45. Amen

So be it.

Blessed be.

[podnoi]

55. Go to Crosswalk.com instead

There is a much better debate in the "current events" folder.

[The Straight Story]

60. The rapture already happend. But so few were truly worthy the Lord

just left us all here... :)

[GeekMonkey]

2. sounds like perfect christians to me

why are you surprised?

[hobbit709]

3. When the rapture comes

can I have your car?

[kliljedahl]

12. Better yet

[hyphenate]

18. Wow

is that a bumpersticker? Where can I order one? :)

[kliljedahl]

21. That & this one

& many others at: http://www.evolvefish.com



Keith’s Barbeque Central

[zanne]

38. kliljedahl--

I love your bumpersticker!
Also, how do you manage to read websites like that and not have a stroke? I can't even handle my fundie relatives!

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

43. Awesome bumper sticker

Nothing else to add.

[stepnw1f]

4. Gee... Thanks for letting us know

How sweet.

[mmonk]

5. Never knew that

"Christian" could be warped into something so sick and evil in the 21st century. But unfortunately sick and evil is all that comes to my mind these days concerning religion and the fundamentalists both here and the middle east.

[sshan2525]

6. How cool would it be....................

If every one of these idiots actually levitated to who cares where?It would open up a lot of nice real estate in the Southeast.

[xmas74]

25. They are not levitating.

They are sinking straight down.

[Arugula Latte]

46. Welcome to DU, sshan!

:hi: :toast:

[tnlefty]

52. Welcome to DU, sshan2525!!

From someone in the SE who is soooo tired of these nuts!

[MsTryska]

7. so let me ask you a rapture question......

after all the good christians get raptured up, there is a 1,000 years of peace right?



as for the folks over there - honey i don't have to see them to be able to tell you that holy-rollers are usually the most un-Christian of the lot.

[FreedomAngel82]

49. I thought

it was the other way around? I haven't ever really read Revelation. My church doesn't go around that. :shrug: Never have (I'm Church of Christ). I thought that it was the 1,000 rule reign of Christ and then the rapture? In the book "Why the Church of Christ?" the author points out why he thinks there won't be any 1,000 rule reign based on Biblical scripture in the gospel books according to Christ's words. According to Christ he says that his world is not shaken and always taught not to put up your treasures on Earth but instead take up your cross and follow him. If you're interested in hearing more from him you can find the book at any local Christian book store or any store that sells Christian books.

[KC21304]

8. I don't have to go to no stinkin' board to see this hatred.

I could see it everyday on tv and hear it on the radio, if I was so inclined, which I am not. They aren't worth the electricity.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. who cares?

as William S Burroughs once said "Never offer sympathy to the mentally ill, tell them firmly - 'you are a terminal fool - I'm not paid to listen to this drivel.'"

[Deja Q]

32. Fuck that hypocritical piece of excrement.

When Burroughs shouldn't be such a coward and kill the ill personally. Indeed, Burroughs was gay. I'd recently read that. You wouldn't believe how many people would have killed him because, at the time, homosexuality was an illness.

[Taxloss]

10. Why were you even there?

These loonies are as bad as scientologists.

[Bluebear]

11. These types are running our elections now

Whereas the scientologists are limited to Tom Cruise's rantings, the rapture-ready crowd is large and growing over here and wield considerable electoral power.

[grumpy old fart]

13. hmmm, I don't see any message board on the site...where is it??

[BushFungus]

16. Go to

http://rr-bb.com

That's the Rapture Ready site, not affiliated with DU.

[cynatnite]

27. holy rapture, batman!

It's like 'bring on the rapture' over there. If somebody in China sneezes they'd probably point and scream 'rapture's just around the corner!'

scary shit at that place. tread with caution or you will be freaked out by the lunatics :scared:

[SmokingJacket]

14. Well I'm not real fond of them either. nt

[Taverner]

15. Welcome Aboard!

You might find this interesting : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/gene-stone/god-gays-and-headlines_3643.html

God, Gays, and Headlines

My friend Jon is in his thirties. He is smart, successful, and has a boyfriend, a dog, a car, and a co-op. He likes Madonna (sheepishly), dancing, and Tolstoy, and he can’t stand Christians.

My friend Sarah is a Christian who is also smart, successful, and politically active. Her politics are to the left of Jon’s, and she’s out there in the streets protesting injustice whenever she sees it.

I can’t get Jon to meet Sarah. As far as he’s concerned, if Sarah is a Christian, she can’t be trusted. Jon knows this sounds foolish, but when I ask Jon how he arrived at this mistrust, his response is always, “Haven't you watched TV? Don’t you read the papers? Don’t you know what those people are trying to do to us?”

He’s right -- about the media, that is. The media has turned the word Christian into something abominable to gays; a faith that’s predicated on hatred. Read the papers, watch TV, and you’d think that Christianity was a monolithic block of homophobes whose idea of a good time is signing petitions to keep gays in chains for life.

<snip>

[Gay Green]

47. Great post, Taverner

It inspired me to read the post and then check out the RRBB. I found a pair of observations by one named Tony M:

Most ex-homosexuals and ex-lesbians, cannot hide the fact of their sins past, unlike a heterosexual. It is like a Scarlet Letter, and those in the church do use it to distance themselves.

Maybe that's what the non-believing gay or lesbian and even at times the ex-homosexual and ex-lesbian experience when they hear us Christians talk about them and are fixation in their predominate sin, instead of reaching out and being an ambassador of Jesus Christ, being real.

In other words, these people (even though they're in denial about it) know deep down that one's sexuality cannot be changed and for a gay male or lesbian who is trying to become heterosexual in such religious circles to actually come out and say that he or she is ex-gay or ex-lesbian is the same as saying he or she is STILL gay or STILL lesbian --- and these people will have as little to do with the "ex"-gay or "ex" lesbian as possible.

Even their bible tells them that people are tempted by their own innnate desires --- as recorded in James 1:13-15. Yet these people will have us to believe that it's possible for us to become heterosexual when they know deep down it's exactly the opposite.

[hyphenate]

17. I wouldn't and couldn't be bothered

to deal with a site with that much against me and what I stand for. Let them stew in their own juice--it's no burden on me to show them how whacked out they are.

[datasuspect]

19. i can SEE clearly now

the hazy film that made things less TRANSPARENT is gone now. . .

sheesh

[warrens]

20. Keep reading

Eventually, they'll have a RL meetup. Directions for homemade and highly effective stink bombs are readily available on the net.

[Old 33]

22. A Liberal's Defense of the Rapture Ready Bulletin Board

Hi everyone...first time poster here at DU.

I am also a member on the Rapture Ready board, using the same username "Old 33" over there, too.

I am a solid Democrat. And a Christian.

And I post ALL THE TIME in Rapture Ready.

Do most of the people there agree with me? Certainly not! And I do get called all sorts of nasty things, endure all sorts of insults and attacks. But those attacks are not reflective of most of the 15,000+ members of that board...they really only come from a small handful of people.

I just wanted to step in here and refute the OP. My experience from over the past 15 months I've been a member over there is that most of the people are fine folks. And I've learned an awful lot about how the other side thinks, how they view issues, what issues and values are important to them, where they disagree with the President, where they agree with liberals...

We Democrats are in the business of trying to win elections and bring our values and our beliefs about government and society into elective office and to shape things as we believe they should be. We need to pay attention to people like the ones I've met at RR...in the popular parlance, they ARE what's the matter with Kansas. If we ever want to reclaim Kansas, we need to understand why they jumped ship in the first place, and how to get them back.

[knitter4democracy]

30. Thank you for giving us your insight.

Welcome to DU!

I'm glad that you are able to be over there and learn as much as possible. Please make sure to tell everyone here anything that you think will help us win our country back.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

36. I've been browsing around over there...

And while much of what's being discussed is terrifying and insane, the DO despise Benny Hinn (and for the right reasons) so they can't all be bad. :)

Welcome to DU.

[Alpharetta]

50. I've seen you over there, Old33

And I don't know how you can stand to converse with those hateful people.

The admins tolerate abuse heaped upon anyone who praises liberal ideals as espoused by great leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jimmy Carter, and FDR. They simply ignore it unless forced to mildly admonish the offenders. My theory is the admins allow the abuse to be performed by proxy.

I've seen a liberal there banned for using the eye rolling "smiley" in response to the same "smiley" from a fundie. (link)

I just couldn't live in the house with massa whippin' on me all day like that, you know what I'm sayin'?

[BushFungus]

53. Ha, that is so

Rapture Ready!! OOOHHH THAT BECKY!! She's the WORST!! Notice the tact by which she bans people: "Not anymore. Banned." Yeah, real Christ-like, Becky!!

Notice also the mocking of the person that goes on after they are banned:

Post #23 (mamacags): "becky~~Have I told you lately that I love you?"
Post #24 (Whosoever): "(kiss smiley) Becky (smile smiley)"

Now why do they always kiss up to the admins? Because they know that if they get in good with them, they can be just about as mean and rotten as they want to. Oh yeah, real good, people. Way to make Christianity look good. :eyes:

[bridgit]

23. you are entered Heaven by The Grace of G_D...

not: nancy grace

welcome to du: BushFungus, here's hoping you stick around a bit :hi:

[NMMNG]

24. Welcome aboard BushFungus

I don't imagine many DUers will be frequenting RR. I certainly wouldn't give it a passing glance. It seems to be just another meeting place for people with small minds and hearts full of hatred. Nothing to see there...:argh:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

26. Meh... they'll have to take a number

There type has been breeding like bunnies, they are way down on the list of people who hate me.

[SoCalDem]

28. He came in peace and love and was crucified.. I should post my pic there

[Miss Chybil]

29. Leave them to their Rapture and pray it really comes.

They'll be the ones stunned when they're "Left Behind."

[BushFungus]

41. Yes Exactly!

I've done some Biblical studies and I have found that there is indeed evidence for the concept of the Rapture of Believers in the Bible. But I can say with certainty, though, that many of the admins, their buddies, and those "freenati" exclusive club members will be the very ones left behind.

Ironic, isn't it? The very ones who started this board to discuss the Rapture will be the ones left behind. What a grand delusion!

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. Maybe someone could post some of my 'holy' cards over there

I love watching Fristian heads explode. (I also put these on people cars, but only if they have Bush stickers and religious symbols.)

[crowcalling]

34. Wow! I love your cards!

They are beautiful!!

Pick one Indeed!

[GoBlue]

33. Don't give them what they want!

They just couldn't stand to leave us behind in peace.

[crowcalling]

37. Who wants to go to heaven

If the very people who hate, destroy and kill in the name of their God are in this heaven but the people who actually apply and believe in the teachings of Jesus are not?

AND - who would want to worship a God that rewards such behavior?

In my heaven the rapture has already occurred and is in fact an ongoing thing. All the animals and plants and people who had their lives taken by injustice or hatred or carelessness are there.

[DoYouEverWonder]

39. According to the gnostics

the followers of Abraham picked the wrong god. Supposedly, they are following one of the lesser gods who had fallen from grace. There may be some merit to their ideas?

[crowcalling]

40. wrong God?

Not according to the right-wingers. They have made their God in their own image. HE is small minded, bigoted, and spiteful. HE condones all manner of excess at the expense of the weak, poor and sick. He rewards injustice and forgives sin as long as it is committed in his name.

Does this particular God sound familiar to anyone? Hmmm.

[youthere]

42. A lot of people hate me...

Just proves I'm doing something right.

[supernova]

44. So? I couldn't care less if they hate me

There are 6 billion people on this planet. We are not all going to love each other.

If you hate it so much, why do you spend time there?

I get that you want to show the RR their own hypocrisy, but that revelation has to come from within if at all. You cannot force it upon them. That will only drive them further into denial.

Your energies are best directed elswhere.

[More Than A Feeling]

48. The Rapture is horrible theology

The slacktivist is taking it apart in an ongoing deconstruction of the Left Behind series.

Nonetheless, if there was a rapture, I suspect it would be very surprising who would be left behind.

Let's just say it may not be us who has to worry about cleaning up the world.

[Tommymac]

51. I'd go there but I hear my comet honking outside...nt

:evilgrin:

[podnoi]

56. Rapture is Escapist Christianity

[batsauce]

54. I'm glad that DU doesn't allow these kinds of people to post here.

It is distracting when these people show up mouthing their nonsense.

I'm glad our moderators keep'em out.

[raysr]

57. This Xian

crap is everywhere, check this out: http://www.mybasicisp.net/

[mamacags]

58. Nice witness you have going there

You were so concerned about the witness you should project. How does this make a good witness. Judging other people's walk with God isn't your job. I had nothing to do with you getting banned. I never even reported you, or complained about you. That was just everyone else on RR.

I know you will probably scream personal attack on here too. I feel for you that this is the best you could do.

My minions in the NWO, Illuminati, Freemasons, Knights Templar, and Freenati thank you for your promotion of our cause.hehehehehehehe:eyes:

[leesa]

59. Good. All I know is that I don't want to be going to the same place these

guys are going for all eternity.