I just figured it out - they don't have to pay the national debt b/c Jesus will come back

[Mabus]

and once Jesus comes back then they won't have to worry about money anymore.

[MuseRider]

1. Just like Global warming.

We can use all the resources we want and really fuck up the planet because Jebus will save us soon, or at least the Raptured ones will not have to worry. Unless..........

I am still looking forward to the looks on their faces as all of us sinners start floating up and they don't. :evilgrin:

Poor things will be left with a polluted and drained planet and no money. There could be nothing worse to them except the fact that they let their big shot preachers lead them away from any good common sense that would have allowed them an entrance to heaven.

***note*** I am pretty much an agnostic, just speaking in their terms or at least the terms I overhear from my Uncle.

[Mabus]

2. You hit the nail on the head with this one

That's it exactly. They don't worry about their actions because they believe they are saved and won't have deal/suffer with the consequences of those actions. It's like they've gotten a free pass to do what they want, their own "get of jail free" card.


fwiw, one of my brothers is dating a wonderful woman. She's a good liberal, votes Democratic and keeps up on the news, particularly the political news. She's also very religious. My brother isn't. He will go to church with her once in a while because it makes her happy. Last year they went through some tough times because she wanted him to accept her faith and not just go through the motions. He couldn't do it. He told her he would be a hypocrite if he did, so he couldn't do it. She was pretty upset but they continued to see each other but her insistence that he embrace her religion was still an on-going issue between them.

Fast forward. They came up for a visit and during the course of their stay they talked to us about their situation and asked us about it. I asked her "what makes a good Christian?" She listed off a number of things and when she finished I said, "doesn't my brother live his life like that? Doesn't he do each of those things to some degree?" She said he did. Then I asked her, if her God is so beneficient and omnipotent, didn't he know that my brother was a good person? And if he knows my brother is a good person and embodied everything she said was a good Christian, would he deny him the benefits of heaven? If he lived a good life, helped people when he could and stood up for those in weaker positions would her god deny him the benefits she believed she would recieve for all eternity just because he didn't attend a certain church on certain days or participate in certain rituals (like baptism)? I asked her if she really thought that someone who lied, cheated and hid behind the bible would be forgiven by her god just because they attended a certain church and had gone through certain rituals, over someone like my brother? That threw her for a bit of a loop and she thought about it for a while before saying "no". Then I asked her, if the rapture happens, like she believes, does she really think that her god would take someone who lied, cheated, preached hate and constantly sat in judgement of others over someone who really loved their fellow man, lived their life to do no harm to others, someone who lived their life to help out others, etc, etc? I finally asked her if she thought her god would rapture all those hateful people to be with him for all eternity. She thought it about it for a long time and said "no." We talk about it now and again but she's a lot happier about the situation now.

[MuseRider]

4. Way to go.

That was perfect.

[atommom]

3. Wasn't it James Watt who said, "When we cut down the last tree,

Jesus will come"? :crazy: It scares me that we have people like this in power in this day and age.

[MuseRider]

5. LOL what a maroon

that guy was. I forget if it was him or not, sure sounds like him.

[evlbstrd]

6. Well, duh.

Have picked out your previously-owned Prius yet?

[Mabus]

7. Fuck that, I'm getting a new one

What I'm going to miss post-rapture are all the gay massages.

[evlbstrd]

8. Mmmmmm, gay massages.

Yes, those wil be mis... wait a second...

[Mabus]

9. What's wrong with gay massages?

They are better than sad ones.

[evlbstrd]

10. Oh, you meant happy.

In that case, don't forget the meth!

[Mabus]

11. What did you think I meant?

Geez, get your head out of the gutter.

What's meth?

[evlbstrd]

12. Meth is

what the puppy leaveth on the floorth.

[Mabus]

13. Then I've got plenty

and if they don't make it themselves they bring it home from the woods. They are all experts at finding wild poo and wallowing in it. On the bright side, I'm much better at distinguishing deer droppings from rabbit droppings than I ever wanted to be.

Oh yeah, did you want some?

[evlbstrd]

14. If I run short, I'll let you know.

This little dog is remarkably efficient at making it, though.