OK What happened to the Rapture?

[Erika]

The right wing fundies voted for the W because their leaders said he would bring the Rapture.

So, where's the Rapture?

[whoneedstickets]

1. I think they misheard "Rap-Sheet".....

....with any luck it's still coming.

[NMMNG]

2. Somehow I think that for the fundies,

Constantly spraying their shorts in anticipation of the Rapture is more pleasing to them than actually experiencing the Rapture. Deep down they know it's all BS and never going to happen, but the thrills they get over anticipating and imagining it are so great they ignore the reality. It's like a drug of sorts.

[Colobo]

3. Yes, the Rapture of our young men and women... to Iraq...

[kirby]

4. Delayed

The clock was set back for Iraq Saving Time.

[saltpoint]

5. Maybe they're holding off until Sweeps week in May.

You know how manipulative the networks can be.

[jobycom]

6. Bush wasn't as successful at it as Jim Jones, apparently. nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Prayed for rapture & got rupture instead.

[rebel with a cause]

8. they probably still think it is coming

and if it doesn't it is all us liberals fault. ;-)

God heard them praying but their sanctimoniousness was so strong that he had to rupture their plan instead. :)

[Kurovski]

14. For centuries, they've been thinking that it's just around the corner.

It's what hope looks like to the hopelessly insane.

[rebel with a cause]

18. When I was about fifteen, they were saying that we would never live to be adults.

The end was coming. I remember that we became so depressed that we just didn't care anymore. When my father found out that the youth leaders in the church were telling us this, he made them resign their positions and my mother, in fact, took over leading the young peoples groups. We were then taught there, as my sister and I were at home, that no one knew when the end would come and if someone told you that it would be tomorrow, then you could rest assured it would not be.

That was about forty-five years ago and we are still here. If the rapture people really wanted the end to come they should be going around saying and believing that it would not be coming. At least then, according to the bible, there would be a chance it might come. :sarcasm:

[Art_from_Ark]

22. My barber was always telling me to watch out for the Common Market

(now the EU)-- once it got 10 members, the fecal matter would start hitting the air propeller.

That was in the early '70s.

[leftofthedial]

9. you missed it

it's taken half the bees

and a few hundred other species entirely

[Erika]

10. So that's what happened to the missing bees?

They got raptured! Where did we lack?

[leftofthedial]

11. I'll assume that is a rhetorical question

the more valid question would be, "where did the other half of the bees lack?"

[Erika]

12. You're correct of course

I just want their secret.

[Horse with no Name]

13. I'm sick of these empty promises

I got my eye on a nice ride...

[Kurovski]

15. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods!

No reverse nudie-skydiving for you.

[Horse with no Name]

16. But

if the rapture happens and I am still here, then I have obviously done worse than covet my neighbor's shit...so I will gluttonously covet it.:evilgrin:

[Kurovski]

17. I couldn't be prouder of you than I am at this moment.

All that sin in one post. :-)

[OneBlueSky]

19. they're workin' on it . . . be patient . . . (sarcasm) . . . n/t

[The Straight Story]

20. The same thing that happend to gays in the military

leaders lied, people were taken for a ride.

[GreenZoneLT]

21. Any minute now....

THERE! Nope, that wasn't it....uh....NOW! Dang. But seriously, any minute now.

My favorite fundamentalist idiocy is people who interpret THESE verses as meaning Jesus is gonna pluck them up to heaven during their lifetime:

Luke Chapter 21

31: So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

Hey, brain merchants. He was talking to people who died nearly 2,000 years ago. Either all that stuff has long since BEEN fulfilled, or he was fulla crap.

[Bryn]

23. would be nice if they did

the Rapture and leave the rest of us alone on Earth. I am so sick of this crazy fairy tale

[Dover]

24. YOU MISSED IT???!! Oh no! You were left behind like the rest of us.

Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth... :headbang: :hippie: :headbang: No more rapture.....just raves.



I keep waiting for Cheney to grow wings anyday now so he can join his flock...but alas, it seems he prefers Dubai...

[sutz12]

25. It is scheduled for immediately after we win the war in Iraq. nt