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2011/10/17 13:07:28
Subject: Re:So apparently the world ends on Friday.
My coursework has to be in on Friday...
Not sure which one i want to happen...
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I wonder if there will be some Mayans out looking to buy a new calendar this time next year......
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
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warpcrafter wrote:I guess I better hurry up on that bucket list then.
---Threesome with Avatar chick and T-X
---Win a staring contest with Chuck Norris
---Create a smoked treat that is better than bacon
I'll let you know how it turns out Thursday...
A message from the future.....
The world didn't end....
You had an E.D. issue.
You blinked.
Smoked Beer never really took off.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
I heard about a guy who started a 'rapture pet service' last time around. He promised to look after people's pets if the rapture took them. I think it was something like $200 a pop, non-refundable....
daedalus wrote:Why is it that, since the creation of the world, people have been eagerly awaiting its end?
Because they are promised a magical paradise called heaven if they pray to an invisible god and follow a set of flawed rules.
I'm curious, how do you think they are "flawed"?
OT, Man I hate it when people do this. It gives Christians a bad name. We aren't all crazy, some of us actually read scripture and understand that there's no predicting the Rapture, that's the whole point to it.
"Holy Sh*&, you've opened my eyes and changed my mind about this topic, thanks Dakka OT!"
daedalus wrote:Why is it that, since the creation of the world, people have been eagerly awaiting its end?
Because they are promised a magical paradise called heaven if they pray to an invisible god and follow a set of flawed rules.
I'm curious, how do you think they are "flawed"?
OT, Man I hate it when people do this. It gives Christians a bad name. We aren't all crazy, some of us actually read scripture and understand that there's no predicting the Rapture, that's the whole point to it.
You know, I'm really not a fan of Christianity, however, I agree with you. There ARE sane Christians out there, just as much as there are nutty atheists.
The problem is that by the same token, for each sane one of you, there's a much louder, much more prevalent Richard Camping cancelling you out.
daedalus wrote:Why is it that, since the creation of the world, people have been eagerly awaiting its end?
Because they are promised a magical paradise called heaven if they pray to an invisible god and follow a set of flawed rules.
I'm curious, how do you think they are "flawed"?
OT, Man I hate it when people do this. It gives Christians a bad name. We aren't all crazy, some of us actually read scripture and understand that there's no predicting the Rapture, that's the whole point to it.
You know, I'm really not a fan of Christianity, however, I agree with you. There ARE sane Christians out there, just as much as there are nutty atheists.
The problem is that by the same token, for each sane one of you, there's a much louder, much more prevalent Richard Camping cancelling you out.
That is because the sane ones do not have the pathetic need for attention that most of the crazies exhibit.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
He's certainly not the first to believe the world was going to end. IIRC several popes at least beginning in 500 AD believed that the End was neigh, and none of them commanded followers to abandon their plowshares.
But Millerites, they are the worst of the bunch. Instead of living their lives in peace. secure in their faith they quit their jobs and spend their money on some wacky quest to irritate passersby with pamphlets about the end of the world. And when it doesn't come to pass they just pick a new day. Millerites: Crazy since 1844
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2011/10/17 14:47:30
Subject: Re:So apparently the world ends on Friday.
daedalus wrote:Why is it that, since the creation of the world, people have been eagerly awaiting its end?
Because they are promised a magical paradise called heaven if they pray to an invisible god and follow a set of flawed rules.
I'm curious, how do you think they are "flawed"?
OT, Man I hate it when people do this. It gives Christians a bad name. We aren't all crazy, some of us actually read scripture and understand that there's no predicting the Rapture, that's the whole point to it.
Just a second:
While I don't think all Christians are bad people I dont think anyone should follow the 10 commandments. I'm not here to start an argument but it's just what I think.
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daedalus wrote:Why is it that, since the creation of the world, people have been eagerly awaiting its end?
Because they are promised a magical paradise called heaven if they pray to an invisible god and follow a set of flawed rules.
I'm curious, how do you think they are "flawed"?
OT, Man I hate it when people do this. It gives Christians a bad name. We aren't all crazy, some of us actually read scripture and understand that there's no predicting the Rapture, that's the whole point to it.
Just a second:
While I don't think all Christians are bad people I dont think anyone should follow the 10 commandments. I'm not here to start an argument but it's just what I think.
Erm. The 10 Commandments are Jewish Law. Supplemented or even supplanted by Levidicus, which in turn is replaced by Dueterotemy. And that's just the Old Testament. But with Jesus comes a new law predicated by his teachings and the Good News. Otherwise Christians would follow Jewish dietary practices and read the bible in Hebrew, Arimaic, and Greek unchanged from it's original written form. Et cetera Et cetera. It's easy to forget that despite using the Old Testament that Christians are not Jews, and largely do not subscribe to Jewish law.
Really just talking about the historical and social context, rather than religion.
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
He is not an idiot
He is using the law of averages rule, so if he keeps predicting the end he will eventually be correct even if he does have to keep on for the next God knows how many millions of years.
Seems perfectly sensible to me.
2011/10/17 15:13:50
Subject: Re:So apparently the world ends on Friday.
The guy knows he's screwed up, and is trying to say;
"Come on guys, I may have just got you to spend all your money, sell homes and altogether ruin your lives but hey we all have two mistaken rapture date days don't we!"
The biggest indicator someone is a loser is them complaining about 3d printers or piracy.
Chowderhead wrote:Well, you see, Chibi, due to something called Death, he's not going to be around for the next few million years.
Damn! There's always a catch!
Forget Gabriel blowing is horn for the Last Trump it will be this dude bellowing out, "I TOLD YOU SO! BUT WOULD YOU LISTEN? noo-oooo!"
Then the sound of him being slapped by Satan's buttocks, "Shaddap, shaddap, I'm bloody sick of hearing about the End of the bloody World crap!! Just give it a frikkin rest already!!! God it's been Hell since you arrived!!!"
Well at least it'll be friday and I'll be able to get my drink on. Hopefully that'll lessen impact of it all. Actually, I hope it does happen. All the people telling us not to have fun will be gone so we can party on.
nosferatu1001 wrote:That guy got *really* instantly killed.
201100/10/17 16:17:26
Subject: Re:So apparently the world ends on Friday.
AustonT wrote:
Erm. The 10 Commandments are Jewish Law. Supplemented or even supplanted by Levidicus, which in turn is replaced by Dueterotemy. And that's just the Old Testament. But with Jesus comes a new law predicated by his teachings and the Good News. Otherwise Christians would follow Jewish dietary practices and read the bible in Hebrew, Arimaic, and Greek unchanged from it's original written form. Et cetera Et cetera. It's easy to forget that despite using the Old Testament that Christians are not Jews, and largely do not subscribe to Jewish law.
Really just talking about the historical and social context, rather than religion.
Yet tithing is an old testament concept that seems to have stuck around in mainstream Christianity for some reason or another. Likewise the whole anti-gay thing. Either the old testament doesn't count or it does, yet these mixed messages are sent constantly and it makes it really hard to engage in any sort of practical theological debate.
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2011/10/17 16:31:03
Subject: Re:So apparently the world ends on Friday.
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:
Yet tithing is an old testament concept that seems to have stuck around in mainstream Christianity for some reason or another. Likewise the whole anti-gay thing. Either the old testament doesn't count or it does, yet these mixed messages are sent constantly and it makes it really hard to engage in any sort of practical theological debate.
I think you'll find that formal tithing was instituted formally In the Catholic church by the 95th pope more than 700 years after normative Christianity was instituted. The Christian interpretation of giving is not by tithe but by free giving.
You have to look at the biblical narrative as a historical and literary document, not just a religious document. Much of the rhetoric you'll find quoted by fundamentalists in the anti gay crowd Is accompanied both by dietary laws and punishments that they willfully ignore. I'm perfectly willig to engage in a theological debate if you start a thread.
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2011/10/17 20:40:14
Subject: Re:So apparently the world ends on Friday.
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