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Title: The Rapture
Post by: Just Like Mr Benn on May 21, 2011, 01:08:51 PM
As you may know, today, May 21, is going to be The Rapture.


http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/

I've got to admit, I can't find a hole in their logic, so it looks like this is it.

If you're still here, well, maybe you shouldn't have made that comment on the Outstanding T Shirt thread, but let's not dwell on that.

Don't panic. Total global destruction isn't until October 21st.

They're also calling it Judgement Day, so if, as well as the predicted earthquake, Skynet takes over, we may have to broaden our understanding of Biblical canon.

Anyway, how was the rapture for you? Any new openings at your Uni? Has it turned out that the colleague that claimed they were just sleeping with their students was actually shamefully doing the Lord's work and holding prayer meetings? A bit insulted that they asked you to give the sermon at this coming Sunday's Church service?
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: xwarrior on May 21, 2011, 01:52:34 PM

Judgment Day!May 21, 2011

I thought Judgement Day was yesterday!  bibibibibi

Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Just Like Mr Benn on May 21, 2011, 02:05:48 PM

Judgment Day!May 21, 2011

I thought Judgement Day was yesterday!  bibibibibi

Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.



Look, God underestimated their Maths ability. They're clever people, and they outsmarted him. God's better at subjects like History (he has an almost autistic knowledge of when all the Monarchs of England were born) and Music. Lady Gaga's basically ripping off stuff from Jesus' eponymous debut album.

The Christians are better at stuff like Maths, Biology and Religious Studies. He thought that they wouldn't be able to figure the date out, but He was wrong. I just hope that he doesn't postpone Judgement Day out of petulance. That would be so like Him.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: china-matt on May 21, 2011, 03:51:09 PM
To celebrate the coming apocalypse, I'm going to have a stoop sale tomorrow. Then I'm going to crack open a bottle of Dogfish Head Hellhound--a beer that celebrates the 100th birthday of Robert Johnson, the man who sold his soul to the devil so he could play guitar.

[Edited to add] Just discovered @RaptureHelpDesk on Twitter...it's funnier than the Bronx Zoo Cobra last month. Some good posts:

"Of you are wondering WWJD, he will be around to answer those questions in a timely matter tomorrow between 12pm-3pm EST"

"If you wonder what the #RAPTURE will look like tomorrow... remember that scene in Porky's Revenge when they march out the naked old people?"
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on May 21, 2011, 05:55:24 PM
Matthew 24:35-35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.



So, Jesus himself says that ONLY God the Father has the information, but so many "bright" people have calculated it over and over again.

So, if no angel can figure it out and Jesus himself can't figure it out, I'll put people who claim to know when such an event will happen into 2 categories:

1.  Deluded people.
2.  People who want to make fame and/or money from making the claim.


Look up "88 Reasons Why the Rapture will be in 1988".

Then again, maybe it was in 1988 and we all missed it. qqqqqqqqqq

Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Mac Attack on May 21, 2011, 07:50:11 PM
If we survive the rapture (or is it get claimed by GOD?), then, we can look forward to 2012. That's when the Mayans predicted the end of the world. Since they are no longer here, I would believe them over the Christians. Besides, how many times have the Christians been wrong as opposed to the Mayans? This would also make for a great conspiracy theory, wouldn't it?

 ananananan
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: xwarrior on May 21, 2011, 08:30:23 PM
However, New Zealand Skeptic Society media spokeswoman Vicky Hyde told NZPA she was confident of waking up tomorrow with the world unchanged.

''These kind of predictions come up particularly in times of economic or social uncertainty - which is pretty much almost every year actually, you can track them, whether it's commentary impacts or the rapture or giant space aliens or something. And the only thing they have in common is they are all wrong.''

........ Hyde said she was ''confident'' Camping's prediction was completely wrong.

''I've lived through so many ends of the world even in my relatively short lifetime.''
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Cassnadra on May 21, 2011, 09:57:41 PM
I just want to know if I should keep working on this assignment or go eat the tub of Honey Nougat icecream in my freezer and wait for the end...
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Mac Attack on May 22, 2011, 12:25:25 AM
Casandra, eat the ice cream. No one should be raptured on an empty stomach!   ahahahahah
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: kitano on May 22, 2011, 12:55:33 AM
well it didn't happen

to be honest i wouldn't be that bothered if the world ended, it sucks
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Just Like Mr Benn on May 22, 2011, 01:35:36 AM
Ripping off Kieran Healy's tweet; if there's any disappointed Christians amongst us, Cheer Up, It's not the end of the world.

Got to admit, I've been out all day, and I did have a quick check on whether there's been any major earthquakes.

However, the idea that the Rapture would be rolled out at 6pm in each time zone would have been a bit of a tip off for those in the West.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: the_otter on May 22, 2011, 01:56:53 AM
I was sitting on my balcony wearing flame-resistant clothing and holding onto a fire extinguisher, and nothing happened. Disappointment, thy name is 2011.5.21. I'd even bought a bamboo harp, just to be on the safe side.  :-[
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: kitano on May 22, 2011, 02:16:19 AM
maybe it did happen but noone got taken up cos we are all sinners
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: latefordinner on May 22, 2011, 02:31:13 AM
Maybe the only people called to be at some god's side are the people that we wouldn't miss anyway.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: memnoch87 on May 22, 2011, 03:18:12 AM
Guess I am not among the chosen.  ananananan
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: china-matt on May 22, 2011, 05:09:55 AM
New Jersey's largest newspaper had a front page special on the apocalypse, complete with timeline of previous failed predictions (I'm just glad they remembered to deliver my Saturday paper for once).

Enough repenting, resume sinning.  agagagagag
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Stil on May 22, 2011, 12:28:32 PM
Passed over. Nobody can ever figure out my address here.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: old34 on May 22, 2011, 01:05:30 PM
A volcanic eruption triggering 50 earthquakes in Iceland, and earthquakes in New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan all within the last 2 hours.
 aoaoaoaoao aoaoaoaoao aoaoaoaoao
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Stil on May 22, 2011, 05:21:38 PM
A volcanic eruption triggering 50 earthquakes in Iceland, and earthquakes in New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan all within the last 2 hours.
 aoaoaoaoao aoaoaoaoao aoaoaoaoao

Ok, maybe it's good one can find my address.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: old34 on May 22, 2011, 05:44:36 PM
Add Taiwan, Luzon, and San Francisco Bay to the list in the last couple of hours. Just saying.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/)
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: kitano on May 23, 2011, 12:47:23 AM
Passed over. Nobody can ever figure out my address here.

haha

it'll probably get to China 6 months late
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: memnoch87 on May 23, 2011, 01:38:33 AM
HAHAHAH!
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: dragonsaver on May 23, 2011, 02:50:19 AM
INSTALLING RAPTURE.
███████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 44% DONE.
Install delayed....please wait.
Installation failed. Please try again. 404 error: Rapture not found.
EVENT "Rapture" cannot be located. The rapture you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.


 bjbjbjbjbj agagagagag
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: latefordinner on May 23, 2011, 03:44:05 AM
 bkbkbkbkbk
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: xwarrior on May 23, 2011, 03:59:23 AM
INSTALLING RAPTURE.
███████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 44% DONE.
 
bfbfbfbfbf   ahahahahah

... but I can wait  qqqqqqqqqq
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: memnoch87 on May 23, 2011, 04:39:46 AM
See you guys in hell  ararararar
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on May 23, 2011, 03:15:24 PM
Wait!  There's been a miscalculation.  The world will end on May 24th, 2011!!!
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: latefordinner on May 23, 2011, 03:32:13 PM
It will end on February 30th, 2012
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: old34 on May 23, 2011, 03:47:26 PM
Actually, it did happen...but none of y'all (nor I) were chosen. Ben Dan was, though. His status has changed to "Limboid" now.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Day Dreamer on May 23, 2011, 05:21:00 PM
The Rapture was a bust. It shall now be known as the Rupture
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: memnoch87 on May 23, 2011, 05:28:45 PM
 bkbkbkbkbk
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Escaped Lunatic on May 23, 2011, 05:56:30 PM
The "NASA Scientist" who wrote that book about how he'd calculated that the Rapture would happen in 1988 decided to try to milk his 15 minutes of fame by later claiming he'd made a few small miscalculations.  Surprisingly, none of those revised predictions came true either.


It will end on February 30th, 2012

Funny, my new calendar has the end of the world marked for May 37th. ahahahahah
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: fullricebowl on May 24, 2011, 12:18:56 AM
This was on the Chinese news when I was riding the metro this afternoon. Their coverage was complete enough to include footage from the film Armageddon. Gotta love the Chinese portrayal of the crazy Americans...
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Granny Mae on May 24, 2011, 11:16:54 AM
I think that a couple of my family members had their own kind of "Rapture" on 21st. My Grandson Jesse James turned 13 yrs old and my only niece was married. uuuuuuuuuu Glad that their special day was not spoiled. ahahahahah
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: NATO on May 25, 2011, 03:42:18 AM
WTF

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/24/rapture-october-harold-camping-apocalypse
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Cassnadra on May 25, 2011, 02:24:05 PM
I like this rapture better...

http://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: Just Like Mr Benn on May 25, 2011, 03:47:49 PM
Thrilling news. I've discovered when Escaped Lunatic is going to become World Dictator.

By correlating the first 115,723 posts on the forum, using the incidences of prime numbers in each post, I have realised that EL's rise to power will happen exactly 66,666 hours since the start of the End Times.

Frankly, this was obvious. It's not like I'm telling you anything new. The question was, and it's one I've been struggling with for a while. When will the End Times start?

Then ,last night I was playing some of my music backwards and i clearly heard the message, 'Start the RCS'. This can only refer to our own saloon, which was started on 11th February 2003.

So, Escaped Lunatic will become World Dictator either late 10th or early 11th June - this year.

The only thing that could ever make these calculations wrong is if, to hide the exact date of his ascendance, EL had deleted some posts recently.
Title: Re: The Rapture
Post by: piglet on May 25, 2011, 05:21:28 PM
Well we go by the Lunar Calendar over here- today is 21st of Iyyar, 5771 so will someone kindly tell me when it was the Rapture was supposed to have happened? I seem to have missed it.