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John Byrne
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| Posted: 24 September 2025 at 4:32pm | IP Logged | 1
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Rapture Day Today!
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Mark Haslett
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| Posted: 24 September 2025 at 5:02pm | IP Logged | 2
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THIS is how God tells me?
I almost didn’t come here this afternoon!
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Shaun Barry
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I don't whether to laugh or cry, when a big chunk of humanity seems to fall for this... every single flippin' time.
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Brian Miller
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THIS is how God tells me?
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Wouldn’t you rather be told of it by John Byrne?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 24 September 2025 at 6:18pm | IP Logged | 5
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All hail Zorp!
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Kevin Brown
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| Posted: 24 September 2025 at 7:23pm | IP Logged | 6
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THIS is how God tells me?
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Wouldn’t you rather be told of it by John Byrne?
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You mean, JB isn't a God? Now you tell me!
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Dave Kopperman
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A childhood friend of mine had relatives who were convinced The Rapture was going to happen back when we were in 6th grade. It really messed with his head when it didn't, though it was a long-term messing; the kind of thing he was still writing about a decade later. I'm not someone who thinks that garden-variety religion is really bad for kids when applied gently, but something like this still feels like a form of abuse.
Edited by Dave Kopperman on 24 September 2025 at 8:54pm
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Evan S. Kurtz
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For what it's worth, the behaviours of America's "Religious Right" makes a lot of sense when you consider the context that they are actively trying to trigger the rapture. Why are they so cozy with Israel? Because the Book of Revelation informs them that important End Time events occur in the Valley of Armageddon, known in modern times as Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
"Destroy the environment? Maybe I am, but environmental catastrophe was predicted, so why would we try to avoid it?"
"Israel is committing a genocide against Palestine? Maybe they are, but we need to be on their side because they control the land where stuff is going to one day happen."
I wish the simple truth was that all of those religious grifters don't believe a thing they preach, and I'm sure that's the case for some - perhaps many! - of them, but there are a lot of people who sincerely believe in all the shit they've been indoctrinated into believing, and it sure does look like they're going to get the Armageddon they want before too much longer. I'm honestly not sure if I want to still be alive to experience the schadenfreude of the harsh truths they'll have to face once they realize there will never be a "rapture," but the way these jackoffs are going, schadenfreude will be the best we can hope for.
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Matt Hawes
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After my pal and I went around town looking for doomsday during Y2K, I decided that after being stood up, I would refuse to answer when it finally decided to come knocking!
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Paul Gibney
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Rats! I missed another Rapture!
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Michael Penn
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So glad this isn't on my radar at all. Then again, I've been among Jews pretty much exclusively the past few days, and wouldn't have been a shock if none of us had been rapt'ed up!
Tangent #1: I absolutely and wrongly assumed that JB was referencing this in the threat title.
(Tangent #2: I was strongly recommended both the novel and the TV adaptation, "The Leftovers" -- never got to either, just passing those along... no thread drift intended.) |
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Peter Martin
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QUOTE:
| there are a lot of people who sincerely believe in all the shit they've been indoctrinated into believing |
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The Gospels state that Jesus taught to "Be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" as well as "Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple."
I don't see many following this apart from Franciscan monks.
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