It seemed back in the 1980s that every pastor was preaching on the Rapture. Now...not so much. I see this as a sign that we are even closer!
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Obviously it hasn't occurred to you that a lot of them have shut up because they have realized it isn't real?
How does less and less support mean something is more and more likely?
Clearly, you failed logic.
Perhaps some pastors have moved on to another shtick. Perhaps some pastors have become acquainted with reality.
I see a sign that says "this is a sign". And another sign that says, "Help Wanted".
I remember time was when everybody said that in the future we'd be wearing shiny silver suits, driving flying cars and holidaying on the Moon. Now they don't.
Guess the tickets will go on sale any day now.
I see it as a sign that maybe they kicked the frauds, the uneducated, and the kooks out of your religion and went back to the Scriptures. I havew always found it amusing that the people who insert a non-existent piece of malarkey, requiring a semantic leap to Alpha Centuri, like "Rapture", claim to interpret the Bible literally and attack more moderate Christians as non-scriptural.
You and I both know that if they were talking about it a lot more you'd take that as a sign that it's getting closer(!!!), too.
So let's not kid ourselves.
Actually, the Rapture took place on Dec 31st 1999.
Sorry pal, you missed the bus.
It's because in the internet age, any religious person who makes a prediction that doesn't come true immediatly gets broadcast to the whole planet and made into a laughing stock.
These preachers are shrewd businessmen, and know they have to keep their credibility up to make sure that their target demographic incudes as many gullible morons as possible. Those Liberian gold-mining operations won't fund themselves you know!
Jesus called me last night, he said the Rapture will be on Sunday at noon, you must sell all of your positions before then and give all of your money to me. For you will have to pass through the eye of a needle.
Don't worry, I'll make sure the money goes to the poor. I'm to stay back to try and convert more idiots lost souls.
Maybe those preachers figure that plate had been passed to maximum profit and it was time to provide a new fear..
I am reminded of a story by Ambrose Bierce;
A young preacher who was not particularly adept at raking in large contributions was pleased one Sunday morning to see a more famous man of the cloth, who WAS, visiting his poor church. He approached the wealthy reverend and invited him to speak, so that the passing of the plate might yield a more righteous bounty, offering the older and wiser man 25% of the collection.
After the service, which had, indeed, reaped mounds of cash in the plates from a grateful flock, and as the younger man observed the elder just stepping into his limousine, he again approached and said; "That was a wonderful sermon, Brother, let's you and me count the largesse and I'll hand you your cut . . . er, commission."
"Sorry, son' said the good reverend, 'but 25% was all they gave this time."
"I heard a guy yelling about the rapture! The rapture will be soon!"
"I heard a guy yelling about the rapture not existing! Surely the rapture will come tomorrow!"
"I ate a ham sandwich today! The rapture is nigh!"
These people must have the most depressing, anxious lives.
Be patient. When you, and you alone, believe in the Rapture, that's when it happens! You'll show them! You'll show them all!
You are an idiot. The reason your pastors were preaching on the RAPTURE in the 80's was because of the upcoming Jan 2000. THey were all saying it was 'the end of the world!". I sent out delay delivery letters to many of these 'end of the world' fundie preachers, and others. They had to be signed for, so I know recipients are still alive.
"Why are you still here?"
That is why your friggin' Rapture chatter stopped. Not because it's coming closer, but because it's a long haul to Jan 3000
Since God is impossible to find, that must mean he exists!
Also, pie no longer has carbs!
Adultery is no longer a sin!
And your sister - No longer a virgin!
And bullets don't hurt!
*pyew pyew pyew*
In the eighties everyone was convinced that the end was near because Hal Lindsay wrote a popular book saying one generation from the re-establishment of Israel was the prophesied time. He managed to fool a lot of gullible people, but some of them wised up and stopped trying to make predictions.
The rest assembled at RR.
When I was eating lunch this afternoon, one of my french fries fell on the floor. I see this as a sign that we are even closer!
I see this post as a sign that fundies are getting dumber ever day.
It's not unfounded idiocy, it's Biblical idiocy, which is almost as bad. The rapture will come when "no one expects it", so maybe he figures the instant no one does it'll happen. A self-defeating criterion, of course.
Fun fact: Speaking of the 1980s Rapture Ready, where they believe the Rapture will come "any day now", has been on the internet since 1987 (according to Wikipedia).
Still, any day now...surely...
Pastors are preaching the end is near - proof of the rapture!
Pastors not preaching so much end is near - proof of the rapture!
I heard a horn honk this morning. Taxi cab. - Proof of the rapture!
Granted, nowadays I only go to church when there's a wedding, baptism or funeral. But back in the 70's and 80's when I was still in school I went each end of term and sometimes at the Christian Holidays as well. I have never, ever heard any priest preaching the Rapture, as far as I can remember.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That is all.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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