(Video explaining that the Rapture can come at anytime)
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I read some of the comments. The following one made me laugh more than the others:
"Wow, that's amazing! I'm sure the rapture will happen, because men unknown to us centuries ago transcribed the true word of God, and people in the past never lied or exagerated."
I just can't decide if this is a real fundy that wrote this or if Poe applies.
Yes, that kicked ass.
Not only that, but they took the guy and his clothes, but apparently the Bible isn't good enough for heaven.
Boy that sucks for all the people who were wasting their time in that guy's congregation and didn't even get to go up in the "Rapture."
The scary part of this are the slobbering, drooling, comments praising it on the comments section over there
Find the references to the rapture in your bibble, then come back here with it. The rapture and hell and many other concepts are the constructs of man, found and devised in more recent times, presumably to placate those who are wondering why Jesus is two millennium late. Or maybe, the rapture has already happened and fundies can't understand why they've been left behind.
Welcome to hell.
JOHN FRUM CARGO CULT
Cargo Cults basically evolved from Christianity and the have/have not relationship between the colonial visitors and the natives. Naively, the native people believed that by following religion they would one day receive cargo’ - the material goods owned by the white visitors. When the goods weren’t forthcoming on Tanna, salvation took the form of a mythical being, John Frum, who replaced Jesus Christ. Visions of John Frum occurred (and still apparently happen today, in the light of a fire, appearing to people under the influence of kava) and he spoke words of wisdom to the people. He promised that one day, the whites would leave, the people world regain their youth and, in an era of peace and joy, custom would return. The cult followers believe Frum lives in the volcano and they have erected scarlet crosses, wooden gates and bamboo chapels to Frum. The scarlet crosses came from the Red Cross symbol during the war that symbolized free access to western medicine. In one chapel was a life-sized effigy depicting Frum with a white painted face and one leg raised as if he was running and, in front of him, was a wooden model of a plane with four propellers (the carrier of the cargo). As for the name, John Frum, it could have originated in John the Baptist (as in Bislama - Jon from Jesus Krist) or John from’ America, or even a variation on John Broom (to sweep clean). If you think it’s a little illogical and question a follower, you may well receive the answer “you’ve waited over 2000 years for Jesus to return. We’ve only been waiting 60.” You try arguing from there!
Abysses wrote: "Now is the Rapture supposed to involve Jesus coming or people leaving?"
Although the Babble does not contain the word "Rapture", it technically is when the church, the "true believers", will be taken directly to heaven when Jesus returns.
But the taking of the living is actually the second part of the Rapture. According to the Babble, "first the dead in Christ shall rise." This has caused a problem for the Church for centuries. This is thought to mean that those believers that have already died are still dead in their graves, sleeping, if you will. But Jesus told one of the others being crucified with him "Today, you will be with me in Paradise", indicating that someone that believes goes directly to heaven when they die. Just another one of those contradictions that apologists say isn't a contradiction at all. But that's another rant some other time.
After the ZAP, I broke out laughing, because I thought it was a parody. Then as the video continued, it hit me that whoever made this video was being serious!
Still, it's great as a parody anyway...
So, they are so stupid as to believe that a few thousand people can disappear and nobody notice?, utterly ridiculous. Now, we´ve been 1900 years not believing in it. No problem, man.
Damn, that's crazy. When I first watched it, I thought they had actually made the preacher guy "disappear" with stage tricks, all magic-show-like. I actually had to go back to determine what they're trying to say with this thing.
Crosis: Ha! Can't they accept they've been stood up and do something worthwhile? It's actually a little sad to see people waste their whole lives "preparing" for a mythical figure to whisk them away to a magic happy land.
Star Cluster: The lack of tone of voice over the Internet makes it difficult, but I think that comment is sarcastic.
Also: When I replayed the video, I actually rigged a Myst link-out sound to play when the guy disappears. Does that make me a geek? Does it make me anything?
Heh, I'll become a Christian (or at least pretend to be one) when they start making Bibles with Gateway Images. They've already translated the Bible into a dozen languages do you think a D'ni addition is in the works?
I thought people were supposed to float up to heaven. And the Left Behind movie said their clothes would be left.
Make up your minds, people.
And yes, the whole pre-millenial rapture eschatology was unknown before the nineteenth century. Not exactly an eternal truth.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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