What could distract me from my bout of bridezillaness-ness?
ahem.
ATTENTION SUPER-CHRISTIANS!
THE MIDDLE EAST HAS BEEN A HOTBED OF WARS AND RELIGIOUS TURMOIL FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THIS RECENT…ERR…RE-ACTIVATION OF VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON DOES NOT MEAN IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!
ALSO, THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS WAS WRITTEN IN THE CONTEXT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN OPRESSION BY THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THE SYMBOLYSM CONTAINED WITHIN THE TEXT IS THOUGHT BY MOST REAL OLD TESTAMENT SCHOLARS TO REFER TO ROME, THE EMPIRE, AND THE EMPEROR AT THAT TIME. IT WAS MEANT TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF HOPE FOR CHRISTIANS UNDER TREMENDOUS PERSECUTION AT THE TIME.
YOU = NOT PERSECUTED
PLEASE STOP WAITING FOR THE RAPTURE. IT’S SILLY.
BESIDES, IF IT WERE THE RAPTURE, WOULD JESUS REALLY CALL UP A PHILLISTINE LIKE YOU? LIKELY NOT, ASSHOLE.
AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NEWS MEDIA? PLEASE STOP REPORTING ON THIS NONSENSE! YOU ARE GIVING THEM A FALSE SENCE OF LEGITIMACY. GET YOUR COLLECTIVE HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS, AND STOP IT. NOW.
Thank you. That is all.
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Well said ~nod~
And here I might be mistaken for Mel Gibson, but I’ll risk it anyway. Why can’t the Israelis leave the Lebanese alone? Why are they murdering children, for FSM’s sake? It makes me sick. Just stop it. Cease and desist. Now.
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that thought that report was silly. Seems kind of a waste of your life to be just sitting waiting to go to heaven instead of, oh, I don’t know, DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE YOURSELF WORTHY OF HEAVEN? Go out there and help the poor, volunteer, do charity work, something. Then if the Lord does actually happen to show up in our lifetime, maybe He might actually reward you for a life of service.
Not sure if you saw the report on the ABC news or not, but they had a quote from the Isreali embassador that was awesome. When asked what he thought about Christians saying the Messiah was coming again soon, he said “When the Messiah appears, we’ll ask if he’s coming or returning. Then we’ll all know whether we should have been Christians or Jews.” That was the best answer I ever heard.
Philistine only has one “L.” The way you typed it would sugest the individual is from Philiadelphia (in fact, I think the correct spelling there would be Phillystine) and no, of course not, THEY wouldn’t be chosen during the rapture. An unfriendly place, the city of “brotherly love.” Outside of that…um…I forgot to actually read the post…
uhhh…I put in two L’s to add extra emphasis.
yeah…that’s right.
So, do you think the next time Jesus comes back he’s going to look like Ted Nugent, or do you think he’ll look more like a stockbroker?
I’m just saying… if he’s due for a return, then he’s already been born and is just now growing up. What a weird thing to think about.
Oh wait a minute.
Oh fuck.
You said it’s NOT happening, didn’t you.
Shit. See what I get for only partially paying attention? Damn.
Ok, go ahead. Ignore my last comment.
YOU = NOT PERSECUTED…that’s good stuff!
And if this were the Rapture, I would be pretty disappointed. Very lame, as far the vengence of an angry god goes. Kind of like the whole “shock ‘n’ awe” campaign the Bushies made such a big deal about…all sound and no fury signifying nothing.
Uh… except for all the Iraqi military and government facilities that blew up.
the whole damn country of Iraq could blow up. doesn’t mean we should be on the lookout for horsemen.
Amen.
Anyway, it’s not Jesus who’s coming back. It’s the moon-queen, and she’s gonna be pissed at those who haven’t worshiped a tree and danced naked in a meadow on the vernal equinox, or made a pilgrimage to Stonehenge.
I once spent an entire year of Sunday school in my high school years studying the book of Revelations. I think our Sunday school teacher was trying to scare the hell out of us so we would behave.
Kenneth~ Obviously you’re referring to Kali, not Gaia.