World to End on the 21st
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http://www.familyradio.com/index2.html <-- This would be just another amusing little footnote in the ongoing saga of crazy things spouted by 'ol Harold Camping (who has set all kinds of 'ZOMG END OF TIMES THIS TIME I'M SURE OF IT 100%!' dates before)... except that this time around, the son of a bitch has actually convinced a number of extremely gullible listeners to wholly surrender their financial security. And a lot of these people have children that are now going to pay the price for their parents' negligence and Mr. Camping's deceit.
This isn't some small-time outfit, either: Family Radio (Camping's 'business') has gone laughing all the way to bank, collecting millions of dollars from listeners and various other sponsors (strangely, the impending rapture & doom of the material planet has not compelled Mr. Camping to cease accepting money or to begin donating away his vast wealth).
I certainly would like a Christian to explain this to me, without just some hand-waving and trying to dismiss Camping as a fringe crackpot: How is it that your apparently lovely, morally pure religion is such a vector for this sort of disease? How is it that people like Mr. Camping, and organizations like Family Radio, can become multi-million dollar entities by having a Bible ride shotgun with their disgusting messages? Do you not see this as a fundamental problem with vague superstitions?
"Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full."
- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940
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I am so excited. I know this time it is truly true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3reUjm_e9_g
Religion Kills !!!
Numbers 31:17-18 - Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
http://jesus-needs-money.blogspot.com/
May 21st is judgement day.... how will you judge all the people who are stupid enough to believe that on May 21st a Rapture will happen?
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be a total fucking surprise, it's difficult to see how some earth-bound tosspot could get wind of the lord's plans to whisk his minions off to playschool before heaven's PR machine had even mailed the press releases. What this proves is the gullibility of humans and their overpowering need to have an explanation, no matter how stupid, for those mental itches that are hardest to scratch.
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." Max Planck
Nice video. I know people who thought the world was going to end - and it didn't. And they didn't wise up. Sad.
-- I feel so much better since I stopped trying to believe.
"We are entitled to our own opinions. We're not entitled to our own facts"- Al Franken
"If death isn't sweet oblivion, I will be severely disappointed" - Ruth M.
I just got in two tins of ammo for my 91/30's and about 400 rounds for my pistol. I'm ready for the zombie fight.
Maybe I'll buy a couple extra can's of dog food and tune up my armored dune buggy.
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
They illustrate the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
I used to scan the sky daily when I was a Christian looking for a small gray cloud which is what the Adventist told me I would see and it would be Jesus coming back to make everything right. Does some weird stuff to your head.
Religion Kills !!!
Numbers 31:17-18 - Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
http://jesus-needs-money.blogspot.com/
I am so glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee when I read this. I burst out laughing. Good one.
Religion Kills !!!
Numbers 31:17-18 - Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
http://jesus-needs-money.blogspot.com/
Wonder why theists seem so obsessed with seeing this world destroyed ? I thought god gave Noah the rainbow as a contract that he was not going to do that anymore ? Oh yeah, god has been known to be very dishonest and rather insane on many occasions.
Anyone remember when Oral Roberts claimed that if he did not raise so many millions of dollars, that god was gonna take him away ? How do people fall for this stuff ?
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
for most of them, it's nothing more nor less than the sick fucking desire to have the ultimate "i told ya so" moment, when all those people who "persecuted" (read: disagreed with) them will be oh-so-very-sorry.
that's one of the reasons why i turned my back on religion: i'm just naturally a live-and-let-live, i'm-ok-you're-ok person, and religion wanted me to be an asshole. true, i was supposed say i loved everybody and that i desperately wanted them in heaven with me, and even occasionally give some sandwiches to some homeless people or something and feel really good about myself and how my faith was making me a better person and this was the proof, but deep down i was supposed to be a fucking dick. there's no other way to describe a person who is ok with the notion that the majority of people who ever lived will suffer for eternity--indeed, believes that's good and right. i just couldn't be an asshole anymore.
oh, btw, the rainbow meant god wouldn't do it again with water.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
My sentiments exactly !
Also my sentiments exactly, hehe.
Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot about that.
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
I would love for this to be true, then I could say hey Angelina Jolie, could you give a condemned man a blowjob before he dies?
But knowing that this is superstitious bullshit, that and Angelina Jolie wouldn't give me the time of day, I'm going to value reality and internet porn.
But if someone really believes this bullshit, and thinks they wont need anything past the 21rst, hand your deed to your house to me and your bank account number, if you are so fucking sure. But if it fails, which it will, don't ask for it back sucker.
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Hope this helps somewhat...
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Go play the original Resident Evil, that is the closest thing in reality you can do without letting your brains fall out like these "end times" nutjobs. I loved shooting the zombies.
Funny, but my x-wife could not play that game in the dark. Too spooky for her. lol. Sometimes I put it on and played it at night just so I could her say, "Please turn that off". Phd in microbiology and she gets spooked by video games.
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Some friends were watching me play that years ago, everyone jumped several times. Crows and dogs breaking in through the glass got um every time.
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
LOL. I love it.
Do you think the ministers of these churches will let me me have all of their millions and their cars ?
The rapture just might be a good thing for all us heathens. Maybe I can get their mistresses too !
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
I would love to know if anything can be done (beyond ridicule of course) on may 22 or 23? If the world still is here, and of course they have advertised and stated on billboards around the world, what can be done in a more financial sense, you now to discourage such bloody nonsense from happening again? Personally I would love to sue them for false advertisement, but they don't operate out of the Toronto area at all, they just put billboards up.
None of my chrisitan friend have taken this seriously, they believe it to be a joke, but still, I know this con-artist has taken money from other people using their fear of death and of course their gullible beliefs in the bible and made millions. Con-artists like camping should be thrown in jail and have to financially repay all those that he has conned.
In that case Benny Hinn should spend the rest of his life in a cell next to Berny Madoff.
How is that charlatan gets away with conning people? I guess you don't get touched if enough people believe in what you are doing.
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It will just get pushed back and the suckers will continue to suck.
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
But that's it, normally they are protected because it's religion, I wish our society would be more willing to these con artists to jail, because it's exactly what they are con artists all the way.
........Latincanuck. Benny Hinn is a local; to us. Edumakated right here in the GTA. From a bible collage of course not a real one. But have you noticed that these so called Faith healers never come HERE!!!! GTA is one of the biggest money markets in the world and yet these money hungry bastards never come HERE!!!! Ontario law will not allow half the crappolla these SOB's try to pull off. Hinn, Popov and these other faith healers would end up in gaol if they tried that crap HERE!!! In Ontario it is called 'practicing medicine without a liscience,' they know it better then anyone, ergo they forgo the financial benifits in order to avoid gaol time.
"Very funny Scotty; now beam down our clothes."
VEGETARIAN: Ancient Hindu word for "lousy hunter"
If man was formed from dirt, why is there still dirt?
Hinn has been to toronto at the rogers centre, I don't think he performed any faith healing, however CBC was all over him and trying to get actual medical documents and to verify his claims of healing the sick, even more they were going to be there if he did any faith healing to get the names of the people and try to verify their claims that they were actually sick and that they were actually healed, oddly enough he never performed one that evening.
At least the believers can ride up to heaven knowing that their beloved pets will be well cared for...for a price of course! Although, I'm not sure how many xtians would trust their pets to an "atheist organization".
http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/
I sometimes wish that I were "skeezy" enough to get rich off of other people's delusions. Unfortunately, I have a conscience.
"I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough - I call it the one immortal blemish upon the human race." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Just so exiting, rejoice! A small percent of us go straight to "heaven" and the rest go to hell! Happy happy joy joy!
I guess if people can make death famine and destruction etc into a gods "mysterious way" they can make anything into ..anything.
Faith is the word but next to that snugged up closely "lie's" the want.
"By simple common sense I don't believe in god, in none."-Charlie Chaplin
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Humans are pretty annoying. I am thinking I can understand now why God would only want a few representatives of his failed design. He probably is largely embarrassed, but wants a few around to be the butt of his jokes. And doing so who would you pick if you were God? Wouldn't it be the most gullible? They will believe everything you say no matter how many times you contradict yourself. Hey Stupid, I coming back today....ah, psych.... Hey dopey, I love you more than anything else in the universe enough to kill myself...all the angels start bursting out in laughter, ribbing each other and these humans don't get the joke is on them. Yes, heaven it will be a wonderful place. Where is Rod Serling when you need him. It would make a wonderful Twilight Zone.
"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."
— Rod Serling
Religion Kills !!!
Numbers 31:17-18 - Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
http://jesus-needs-money.blogspot.com/
I've been working on this project for work for a couple of weeks now, if the world ends on the 21st I will be so pissed. On the other hand, I have to clean my basement, it's a freaking mess... I won't have to do that. I guess there's always a silver lining.
"Don't seek these laws to understand. Only the mad can comprehend..." -- George Cosbuc
It's been raining here in the GTA for most of May, which means I haven't been able to get my electric lawn mower out. If the world ends it would save me a lot of back brakeing yard work, not to mention the dirty stares I get from the wife every time see looks outside.
If anyone is interested, some friends of mine, Bobby & Jason at Strange Frequencies Radio are doing a live broadcast starting at 11:00 PM to welcome in the END, though I'm not sure if they mean Eastern time or their own Central time zone. (Toledo Ohio) That nut Camping never said which time zone the END would begin in.
They also take phone calls, so if you want to call and make a comment; 1 419 720 8101
http://www.para-help.com/sfr/live.html
"Very funny Scotty; now beam down our clothes."
VEGETARIAN: Ancient Hindu word for "lousy hunter"
If man was formed from dirt, why is there still dirt?
Im actually sitting in a NASA test facility right now, helping humanity try to get off this planet. Not too worried about superstitions. 4 more weeks till study is done
. Then 6 weeks after I plan on being part of a 70+day study.
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The bible, good fiction? A 3 year old can write a better story.
I've actually been listening to him on radio. It does make for good theater. He has said in New Zealand a 6PM so I think you should expect news of a great earthquake around 2AM if you want to stay up. He acutally plans on listening to news reports of the end all day until it reaches California. Apparently the rapture is going to happen in time zones, God being a respector of the zones humans invented.
http://www.twirlit.com/2011/05/19/may-21st-doomsday-day-controversy-harold-camping-says-2011-is-end-of-the-world/
In a lot of ways, I respect him more than most Christians. It seems like if one actually believed the bible as they claim, they would be like Camping and spend all their time and money on it. Plus he takes calls from his critics and tries to answer them. To me it is hilarious how other Christians protray him as a nut but only because he doesn't understand the bible as well as they do. But I don't think you'd ever find anyone that has studied the bible and looked for hidden codes and message as much a Mr. Camping, they're all just as nutty.
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I love this dude! He's even been on swedish television, more sort of a "fun thing" that those "crazy americans" does, u know that last report that lightens up the seriousness of the news broadcast. After this i've followed him and he's a lot of fun!
http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/PDFS/ip_en.pdf The link is to his website where u can download irrefutable evidence that the world will end at saturday, read it and weep - it's so far fetched it's kinda ridicolous!
Camping claims the rapture will begin at 6PM your local time on 5-21. That's midnight EDT. The 1st place for this to begin is in the Pacific, where Christmas Island is located. The farce is hours away from blowing up in Camping's face.
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Hello,
There are many cults in Chrisitanity, this is expected and discussed in Scripture.
Respectfully,
Jean Chauvin (Jude 3).
A Rational Christian of Intelligence (rare)with a valid and sound justification for my epistemology and a logical refutation for those with logical fallacies and false worldviews upon their normative of thinking in retrospect to objective normative(s). This is only understood via the imago dei in which we all are.
Respectfully,
Jean Chauvin (Jude 3).
Not sure if there is a post started already on the upcoming event on Saturday that is sure to take place but if there is you can delete this one. Everyone got their beer, liquor or beverage of choice? This is going to be good! How much do you want to bet camping on sunday will be like "Well, i thought i was right." *rolls eyes*
My local Atheist Meetup group has delayed our normal Saturday Night Social to this weekend to celebrate the climax of another theistic idiocy.
We are calling it the "Welcome back, Jesus!" party, starting at 7:30pm.
It's 10:30am on the 21st here right now as I type.
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Well bob from what i have read, it is supposed to start around 6pm New Zealand time and work it's way westward hitting every time zone at 6pm, so technically speaking you should be getting it tomorrow at 6pm and should be one of the last places to be hit with the EARTHWIDE earthquake
Odd...I saw an interview with the guy and he said it would be a massive earthquake, which suggests it'll be one event rather than a timezone-oriented thing...
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Jean,
Christianity IS a collection of cults...with no objective criterion to decide which, if any, is the 'true' one.
Just as 'scripture' is a collection of the thoughts of a bunch of ignorant deluded primitives....
Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality
"Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." - Sam Harris
The path to Truth lies via careful study of reality, not the dreams of our fallible minds - me
From the sublime to the ridiculous: Science -> Philosophy -> Theology
Yeah, I'm kinda bummed about this. Trying to find a cute lay on http://www.adam4adam.com before shit goes down.
Hilarious comic on the subject. Would have hotlinked except it is multiple images.
I would like to know when it will occur too, as I'm planning a steak. Kinda bad if I standing and bbq it and the world ends.
My wife and I are watching Disco Hell (That 70's Show), so I guess the Rapture went down as planned and we are receiving our punishment.
It's 7:23 pm here, so I guess we missed it....
Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality
"Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." - Sam Harris
The path to Truth lies via careful study of reality, not the dreams of our fallible minds - me
From the sublime to the ridiculous: Science -> Philosophy -> Theology
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what the hell did I just read? zozjudges...are you a human being or a particularly strange spambot?
It's only 7:10am here so I guess I'm stuck waiting while the rest of the world gets sucked up either to heaven or starts to see zombies coming up out of the ground?
BTW any one see the CDC zombie page?
http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp
One of my co-workers said I could have her house. So I really want this rapture to happen now because I'll own two houses if this happens. COOL!
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Since everything at the bottom of the world works backwards, and is upside down, the rapture works in reverse.
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