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NPR reports on the Rapture / Jesus is coming May 21st

I couldn't find it in the Employee Handbook, but I'm pretty sure: Rapture = day off. (Yes, I work Sundays.)
 
Aepervius said:
@wollclark it might be more of sign of over anxiety (or even depression) than a real sign something will happen, you know.

My mother in the mean time is fighting a depression , and it seems she stopped doing what you do (worrying about random stuff like you do).

FYI there has been lots (literraly hundreds) of end world prophecy, and none came to pass. What make you think this one will happen ? Especially knowing the kind of calculation behind it , were making the world end in 1994 until the guy said afterward "oops I made an error it is may 2011".
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There's no thinking to it, really, I just tend to panic. I'm not sure whether I have depression or an anxiety-based disorder, I've never been officially diagnosed with anything. I was prescribed medication for anxiety back in 2008 or 2009, I can't remember, for health-focused panic attacks. I ran out of pills a few weeks ago and I don't have insurance or the money to refill them right now.

Actually, today I was a bit irritable with my family because of a depressive mood I had last night that carried over. I wrote a blog post about how I was feeling at about 3 AM, but the forum won't let me post the link. I pretty much said that a person's either a content free loader, a loser who does nothing but make bad decisions (me), or someone of well adjusted mind that can and does achieve just about anything the set out for; I hope that gives you an idea.
 
wollclark said:
I'm, unfortunately, scared that this will actually happen. I've read the bible, I see the hatred and discrimination that it inspires and how it slows scientific and human progress, not to mention the contradiction contained within it. But, for some reason, I just can't shake the feeling that it *can* happen.

I've always had the problem of believing most end-of-the-world predictions when they surface. I try to convince myself that's it most likely wrong, as all others have been wrong so far, but there's always that "what if" feeling that takes me over.
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I had the same thing with stories about vampires and the like when I was still very young, and I still occasionally have that strange feeling of "maybe it's real" when I see some horror film.

However, it's waning, and I noticed that when you analyse the stories, you can invariably see that they are very similar, and that in most cases only the picture of the monster is different.

Such lack of imagination is what really cured me (so to speak).

I'd recommend you read more end-of-the-world predictions, and also read some fictional accounts, such as "The Day of the Triffids" and "The War of the Worlds" (the original book, if at all possible). That way, you can see the patterns, and see how ridiculous most real predictions are, and how realistic many fictional are.

In this case fictional predictions are mostly better than real ones, because the fictional ones are written by people who did a lot of research to find out which plausible ways there are in which the world can end, as opposed to the "real" prophets, who merely compile scriptural references.

I can assure you that, if you might not get over your fear of real predictions this way, then at least they will look feeble in the light of fictional ones.

Cheers
 
Crossbow said:
There was another NPR 'Rapture Story' that was posted just yesterday:

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/12/13623...y-an-old-practice-with-new-tricks?ft=1&f=1001

Fortunately, some of the rapturites (Hey! I finally got to use "rapturites" in a sentence.) are warning us non-rapturites about the impending doom because they do not want blood on their hands.

That is so sweet of them!

;)
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It's also very sweet that they think that they will be among the ones who will be saved.

They won't let something as trivial as "vanity" get in their way...
 
wollclark said:
There's no thinking to it, really, I just tend to panic. I'm not sure whether I have depression or an anxiety-based disorder, I've never been officially diagnosed with anything. I was prescribed medication for anxiety back in 2008 or 2009, I can't remember, for health-focused panic attacks. I ran out of pills a few weeks ago and I don't have insurance or the money to refill them right now.

Actually, today I was a bit irritable with my family because of a depressive mood I had last night that carried over. I wrote a blog post about how I was feeling at about 3 AM, but the forum won't let me post the link. I pretty much said that a person's either a content free loader, a loser who does nothing but make bad decisions (me), or someone of well adjusted mind that can and does achieve just about anything the set out for; I hope that gives you an idea.
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I think the "What if it's true?" thing is incredibly common, if not universal. I certainly wouldn't think myself suffering from a stress disorder because I had this reaction to some ideas.
Thing is, everyone has a different life experience with which to counter unlikely claims. To most folk on this forum, the idea of rapture is utter bunk and that response is founded in their entire life experience , attitude, worldview, whatever you want to call it. We could not accept the rapture idea as anything probable. Could not.
For your own reasons, you are not yet at that point in this case- but I bet you are every bit as (dogmatically?) resistant to some crazy ideas, whether it's perpetual motion, UFOs from Mars, ghosts, or free lunches.

Don't sweat it. Plan what you're going to do the day after the end of other peoples' world and carve another notch on your gunbelt when you do it.
 
Soapy Sam said:
I think the "What if it's true?" thing is incredibly common, if not universal. I certainly wouldn't think myself suffering from a stress disorder because I had this reaction to some ideas.
Thing is, everyone has a different life experience with which to counter unlikely claims. To most folk on this forum, the idea of rapture is utter bunk and that response is founded in their entire life experience , attitude, worldview, whatever you want to call it. We could not accept the rapture idea as anything probable. Could not.
For your own reasons, you are not yet at that point in this case- but I bet you are every bit as (dogmatically?) resistant to some crazy ideas, whether it's perpetual motion, UFOs from Mars, ghosts, or free lunches.

Don't sweat it. Plan what you're going to do the day after the end of other peoples' world and carve another notch on your gunbelt when you do it.
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The anxiety's come back in full force today, my friends were just here and I was feeling fine, watching some movies. When they left, the fear hit me again, like a train. I just came from the bathroom, I spent time in there sitting down and shaking. I'm not ready to die, there's so much I haven't done. I finally got a refill of my pills yesterday, took them then and today, no release.

The thought of being in a massive earthquake that's going to kill pretty much everybody I know terrifies me, I have the emotional strength of a small child. I just wish someone could convince me that it couldn't possibly happen. I'm scared for me, my family, my friends, everyone, I'm not ready to lose everything, I'm too scared.
 
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Sideroxylon said:
This is an outrage! I would have expected at least some sort of disclaimer along the lines of "I reserve the right to modify without notice any guarantee made within this text."
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God is operating at a legal disadvantage, as all the lawyers are in Hell. [/cheap lawyer joke]
 
wollclark said:
The anxiety's come back in full force today, my friends were just here and I was feeling fine, watching some movies. When they left, the fear hit me again, like a train. I just came from the bathroom, I spent time in there sitting down and shaking. I'm not ready to die, there's so much I haven't done. I finally got a refill of my pills yesterday, took them then and today, no release.

The thought of being in a massive earthquake that's going to kill pretty much everybody I know terrifies me, I have the emotional strength of a small child. I just wish someone could convince me that it couldn't possibly happen. I'm scared for me, my family, my friends, everyone, I'm not ready to lose everything, I'm too scared.
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wollclark, please find a professional therapist to talk to. If you can't afford it, check with your county medical center. Most of them are tax-supported and will at least offer you a sliding fee scale. If you are working, see if your employer has an EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) - those will usually cover some mental health treatment.

In the meantime, do you live in earthquake country? If not, I think that's one worry you can take off your list.

And it may take your meds up to a week to kick back in, so don't worry about that right now, either.
 
Cainkane1 said:
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/12/update_jesus_is_coming_again_i.html

A 7th Day Adventist group say the Rapture will occur this comming Saturday. So fellow atheists lets clean up our act so that when we leave this vale of tears we can strum our harps in the clouds.
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I agree with this guy: Dragonzwing14
I think God makes it pretty clear is His Book that NO ONE KNOWS when Jesus will return:

Mark 13:32-33

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
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Personally does this mean I would have to be A 7th Day Adventist, because even I have a problem with that group, not a great one since they are trying to understand and believe.
 
In the interests of accuracy:
Harold camping is not a Seventh-day Adventist, never was one, and his group is not an offshoot of that denomination.

He is an "Adventist" since he makes the return of Christ his main preaching point.
 
He is a former member of the Christian Reformed Church (of North America), a denomination with Calvinist theology. Since taking up his rapture based theology as his main driving call he has left the Church and claims that all Churches are apostates, and preaches theology with very clear differences from his earlier life.
 
Well have a good time, I'll miss it if chaos rules, as we'll be in the middle of nowhere in the camper van. I'm sure Wales hasnt offended so we'll be safe there!
 
Gawdzilla said:
Forty-leventh thread on this. Search function needed for this forum.
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Or tag their threads; I suggest Rapture [21MAY2011] so as not to cause confusion with future Raptures.
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208540
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208358
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208733
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208534
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135786
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205731
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208767
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204384
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194419
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181535
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204384

And more generally:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208840
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199719
 
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