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The latest Rapture Ready antics...

I'm not sure whether I should laugh, choke, or vomit. C4ts, you have way more patience than this old beat up trucker. I'd have smoked out the front three pews of these "believers."

What a load of outright crap. "Oh, WE'RE the REAL Christians." Please.
 
I still don't understand why anyone would need to feel persecuted. It must be some kind of "evidence" for their interpretation of Revelations.

Then again, it all looks like some kind of an "I'm a better Christian than you game," where nobody else is good enough to be called "Christian." Isn't there a forum rule against that?
 
C4ts, I assume you are heavenlierealm over there? If so, then I think that someone had a look at your sig and realised you were taking the p*ss, actually your username should have given it away! Pretty funny though!
 
c4ts said:
Then again, it all looks like some kind of an "I'm a better Christian than you game," where nobody else is good enough to be called "Christian." Isn't there a forum rule against that?
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Not just that. Cultic material isn't allowed either ("If the leader of your group just happens to be a god, you might be edging into the cultic category. ") But to be a REAL CHRISTIAN, you will have to surrender your life to Jesus, who is , sort of, God.

:D
 
c4ts said:
I still don't understand why anyone would need to feel persecuted.
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I would wager the majority of these people are lonely and feel they've been dealt a bad hand in life. This isolation and persecution breeds sympathy in Christianity.

In Xianity - we are all sinners right out of the womb. Life is an ordeal that must be overcome, until you can rest your tired head on the breast of sweet Jesus.

The people on Rapture Ready have smiling avatars, but ultimately they are sad folks who are waiting for a better life in the beyond.

Of course, once they die and cease to exist, it's a moot point. However, the people left behind revel in the thought the deceased are in "heaven" playing hacky-sack with the Lord.
 
triadboy said:


I would wager the majority of these people are lonely and feel they've been dealt a bad hand in life. This isolation and persecution breeds sympathy in Christianity.

In Xianity - we are all sinners right out of the womb. Life is an ordeal that must be overcome, until you can rest your tired head on the breast of sweet Jesus.

The people on Rapture Ready have smiling avatars, but ultimately they are sad folks who are waiting for a better life in the beyond.

Of course, once they die and cease to exist, it's a moot point. However, the people left behind revel in the thought the deceased are in "heaven" playing hacky-sack with the Lord.
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You've missed another point in all of this, (no, not your fault): Out of their decision to be miserable, (and that's really what it is), they have been taught that there is some sort of honor, some manner of integrity in being sad and unhappy. It amounts to a brand of "Holiness," and if you're a little more "Holy" than the next guy, you won't be left behind.

It's like the old story about the two hunters who shot a bear, but they didn't kill it. This made the bear a little mad. One pulls off his hiking boots and puts on sneakers. His buddy says, "You can't outrun that bear." "I don't have to. I just have to outrun you." (Oddly enough, I actually heard a pastor use this in a sermon.)

In other words, I just have to be holy enough to get in, just holy enough to cut you off at the gate.

Which, when you think about it, is rather cruel.
 
Persecution

The delusion of being persecuted is a classic symptom of an apocalyptic cult, which is basically what our friends over at RR constitute. Persecution is regarded both as a sign of the end times, as a source of cohesion, and as a marker of separation between the elect and the hellbound (the rest of us). Notice that non-apocalyptic Xians are more interested in things like ecumenism and social change, and "persecution" is not something that's even on their radar screens.

A good resource re this phenomenon is Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements, edited by Thomas Robbins and Susan J. Palmer (1997, but still current).
 
Man! For those of you who have a Rapture Ready/Rapture Obsessed account, check this out in the members only section: This is a thread in the forum:
Pre-Trib Rapture Oasis !


Sheesh! And I thought I was a whiner!

(not that I'm NOT a whiner, though. I really am...):hit: :id: :re: :v:
 
the_ignored said:
Man! For those of you who have a Rapture Ready/Rapture Obsessed account, check this out in the members only section: This is a thread in the forum:
Pre-Trib Rapture Oasis !


Sheesh! And I thought I was a whiner!

(not that I'm NOT a whiner, though. I really am...):hit: :id: :re: :v:
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I found it so very sad. They are obviously living very empty lives or they are unable to appreciate what they do have in life. It is like "the grass is always greener". It is a cruel game which in the end costs them the one life they do have to live. I wish they'd wake up and live their lives.
 
Grrr, I know I registered a few months ago, and finally got accepted (with a name that could be construed as pro- or anti-christian ;) ), but I totally forget the name and let my hotmail account I used go unactive, so it looks like I'll be registering again. :(
 
Hypocolius said:
C4ts, I assume you are heavenlierealm over there? If so, then I think that someone had a look at your sig and realised you were taking the p*ss, actually your username should have given it away! Pretty funny though!
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I was Blessed_Savior, but the mods disabled my account.
 
I almost feel sorry for those kids. With their beliefs, they might as well have the mind of a schizophrenic.

After having read much of the bible, then having it explained by SparkNotes, I have concluded this: A person who actually reads the bible believes less in God than one who never touches the thing.
 
Yahweh said:


Well, for starters, I dont think I mentioned anything about myself beyond "I'm looking forward to my time on RaptureReady" (i.e. I never said nor denied I was a Christian, I never gave out personal details about myself - even my gender was obscure -, I never stated I was from JREF).
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I am thoroughly an atheist, but I must admit I find your handle "Yahweh" a bit offensive. Not that I'd ever make it an issue out of it, or even mention it if it were not already being discussed.

So I'm offended? So what!? You're "Yahweh" in this forum and I'll ignore my offendedness and address what you say when I'm interested.

By the way, it's spelled "Pascal's wager", not "Pascal's wadger". I know spelling flames are the lowest kind, but it's irritating and you say worthwhile things about it.

Fix that.
 
I thought it was a transliteration of how a drawling hick would say it, like "faghter" and "wrassle."
 
Abdul Alhazred said:
I am thoroughly an atheist, but I must admit I find your handle "Yahweh" a bit offensive.
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Hebrew didn't have vowels, so it's just a guess that "Yahweh" is the right name. The name might be "Yehweh" or "Yohwoh".
 
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c4ts said:


I doubt they bother reading anybody's posts. The only connection they have is Billiefan and he never reads anything.
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I am reading your post so that should count for something though.
 
Abdul Alhazred said:


I am thoroughly an atheist, but I must admit I find your handle "Yahweh" a bit offensive. Not that I'd ever make it an issue out of it, or even mention it if it were not already being discussed.
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Well I'm not an atheist and I don't find it offensive.
 
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billiefan2000 said:


I am reading your post so that should count for something though.
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Ah then it should be corrected to state, billiefan doesn't understand what he reads.
 
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