October 21, 2011: Are You Ready For The RAPTURE?

[mmhmm]

May 14, 2011 17:20:10 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

I am just certain that Camping will cover the financial side and pay for a little counseling for the guy if he is still on the planet on the 22nd.

Heh. Yeah, ya just sorta know that's gonna happen, eh?

[lakhota]

Just imagine that sinking feeling in Robert's stomach when he realizes on May 22 all the lottery tickets he could have bought.

[billisonboard]

Camping can repay him from the proceeds from his next book, "Third Time A Charm"

[Tennesseer]

I have my 'Get Out of Hell Free' cards in my fanny pack. All those indulgences I earned by attending Friday morning masses before school better still be valid.

[billisonboard]

May 14, 2011 19:16:29 GMT -5 @toughtimes said:

I like the idea of signing up for the post-rapture pet service. I could do with the money. But if it turns out that secretly I will be included in the Rapture, how will I return the money?

Don't sweat it. Anyone who pays you will still be around to take care of their pet. That whole pride thing will get them.

[billisonboard]

May 14, 2011 20:10:37 GMT -5 @toughtimes said:

Well you know, it also says in the bible, "Sinners and tax-collectors are going into heaven before you." So you might have a point. Some of the holier-than-thous might meet a commeupance.

So, how much for a 18 year old golden retriever?

[ty]

New York Man Spends Life Savings Ahead of May 21 Doomsday

Read more: www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/14/new-york-man-spends-life-savings-ahead-21-doomsday/#ixzz1MQTiut9x

A New York man spent his entire $140,000 life savings advertising his prediction that the world will end May 21, the New York Post reported Friday.

Robert Fitzpatrick, a 60-year-old Staten Island resident, said he spent at least that sum on 1,000 subway-car placards and ads on bus kiosks and subway cars.

They say, "Global Earthquake: The Greatest Ever! Judgment Day May 21, 2011."
In a self-published book, "The Doomsday Code," Fitzpatrick said the Bible offers "proof that cannot be dismissed."

"Judgment Day will surprise people. We will not be ready for it," Fitzpatrick said in an interview with the newspaper. "A giant earthquake will render the earth uninhabitable."

If you want to set an alarm clock, the quake will happen just before 6:00pm local time, he said.

"God's people will be resurrected. It is also the day that God stops saving anyone," he said.

Fitzpatrick hopes that he is one of the chosen ones, but he could not be really certain.

"There's just a little doubt," he said. "Most churches teach that if you just believe, you will be saved. It is not our choice. It is God's choice."

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I hope he has medicare/medicaid. He really needs some mental therapy, and now!

[billisonboard]

May 14, 2011 16:59:21 GMT -5 @lakhota said:

Man Spent Life Savings To Spread Word That World Will End This Month

Robert Fitzpatrick does not lack conviction.

The 60-year-old ex-MTA employee has plunked down $140,000, his life savings, to help spread the word that the world will end on May 21, 2011.

"I'm trying to warn people about what's coming," Fitzpatrick told the Daily News. "People who have an understanding [of end times] have an obligation to warn everyone."

Fitzpatrick spent his money on 1,000 placards on subway cars and several more on bus shelters around the city. They read: "Global Earthquake! The Greatest Ever - Judgment Day: May 21."

The retiree's beliefs are based on the predictions made by Harold Camping, who claims the rapture will take place on May 21. Fitzpatrick said the cataclysmic event will happen just before 6 p.m. Eastern.

Camping made a similar world-ending prediction in 1994, but he admitted he got his calculations wrong that time.

Fitzpatrick said he has no doubt that Camping's latest proclamation is correct.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/robert-fitzpatrick_n_861529.html

[mmhmm]

May 14, 2011 18:49:43 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I have my 'Get Out of Hell Free' cards in my fanny pack. All those indulgences I earned by attending Friday morning masses before school better still be valid.

OMG! Tennesseer, do we get credit for those? Really? Yipppppeeeee! ;D

[mmhmm]

I'm with you, toughtimes. While being gullible might not be something for which we all strive, it's sure not the worst thing one can be.

[ty]

Are You Ready For The RAPTURE?

Right after I take a , shower, eat breakfast and have a roll in the hay. Then I'll be ready.



I don't believe in any of this religious bs. Only stupid people will follow this Jim Jones man and will pay for their grape-aide drink to support their lunacy ideas and beliefs.

[ty]

Are You Ready For The RAPTURE?

Right after I take a , shower, eat breakfast and have a roll in the hay. Then I'll be ready.


I don't believe in any of this religious bs. Only stupid people will follow this Jim Jones man and will pay for their grape-aide drink to support their lunacy ideas and beliefs.

[mmhmm]

I think things like this do frighten a lot of children, toughtimes. I wonder if the people who do this ever think about that. I wonder if people like Camping ever think about those like this man who will have thrown their life savings away and, on the 22nd, be faced with a life of poverty that could have been avoided.

[marvholly]

%/21 my town is sponsoring a festival of cultures program w/FREE concerts at our big park.
Guess where I plan to be.

[Tennesseer]

"New York Man Spends Life Savings on DD predict"

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

Of course should he somehow lose his life that day, his prediction for himself at least came true.

[Tennesseer]

May 15, 2011 8:58:57 GMT -5 @toughtimes said:

Many years ago, when I was about 12 one of these doomsday predictions ruined my Christmas. A nun who was tutoring me for my entrance exam to Bronx Science read the prediction in a paper about a comet destroying New York because it was the abortion capital of the world. She was laughing and laughing, but I started wondering if it could possibly be true. I was haunted for weeks, so no, I am not happy with the man's ads or the person who inspired them. I feel bad for him though. It took years to amass 140K I am sure.

In your opinion, was her laughing maniacal in nature?

[cme1201]

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Deminmaine- Moderator

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So shouldn't the moderator posting in this thread and the other one that is exactly the same combine the two?

[Tennesseer]

May 15, 2011 11:07:03 GMT -5 cme1201 said:

Hello all. Recently there have been some cases of many duplicate threads on here all repeating the same thing. Threads which simply reiterate something already posted on page one will be deleted, and if appropriate, their contents moved to the existing thread. If there is one thread about "Obama's Illegal war", for instance, that is fine. However if another thread pops up with a similar theme, it will be deleted. Please note I said "similar".
This does not just apply to Obama of course, but to any subject matter. Hopefully this won't have to be done often (or at all) but it will keep the board cleaner and easier to read.
Deminmaine- Moderator

www.notmsnmoney.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=politics&action=display&thread=5201

So shouldn't the moderator posting in this thread and the other one that is exactly the same combine the two?

OMG! YOUR RIGHT!

Mea Culpa

[Virgil Showlion]

The funny thing is that the supposed Rapture is no where in the Bible.

I'm glad several have raised this point, as well as the fact that several prophetic events preceding the tribulation have yet to occur.

And as Snerdley pointed out, Mr. Camping obviously missed reading Matthew 24.

I've seen Camping's ads up in the Toronto subways. I suppose I can admire his selflessness in getting the message out, but he is going to be sorely embarrassed come May 22.

[mmhmm]

As I remember it, the bible specifically states nobody will know the time when the end of life on earth is at hand. It's hard for me to grasp where these people are coming up with this specific date.

[billisonboard]

May 15, 2011 11:41:34 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

... It's hard for me to grasp where these people are coming up with this specific date.

mmhmm,

This one is really cool. He used [glow=red,2,300]math[/glow]:

By Camping's understanding, the Bible was dictated by God and every word and number carries a spiritual significance. He noticed that particular numbers appeared in the Bible at the same time particular themes are discussed.
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The number 5, Camping concluded, equals "atonement." Ten is "completeness." Seventeen means "heaven." Camping patiently explained how he reached his conclusion for May 21, 2011.

"Christ hung on the cross April 1, 33 A.D.," he began. "Now go to April 1 of 2011 A.D., and that's 1,978 years."

Camping then multiplied 1,978 by 365.2422 days - the number of days in each solar year, not to be confused with a calendar year.

Next, Camping noted that April 1 to May 21 encompasses 51 days. Add 51 to the sum of previous multiplication total, and it equals 722,500.

Camping realized that (5 x 10 x 17) x (5 x 10 x 17) = 722,500.

Or put into words: (Atonement x Completeness x Heaven), squared.

"Five times 10 times 17 is telling you a story," Camping said. "It's the story from the time Christ made payment for your sins until you're completely saved.

"I tell ya, I just about fell off my chair when I realized that," Camping said.



Read more: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/31/BA8V1AV589.DTL&ao=2#ixzz1MRcgIhLe

When I read it, I did fall off my chair:

[Tennesseer]

I first thought [glow=red,2,300]math[/glow] said [glow=red,2,300]meth[/glow]

[mmhmm]

May 15, 2011 12:52:31 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

May 15, 2011 11:41:34 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

... It's hard for me to grasp where these people are coming up with this specific date.

mmhmm,

This one is really cool. He used [glow=red,2,300]math[/glow]:

By Camping's understanding, the Bible was dictated by God and every word and number carries a spiritual significance. He noticed that particular numbers appeared in the Bible at the same time particular themes are discussed.
.....
The number 5, Camping concluded, equals "atonement." Ten is "completeness." Seventeen means "heaven." Camping patiently explained how he reached his conclusion for May 21, 2011.

"Christ hung on the cross April 1, 33 A.D.," he began. "Now go to April 1 of 2011 A.D., and that's 1,978 years."

Camping then multiplied 1,978 by 365.2422 days - the number of days in each solar year, not to be confused with a calendar year.

Next, Camping noted that April 1 to May 21 encompasses 51 days. Add 51 to the sum of previous multiplication total, and it equals 722,500.

Camping realized that (5 x 10 x 17) x (5 x 10 x 17) = 722,500.

Or put into words: (Atonement x Completeness x Heaven), squared.

"Five times 10 times 17 is telling you a story," Camping said. "It's the story from the time Christ made payment for your sins until you're completely saved.

"I tell ya, I just about fell off my chair when I realized that," Camping said.



Read more: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/31/BA8V1AV589.DTL&ao=2#ixzz1MRcgIhLe

When I read it, I did fall off my chair:

I knew I hated math in school for a reason. I developed a tolerance for the stuff later in life, but have always looked on it a bit askance since I found out Algebra embraces what they call an "imaginary number". The Easter Bunny of mathematics!

[billisonboard]

Or put into words: (Atonement x Completeness x Heaven), squared.

Why squared? Why not cubed? Or even:

[Tennesseer]

I hate to piggyback on you bills but this is so much better:

[Tennesseer]

And in the spirit of this thread, Camping (and the Manhattan Transfer) I offer you the following:

[billisonboard]

May 15, 2011 14:01:27 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I hate to piggyback on you bills but this is so much better: ...

Not a problem. We are here to educate each other. I hadn't heard that particular tune and hadn't thought of the Transfer in years. Found a mix on youtube playing now. Thanks.

[Tennesseer]

I saw Manhattan Transfer in concert 30 years ago. Great musicians.

[ty]

The funny thing is that the supposed Rapture is no where in the Bible.

The funnier thing is, man wrote the bible and people believe in it as if some intangible god wrote it.

People that hear voices in their heads and see things are usually institutionalized for it. Unfortunately we have millions of nuts in the world we cannot house so we just send them to a safety zone called church were they all can be happy and share Kool-Aid.

Don't drink the Kool-Aid.

[ty]

May 15, 2011 14:38:55 GMT -5 @toughtimes said:

People also believe in Ayn Rand, Mao's Little Red Book, Hitler's Mein Kamph, there are many idols and humans tend to worship at least one of them.

I use to believe in the Tuuf fairy, Santa and the Easter Bunny only to learn that our parents were liars for feeding us all that bs.
But they were just doing what their society taught them to do. play follow the leader.