Yah English is hell of flexible and adaptable and damn progressive as a language. It’s the lazy thoughtless misuse of it that creates problems. Consider that everyone still understood what word you meant even though you misspelled it.
Atheists can say Thank You. Like when you sit down to the table to eat, you can thank the human being who went to the effort of making that meal. Or if you made the meal, thank the dead animal who’s flesh you’re about to consume for prolonging your life. Or say “93” and dig in. Or say “Cheers to science for the microwave oven”. You can say whatever you damn well please.
Also, if I were to wake up one day and find that the Rapture happened, and all the religious people were gone (of course only those who believe in the one true religion, mind you) I’d be pretty concerned. No wait, I’d be freaking out like crazy.
I mean the rest goes to hell right.
@...sylvanish: “Or if you made the meal, thank the dead animal who’s flesh you’re about to consume for prolonging your life.”
Meat is murder… TASTY TASTY MURDER!!!! 😀
And for all you vegetarians, “For every animal you don’t eat… I’m going to eat THREE!”
@...rompSku: Man, heck no.
If the Rapture occurred in the sense of this picture, we’d be able to start applying the scientific method to our lives and society and start working together as a species.
Just because religious people vanished doesn’t prove them ‘right’ about anything. Maybe it was a disease that only affected people with certain thought-patterns and caused rapid cellular disintegration. Maybe benign aliens watching over us finally got fed up with the nonsense and zapped them all so the rest can rebuild an intelligent and responsible society unfettered by primitive superstitions.
There is always a rational explanation for supernatural phenomena and something resembling the Rapture would be no different.
@...dieAntagonista:
English is a mixed bag.
Grammar – not bad, progressive – sure but sometimes too progressive, spelling – fucking horrid. I can handle all else, but a spelling reform is long overdue, nicht war?
With that said – does Rapture leave the Muslims behind too? Because that would seriously suck balls. Not because I hate them (I hate all religions equally) but because there are so many of them that I would end up one of their bitches:(
@...sylvanish:
The rapture is specifically Christian as far as I know as i haven’t been brainwashed as much by other religions. Hence, if THE RAPTURE occured, Christians win, we lose. And we suffer until we repent.
And no, it won’t be a epic battle of humans versus demons, though that would be awesome.
I, for one, still hope and pray that some silly wacko scientist spills his T-Virus serum and grants us a Zombie Apocalypse!
@...ack:
English is to me beautiful, mostly because of the way it sounds. Lots of vowels, couldn’t be better. About the spelling reform, yes I guess. On the other hand, if you compare it to German, they have a new spelling reform in Austria/ Germany every freaking 2 years or so? Definitely more often than any body can handle.
Haha well, the bible isn’t the only scripture that includes the Rapture. Like I said, it would depend on which religion would turn out to be the one true religion. Either way, there are gonna be enough freaks left behind. Even if it turns out that all theists prayed to the same god – being irrational/ delusional isn’t a characteristic that only religious people may or may not have.
@...rompSku:
Knowing facts about religions doesn’t mean your brainwashed. And no, Christians aren’t the only ones who believe in the rapture.
I’m all for the zombie apocalypse though. The idea of an apocalypse is most amazing to me. And I like zombies.
I’m not morbid or anything, I don’t wanna die, I just enjoy the idea.
Ahh…the irony of this (excellent) pic being directly underneath an ad for “Find out who’s waiting to meet you at Christian Lifestyle”…by the way, what’s with all the pro-Christian ads on MCS lately? Doubleplusungood…
Speaking of apocalypses, and all the people who might be preparing for a zombie based one: what about the likely possibility of a robot apocalypse? Suddenly all the effective zombie killing tools are useless. Someone who stocked up on HP bullets will be fucked when an armored machine with scrambled target acquisition software rolls through the wall.
Personally I’d prefer a robot one. Less gross factor and no worries of having to kill your friends.
Speaking of English; did I pluralize apocalypse properly?
@...rompSku: I guess, but who’s to say those ancient prophets tripping on Salvia and seeing the future could properly comprehend what they were seeing? Remember the minds and the times of them who wrote those words; what they perceived as hell on earth could just as well be a regular Friday evening for us.
@...dieAntagonista: Hey, an eternity of burning and torture is still better than having to put up with the fanatical zealots…
greytone (#1667)
16 years ago
@...dieAntagonista: Far as I can tell the Christian rapture isn’t even scriptural. Unless you count the gospel according to Tim LaHaye, which some in my family seem to. The Rapture seems to be largely a US Evangelical concept.
@...hvymetal86: Grab a fork buddy, there are A LOT of animals I haven’t eaten!
most of the controversy surrounding the rapture in christian circles is at what point in the 7 year tribulation the rapture occurs. but one thing is clear, and that is the tribulation is not the ‘end of the world’. a quick perusing of the last 4 chapters of Revelation (19-22), which all happen after the rapture and after the tribulation, reveals a few things that most christians don’t even realize.
1. the ass end of chapter 19 shows jesus going to war with the the beast and the false prophet and throws them in the lake of fire. chapter 20 opens with Satan being bound with a great chain and thrown into “the Abyss” to begin a 1000 year imprisonment. this ends the tribulation.
2. there is a 1000 year reign of jesus here on the earth while satan serves out his incarceration. the 1000 years end with satan being released, and the tricksy bastard runs amok and builds a last army. the army amasses in russia or some shit, and god hits the ‘smite button’ on his keyboard and fuxors everyone with fiery rocks and shit from above. satan forgets to do a barrel roll, and is cast into the lake of fire to suffer with the beast and the false prophet for ever. he does not “rule hell” as most people think.
3. after satan is done away with, then there is the judgement, where all the dead people stand before the throne of judgement.
4. God then remodels the heavens and the earth, and comes to live here, as a spirit in the body of jesus, on the earth, with the people. no one goes to heaven; god comes here.
Of course, all this about Revelations is ignoring the fact that it was written as nothing more than veiled anti-Roman propaganda…
SumoSnipe (#4452)
16 years ago
Zombies? Robots? Hammer works just fine on both.
Thank you greytone, I’ll go help hvymetal86.
I look at it this way: the chosen have been left behind to do battle at Ragnorok…..demons, zombies, robots, aliens, things of chaos, bring it.
@...Tyger42:
That and it’s a work of fiction derived from many other works of fiction and myths from the beginning of mankind’s ability to communicate and tell stories.
Also, translation =/= fact. lrn2aramaic.
or did the “devil” just come make up all those older stories to “confuse” people? LAWL!
greytone (#1667)
16 years ago
@...SumoSnipe: Fuck yeah! Count me in! Ragnarök’s going to be a WAY better party than the apocalypse!
what some people wish for
Inb4 Religious shitfit
Amen. Or something.
WTF are Athiests supposed to say in place of Amen? Thanks? Thanks to nobody? Thank no one?
Nah, we just smile.
Make that Atheist.
Fuck I hate English spelling, truly a diseased language.
Uh oh lol I’ve been spelling it wrong wrong, I guess I mash the keys because it always comes out as ‘logical’.
tiki you are 4 hours and 10 minutes ahead of my clock
Diseased language? Say what. English is fucking beautiful man.
Yah English is hell of flexible and adaptable and damn progressive as a language. It’s the lazy thoughtless misuse of it that creates problems. Consider that everyone still understood what word you meant even though you misspelled it.
Atheists can say Thank You. Like when you sit down to the table to eat, you can thank the human being who went to the effort of making that meal. Or if you made the meal, thank the dead animal who’s flesh you’re about to consume for prolonging your life. Or say “93” and dig in. Or say “Cheers to science for the microwave oven”. You can say whatever you damn well please.
Also, if I were to wake up one day and find that the Rapture happened, and all the religious people were gone (of course only those who believe in the one true religion, mind you) I’d be pretty concerned. No wait, I’d be freaking out like crazy.
I mean the rest goes to hell right.
@...dieAntagonista: At least we get to enjoy a Quantum of Solace. WHOA C WUT I DID THAR?
Haha alright ok you win.
@...sylvanish: “Or if you made the meal, thank the dead animal who’s flesh you’re about to consume for prolonging your life.”
Meat is murder… TASTY TASTY MURDER!!!! 😀
And for all you vegetarians, “For every animal you don’t eat… I’m going to eat THREE!”
You guys DO know what happens after the Rapture right?
Antichrists, hell on earth… you know, the regular apocalypse type stuff.
And… if the rapture occur, I can almost guarantee you that everybody left behind would get their ass into religious gear really fast.
And, it would basically prove that Christians were right all along. And we, despite all our proof, have been wrong.
@...rompSku: Man, heck no.
If the Rapture occurred in the sense of this picture, we’d be able to start applying the scientific method to our lives and society and start working together as a species.
Just because religious people vanished doesn’t prove them ‘right’ about anything. Maybe it was a disease that only affected people with certain thought-patterns and caused rapid cellular disintegration. Maybe benign aliens watching over us finally got fed up with the nonsense and zapped them all so the rest can rebuild an intelligent and responsible society unfettered by primitive superstitions.
There is always a rational explanation for supernatural phenomena and something resembling the Rapture would be no different.
And if there was some sense of Hell on Earth in a biblical way… I’m thinking Doom… Fuck religion, pass the ammo.
…aliens are SO a rational explanation for many things. Shut up.
@...dieAntagonista:
English is a mixed bag.
Grammar – not bad, progressive – sure but sometimes too progressive, spelling – fucking horrid. I can handle all else, but a spelling reform is long overdue, nicht war?
With that said – does Rapture leave the Muslims behind too? Because that would seriously suck balls. Not because I hate them (I hate all religions equally) but because there are so many of them that I would end up one of their bitches:(
@...sylvanish:
The rapture is specifically Christian as far as I know as i haven’t been brainwashed as much by other religions. Hence, if THE RAPTURE occured, Christians win, we lose. And we suffer until we repent.
And no, it won’t be a epic battle of humans versus demons, though that would be awesome.
I, for one, still hope and pray that some silly wacko scientist spills his T-Virus serum and grants us a Zombie Apocalypse!
@...ack:
English is to me beautiful, mostly because of the way it sounds. Lots of vowels, couldn’t be better. About the spelling reform, yes I guess. On the other hand, if you compare it to German, they have a new spelling reform in Austria/ Germany every freaking 2 years or so? Definitely more often than any body can handle.
Haha well, the bible isn’t the only scripture that includes the Rapture. Like I said, it would depend on which religion would turn out to be the one true religion. Either way, there are gonna be enough freaks left behind. Even if it turns out that all theists prayed to the same god – being irrational/ delusional isn’t a characteristic that only religious people may or may not have.
@...rompSku:
Knowing facts about religions doesn’t mean your brainwashed. And no, Christians aren’t the only ones who believe in the rapture.
I’m all for the zombie apocalypse though. The idea of an apocalypse is most amazing to me. And I like zombies.
I’m not morbid or anything, I don’t wanna die, I just enjoy the idea.
Ahh…the irony of this (excellent) pic being directly underneath an ad for “Find out who’s waiting to meet you at Christian Lifestyle”…by the way, what’s with all the pro-Christian ads on MCS lately? Doubleplusungood…
@...Svartmetall: The more Tiki allows posts disparaging Christianity, they more they will pay him to post ads promoting Christ.
It’s genius, really.
Speaking of apocalypses, and all the people who might be preparing for a zombie based one: what about the likely possibility of a robot apocalypse? Suddenly all the effective zombie killing tools are useless. Someone who stocked up on HP bullets will be fucked when an armored machine with scrambled target acquisition software rolls through the wall.
Personally I’d prefer a robot one. Less gross factor and no worries of having to kill your friends.
Speaking of English; did I pluralize apocalypse properly?
@...rompSku: I guess, but who’s to say those ancient prophets tripping on Salvia and seeing the future could properly comprehend what they were seeing? Remember the minds and the times of them who wrote those words; what they perceived as hell on earth could just as well be a regular Friday evening for us.
@...dieAntagonista: Hey, an eternity of burning and torture is still better than having to put up with the fanatical zealots…
@...dieAntagonista: Far as I can tell the Christian rapture isn’t even scriptural. Unless you count the gospel according to Tim LaHaye, which some in my family seem to. The Rapture seems to be largely a US Evangelical concept.
@...hvymetal86: Grab a fork buddy, there are A LOT of animals I haven’t eaten!
most of the controversy surrounding the rapture in christian circles is at what point in the 7 year tribulation the rapture occurs. but one thing is clear, and that is the tribulation is not the ‘end of the world’. a quick perusing of the last 4 chapters of Revelation (19-22), which all happen after the rapture and after the tribulation, reveals a few things that most christians don’t even realize.
1. the ass end of chapter 19 shows jesus going to war with the the beast and the false prophet and throws them in the lake of fire. chapter 20 opens with Satan being bound with a great chain and thrown into “the Abyss” to begin a 1000 year imprisonment. this ends the tribulation.
2. there is a 1000 year reign of jesus here on the earth while satan serves out his incarceration. the 1000 years end with satan being released, and the tricksy bastard runs amok and builds a last army. the army amasses in russia or some shit, and god hits the ‘smite button’ on his keyboard and fuxors everyone with fiery rocks and shit from above. satan forgets to do a barrel roll, and is cast into the lake of fire to suffer with the beast and the false prophet for ever. he does not “rule hell” as most people think.
3. after satan is done away with, then there is the judgement, where all the dead people stand before the throne of judgement.
4. God then remodels the heavens and the earth, and comes to live here, as a spirit in the body of jesus, on the earth, with the people. no one goes to heaven; god comes here.
5. ????
6. PROFIT
Of course, all this about Revelations is ignoring the fact that it was written as nothing more than veiled anti-Roman propaganda…
Zombies? Robots? Hammer works just fine on both.
Thank you greytone, I’ll go help hvymetal86.
I look at it this way: the chosen have been left behind to do battle at Ragnorok…..demons, zombies, robots, aliens, things of chaos, bring it.
@...Tyger42:
That and it’s a work of fiction derived from many other works of fiction and myths from the beginning of mankind’s ability to communicate and tell stories.
Also, translation =/= fact. lrn2aramaic.
or did the “devil” just come make up all those older stories to “confuse” people? LAWL!
@...SumoSnipe: Fuck yeah! Count me in! Ragnarök’s going to be a WAY better party than the apocalypse!
@...sylvanish: I believe you meant “hella” and not “hell of”?
@...SumoSnipe: That’s the spirit! Come to my place for some good strong mead.
@...PrometheusUnbound: Once perhaps, until I read Achewood.
“god hits the ’smite button’ on his keyboard and fuxors everyone with fiery rocks and shit from above”
Aha! Now we see the violence inherent in the system!