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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:30 PM Original message |
I'm perplexed by why the fundies want and pray for the rapture... |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. My take: They fear death |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. My take - they fear life, and all the uncertainty and choices that have |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. My take..they are losers. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. With the rapture they get to leave all the rest of the world behind. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. I just wish... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Really... |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. They get tired of trying to repeatedly create hell on earth. . . |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, they think after the rapture comes a perfect life. |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have an Aunt who is |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I personally think they're the deeceived spoken of in their own Bible |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is the ultimate "deus ex machina". Doesn't matter how much you screw |
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LuCifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. they have a DEATHWISH |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. That promise was a promise originally made to slaves who |
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hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. They want to die and have "big daddy" god... |
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Bluestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. From Someone Raised in a Fundie Church |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Then most of us "sane" ones out there |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bewcause deep-down, in their heart-of-hearts... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. they are two payments behind on their mobile home and one of their kids... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. You are mixing up different aspects of Christian Doctrine. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Thank you, that was the kind of answer I was looking for... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Yes. That is a good paraphrase of the book of James in ... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I guess, I must ask the enteral question then... |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hey, I'm praying for the rapture too . . . |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. they hate life |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. Q: Do other religions (Islam, Bhudists, Jewish, ect..).. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. IIRC, in Islam the world ends in fire. |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think its selfishness. Not wanting the world to go on after you've |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's the ultimate irresponsibility clause... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. They want to be able to say "I told you so!" in the "after life". |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. and I just thought they wanted their quarterback back lol |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because they want so bad to prove to everyone that they're right. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Because they love Jesus |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. When your life sucks, death seems like a good option |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. The though of all of the potential punishment |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. I say bring it on and free the rest of us! |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have a related question: Why would anyone *want* to have a life after... |
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