The epitome of sad irony...

[CoffeeCat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6aji4bdWU <---- Link to video

One of my Facebook friends posted this video. It is a religious, rapture-themed
video, showing the creation of the universe (light). After the creation scene, the words "6,000
years later" appear--and it is present day. Dramatic music and shots of terrorism, natural
disasters and curiously, a brief shot of Dan Rather at his news desk, appears. Then the rapture
instantaneously happens--with man people disappearing (with others left behind).

The irony--which really underscores the level of ignorance that is out there today--is
that this Facebook friend posted the video and her message to everyone was, "Wow. You have to watch this.
It really makes you think."

Think? This video makes you think? .

Really?

The last thing these people are doing, is thinking. As if the video in itself wasn't bad enough, I looked
at the source of the video and read many of the comments. Each one as bizarre as the next. These people
are rapture ready, let me tell you. Many of them expressed a similar sentiment--please Jesus, come now. We
want the rapture now.

I don't mean to be pessimistic, but I find it difficult to remain positive about this country and
its future, when so many of our citizens who cling to such nonsense--vote Republican and never
miss a chance to vote. The neocons use and manipulate these people--and feign a "Godly"
political agenda in order to cull votes from them.

The neocon tactic comes down to this, "If these people actually believe that the Earth is only 6,000
years old, and that Jesus is coming back soon--we sure as hell can convince them that helping the poor
is immoral, torture of human beings is justice and giving tax breaks to millionaires is what Jesus would do."

I'm not sure how our country repairs the damage. It's going to take all of us working together to break
up the corporate power and corrupt politicians who are destroying our democracy. With this level of
deep ignorance out there, I'm just not sure how we can find common ground.

And really, that's exactly what the neocons want. A divided electorate with no chance for meaningful
dialog.

Sad, really sad.

[damntexdem]

1. Well, it DOES make one think -- things like ...

how can these people be so stupid?

[Wilber_Stool]

2. That's nothing.

Take a look at theses guys:

http://www.fstdt.com/

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you"ll hit yourself in the face with a board full of nails.

[CoffeeCat]

3. Quote from that site:

"We Christians would do well to adopt the Muslim strategy. When someone sues to remove the Ten Commandments from a public area, attack, beat and maybe even KILL them. When a federal appeals court rules that Christian Nativity Scenes in New York Schools can be banned while Jew Menorrah's a Muslim Crescents can remain in the same schools, the Judges on that court should be attacked, beaten and if necessary, KILLED. When someone sues to halt Christian public prayers at football games, school events or local town meetings, that person should be attacked, beaten and if need be, KILLED. Violence works. It makes people think twice before doing something to a particular person or group of people."


Niiiiiice. Cuz, yeah, that's certainly what Jesus would have done. :eyes:

[Better Today]

4. Well, I did something "stupid" the other day out of boredom, I watched

the movie 2012. It is atrocious, but y'know I really enjoy the actors involved, so I thought what the hell. Funny thing was, I was expecting to see something that was overtly religious and atrocious, but it was just atrocious. In the "end," every religion related characters, even churches and the vatican, were left behind and their destruction was shown. The only ones that made it through to a new beginning were the elite and a few commoners. That aspect was a pleasant surprise, they showed what would likely really happen, which has nothing to do with taking jesus into your life or being pious in any way.