tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post153887825385911489..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: I'm Not Really Sure What to Call ThisPersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-46814833606641056762009-07-27T11:09:25.025-04:002009-07-27T11:09:25.025-04:00Its actually not that surprising that people maint...Its actually not that surprising that people maintain their beliefs despite numerous disappointments. The thing you need to remember is that people who maintain beliefs about the rapture have a huge amount invested in the concept. If they walked away they would immediately have to reckon with the narcissistic injury that comes with knowing one was so wrong about something so important to themselves for so long. Then they would have to go through the crisis of faith and loss of meaning that would be the natural result of losing one of the central tenets of one's faith. While they were going through that they would lose important parts of their primary social support groups because they would suddenly have an outsider status. Lurking in the background would be the fear that their doubt damned them to hell. Further back behind that, perhaps outside of conscious awareness, there would be an important loss of self-worth related to no longer being special/saved/better-than-others-because-of-esoteric-knowledge. <br /><br />When something like this becomes part of your identity, a little bit of cognitive gymnastics is a hell of a lot more desirable than losing your friends, church, sense of self, and world view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-38693594854154534022009-07-24T20:49:18.869-04:002009-07-24T20:49:18.869-04:00"c'mon now, you haven't been actively..."c'mon now, you haven't been actively waiting to die since you were 7. well, hopefully not. death cults- now for children! yikes."<br /><br />yes, actually. i was pretty much obsessed with death as a child and sincerely believed in the rapture, or, if not that, in heaven, and was willing and eager to die because of it. (at least, mentally i was. instinctually i was still scared shitless)<br /><br />isn't it wonderful what they teach kids these days? ;)Iktomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764173102454691516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-75308972151999906142009-07-21T19:58:46.847-04:002009-07-21T19:58:46.847-04:00As a Rapturist for many years we followed the teac...As a Rapturist for many years we followed the teachings of C.I. Scofield (Scofield Study Bible) and Clarence Larkin (Dispensational Truth)<br /><br />I think Rapturists live in a constant state of disappointment, yet...........if you are disappointed enough times, maybe, just maybe, it will come true.<br /><br />Dispensationalism and Rapturism are modern doctrines when compared to the antiquity of many Christian doctrines.<br /><br />Rapturism would be harmless except for the fact we have government leaders that are rapturists and their beliefs affect their policy decisions.<br /><br />They profess a great love for Israel which I do not understand because according to their theology God kills all the Jews in the Tribulation. "Hey we love you but our god is gonna kill you!"<br /><br />BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-12675238437138933942009-07-21T06:50:40.066-04:002009-07-21T06:50:40.066-04:00It's just maddening to think of the boatloads ...It's just maddening to think of the boatloads of money that must have been made off of these gullible people over the years -- royalties on <b>88 Reasons</b> and <b>Left Buttock</b> and so forth must be just the tip of the iceberg -- and I wasn't clever or crooked enough to get a single penny of it. Well, maybe there's still time to dash off a quickie book on why it will finally happen on 9/9/2009.<br /><br />Religion -- helping con men find the easy prey since 4,004 BC!Infidel753http://infidel753.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-48897954996041690372009-07-21T00:55:37.614-04:002009-07-21T00:55:37.614-04:00The Rapture was invented by a guy named John Nelso...The Rapture was invented by a guy named John Nelson Darby. It isn't in the Bible. <br /><br />Yes, I did already get banned from RR, years ago, for daring to say so. ;)Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-33533927659222355772009-07-21T00:09:22.503-04:002009-07-21T00:09:22.503-04:00Scary that people like this are wandering around, ...Scary that people like this are wandering around, buying real estate, DRIVING ON OUR ROADS, and quite possibly working 3 or 4 cubicles down where you work. Even the glazed look in the eye isn't an automatic giveaway nowadays. The economy or too much TiVoing can do that...Vollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514280952695776270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-1821341713837750422009-07-20T21:27:56.660-04:002009-07-20T21:27:56.660-04:00LOL that was a funny read... hard to believe that ...LOL that was a funny read... hard to believe that some have been waiting for as long as I've been alive... Love the Happy beachball BTW, I'm a happy face freak, doesn't that sound strange for me ;)Kerri Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05368500873620219614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-13281378940497013642009-07-20T12:37:40.710-04:002009-07-20T12:37:40.710-04:00Thanks, Michael.
This also helped explain where t...Thanks, Michael.<br /><br />This also helped explain where the idea of "dispensationalism" came from, which I have encountered plenty of times (and never understood the biblical parallels). <br /><br />I get the feeling that I'll find a Bible Decoder Ring in cereal boxes someday...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979158536061044873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-73916057586819643032009-07-20T11:53:29.866-04:002009-07-20T11:53:29.866-04:00BarnStormer: Look up "Scofield Reference Bibl...BarnStormer: Look up "<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=scofield+reference&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g6" rel="nofollow">Scofield Reference Bible</a>". It turns out that the Bible is actually an odd sort of "Find The Hidden Picture" book, and that'll help you decode it.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-1804418328628932392009-07-20T11:48:31.339-04:002009-07-20T11:48:31.339-04:00What I'm interested in knowing is where these ...What I'm interested in knowing is where these Christians learned their "Rapture Theology"? A book that was wrong about the end of the world 20 years ago, and what? Left Behind?<br /><br />A destructive affect this type of behavior can have is that these people may not care about the health and status of the rest of the world, because God's going to come and wipe it out soon anyway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979158536061044873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-2690692469467833762009-07-20T09:28:11.034-04:002009-07-20T09:28:11.034-04:00Why should they consider all the times that he did...Why should they consider all the times that he didn't come? Remember they are conditioned into thinking God works in mysterious ways. They think God is waiting for some set number of souls before he whisks them away. Yet in America more people are falling from the faith than are going into it. WTF??? This is counter to what they believe and yet it doesn't phase them. The largest growing segments of religion in the world are Islam and Roman Catholics, which fundies think are both of the devil. So what the fuck is God waiting for. According to their own theology he is letting more souls slip away than he could save, by waiting.<br /><br />I bet several are thinking the date of the rapture now is 12/21/2012. The more times they are wrong the stronger they will believe, as sad as that sounds. Remember the Bible says no one will know the day of Jesus' return and that it will come like a thief in the night. So being wrong just proves the Bible is right. Weird doublethink, eh?BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-8277086669158198482009-07-20T09:21:47.492-04:002009-07-20T09:21:47.492-04:00Doesn't it say somewhere in the bible that the...Doesn't it say somewhere in the bible that they're NOT supposed to be waiting and watching? What's up with that? <br /><br /> Also, does this mean that they can eat whatever they want, smoke and run up their credit card bills because they don't have to worry about their future? Just curious.Lynnenoreply@blogger.com