Too Fast, Too Soon – Rapture delayed for Ed and Justine
May 27th , what was wrong with May 21st? Too crowded? Why is Ed waiting until May 27th?
Harold Camping, president of the Family Radio Christian network, believes that 200 million people will be enraptured on May 21st 2011– How very Red Ed to think that was too fast, too soon, and wait a week.
Camping teaches that a Biblical calendar has been hidden according to Daniel 12:9, Revelation 22:10 detailing the imminent end of the world (with alleged Biblical evidence pointing to the date for the Rapture as May 21, 2011); according to which God determined before the beginning of the world which individuals are to be saved.
He also thinks the end of the world will come on October 21st 2011.
Best not delay the honeymoon Ed.
March 30, 2011 at 19:33
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Ed is following the example of his predecessor. When joining a Union, do it
after everyone else with as few witnesses and as little publicity as possible.
I wonder if Ed will acknowledge his children at the same time?
- March 30, 2011 at 15:33
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I used to torment an old school teacher who believed he was going to be
‘beamed up’ when the moment of rapture occurred.
With the faithful date now approaching I’m starting to regret my digs at
him, as I am going to look like a total prat if he is proved right.
- March 30, 2011 at 15:32
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Rapture May 27th? End of World 21st October?
Oh, Heaven. Almost five whole months without Evangelicals. I’m quite
looking forward to it.
- March 30, 2011 at 16:37
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Sorry to disappoint you, old chap, but some of us don’t take the vulgar
and heretical American ‘Secret Rapture’ dogma biscuit. And people who claim
to have calculated a date for the return of the Messiah are either unhinged
(e.g. Camping) or simply misguided. Enough of them have been proved wrong in
the last 2 millennia.
That He will return is beyond question – but nobody
knows when. See the second letter of Peter chapter 3 for details…
- March 30, 2011 at 16:56
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” That He will return is beyond question”
I’d question it as I don’t believe in spells and superstitions from the
dark ages.
How could the world have been made in 6 days if that Prof
Cox said it evolved over 13.8Bn years out of the big bang ? Starting as a
bit of dust then gradually through gravity getting larger and larger until
billions of years later being capable of generating life. Carbon dating
seems to confirm his view.
- March 30, 2011 at 17:11
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Question it as much as you like – you’re not saying anything that
hasn’t been said before a long time ago (again – see 2 Peter 3 for
details).
I’m not in the business of attempting to justify my
Christian convictions to those who patronise Christian belief and set
store by the theorizing of today’s popular demiurges. To give him
credit, Cox has ably demonstrated the vastness of the universe and the
forces at work within it; we would assert that the issues dealt with in
the Bible are even bigger because they transcend the physical realm.
- March 30, 2011 at 17:30
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” the issues dealt with in the Bible are even bigger because they
transcend the physical realm.”
I think that’s what Richie was saying with his ” spells and
superstitions ” theory of religion.
Do you know why God made
dinosaurs before people ? I’m not being disrespectful just genuinely
curious. I asked a Jehova’s Witness this question and she claimed that
dinosaurs never existed and that the fossils were planted b the
Devil.
I suspect they were used as atrial or something before he
made us ‘ in his image.’
Talking of Jehova’s Witnesses when I was
nipper in the 70′s my folks were ‘Witnesses’ and terrified us by
saying the world would end in 1975 or something. It never transpired
but the mad pastor in the US should be locked up for scaring the
cheeldren aswell.
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March 30, 2011 at 17:53
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Not wanting to Patronise Christian beliefs, but rather I cannot
help but think Christians display some hubris in thinking they know
the mind of God. As you rightly mention the universe is vast and its
complexity and beauty of its structure are well beyond our
understanding, and in fullness may very well always be. Any entity
that created all of that is clearly such as vastly supreme being, of
such magnificent omnipotence that for any human to think they know its
intentions its surely supreme arrogance? Even assuming a entity that
created the cosmos actually did take the an active interest in the
affairs of primitive species and dictated the bible to man than why is
it so full of inconsistencies, and if it is interpreted by men, then
how can they possibly understand what they are dealing with, surely
they will end up with a political document that suits their own
interests.
Just my thoughts.
- March 30, 2011 at 19:55
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Given that the Bible’s creation myth was probably cobbled together by
a group of uneducated nomads sitting in a tent sheltering from a
sandstorm, what is amazing is the amount of the philosophical myth which
has been substantiated by modern science. “6 days”, has become a straw
man for those who wish to trash Christo-Judaism as a philosophical
culture. Fundamentalists do not help their cause by choosing to ignore
that the Bible under Canon Law contains, “All that is necessary for
Man’s salvation” and is not intended to be taken at face value in every
aspect. The Old Testament is a history of the Jewish People. It is
remarkable in that it is a history that was written by a small tribe of
serial losers – most history is written by the winners. The New
Testament is the basis of the Christian religion and gives a framework
by which Christians can live their lives.
When you consider it, The
first few verses of both Genesis and John actually fit very well with
“In the beginning there was nothing – which went BANG”, the present
creation theory of modern science.
- March 30, 2011 at 21:26
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Kingbingo: no Christian who approaches the issues of faith
thoughtfully and carefully will ever claim to know the mind of God;
those who imply as much are fooling only themselves. Paul rightly says
‘Who has known the mind of God or been his counsellor?’
I’ve been
around long enough to have heard all the old chestnuts about biblical
inconsistencies – and I’m not going to waste my time engaging in
tiresome and unprofitable arguments about it to those who have already
decided on the matter.
Suffice it to say that ‘I know whom I have
believed’.
Grumpy Old Man: If you take as a premise that God is all-powerful,
then it’s no problem to accept that he could create the world in 6
days. Whether that was the case or not is (to my mind, at least)
immaterial. The Bible isn’t a detailed text book for geology, human
history or natural science; its purpose is primarily theological – ‘to
make us wise unto salvation’. The challenge for Christian apologists
is to match the geological with the theological!
- March 30, 2011 at 15:24
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” 200 million people will be enraptured on May 21st 2011″
Jordan’s ( big boobies not despotic country in Mid East) birthday is the
22nd. Wonder if she’ll miss it. 22nd is also International Biodiversity Day
which might sadly have to be cancelled.
” He also thinks the end of the world will come on October 21st 2011.”
Drat ! That’s International Day of the Nacho..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Nacho
Hopefully they will shift the date. Love those red hot chilli Nachos.
”
Hotter than a whore in Hell” said Manuel Cortego who organises the Mexican end
of the celebrations.
- March 30, 2011 at 13:34
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Idiot Wind – Bob Dylan
- March 30, 2011 at 13:42
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Stairway to Hell – Led Zeppelin
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March 30, 2011 at 14:01
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Dylan, now we’re talking.
(Brother’s) Blood On The Tracks
You Aint Goin’ Nowhere
Knocking
On IMF’s Door
Maggie’s Harm (all-purpose Labour excuse)
- March 30, 2011 at
14:37
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March 30, 2011 at 20:58
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“Fuck me” – Yann Tiersen
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March 30, 2011 at 11:35
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word
(that’s enough now – ed)
- March 30, 2011 at 12:09
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(Oh no it isn’t! – the unruly)
Follow The Yellow Prick Road (to
attract ex-LibDem votes)
Lloyd George Knew My Grandfather (and put him on
the MI5 dodgy list)
I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass (Blondie? Hazel
O’Connor?)
Simply Red(ward) (emphasis on simple)
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March 30, 2011 at 12:40
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More for Darling, although Redward was in the cabinet –
“The pain in
Spain falls mainly on the Brits”
- March 30, 2011 at 16:38
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Red sails (sales?) in the sunset..
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March 30, 2011 at 11:34
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You can’t hide your lying eyes
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March 30, 2011 at 11:29
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Certain Twitterers are playing the game of naming hymns and songs for the
the nuptials at #labourweddingsongs
As an example: “I lie to the, my
country”
There are many more
- March 30, 2011 at 10:58
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Not-the-best-man D. Miliband could be in charge of the bruvver’s party by
then, along with Y. Cooper. Even though I detest their spendthrift ways and
lies, we need a stronger opposition than the hopeless Ed ‘n’ Ed show. Watch
your back, Ed – when you come back from honeymoon, you might be redundant.
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