Some grey bloke's advice for the upcoming Rapture.
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somegreybloke, Mon 16 May 2011, 11:23,
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Are you mocking the rapture?
It's proven, so there.
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Mon 16 May 2011, 11:37,
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While reading about these people I found out there's a bit in the bible that says
no man can ever know the date of the end of the world. Only God knows this date.
These people are clearly going to burn in hell for pretending they knew it.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 May 2011, 11:50,
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Matthew, 24:35-36
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
It's not as if most fundamentals pay that much attention to scripture anyhow. If they did, they'd all be busy getting circumcised and crushing people under walls.
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Are you a suitable person to ask if
Deuteronomy 23:1 means that impotent men go to hell? I've been paraphrasing this since i saw it on Fist On Fun, and am still not sure if my version is "fair"...
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:04,
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I'm no expert
Seems pretty clear that that's what it says to me, though.
EDIT: Although only in cases where it's a result of your goods having been damaged. If you're impotent for other reasons, the gates of Heaven are presumably still open.
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the more "modern" the translation
the more length s they seem to go to to say it's only if it's deliberate etc... but older ones are very much open to interpretation.
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:10,
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so why did God make these people impotent?
that's not giving them much of a chance now is it
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:10,
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no no
that's where they get to blame the bad things on a red dude with a pointy tail. It's just so perfect!
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:13,
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the one that isn't in the Bible you mean
red with pointy tail came much later, when the church was in need of something eyecatching to scare people with
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:22,
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There was no hell in Hebrew belief (/is none in Jewish)
Barely even a heaven.
So, no, it won't mean that.
The passage in question is, I believe:
He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.
assembly of the LORD (thunder) essentially means Israel as a primitive nation. All sorts of rules about who's allowed in and who not.
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if you think that a paradox will stop these nutters
you can think again...hypocrisy is a requirement of religion... not a weapon against it.
depressing as that is...
im going to be so pissed off if Cern create a fucking black hole on the date of the rapture... thats gonna make my atheism harder to argue.
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what did i say about paradoxs...
its right there above this post
(runs away)
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scientists the world over should make an effort not to try anything world ending
it'd be terribly ironic if they were to blame for mass religious belief
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:04,
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GC
Posted yesterday I'm afraid.
EDIT: 67% not christians: www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
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which religion
would win under AV?
That's actually a potentially valid question isn't it? Not sure.
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RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Mon 16 May 2011, 12:16,
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Presumably agnosticism or atheism
via second votes. i.e. 'If I can't have my own religion, I'd rather have nothing'.
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But you're ignoring the silent Daoist majority...
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calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Mon 23 May 2011, 10:22,
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