A couple of notes on an Apocalypse

[wolven7]

1) Today is May 21, and so I'd just like to take a moment to remind you that the Biblical verses on which the idea of "The Rapture" is based (Revelation 7:4-8) says that only 144,000 people, all stemming from the 12 tribes descended directly from David will be 'ported out early.

That being said, even if you are a member of one of said 12 Tribes, then you are still just one person in a field of way more than 12,000.

So how's your genealogy and how's your luck?

2) Just because today might not be the start of the Apocalypse doesn't necessitate that we start shitting on people's conceptions of Deity. There's a difference between demanding that someone maintain an internally consistent position (that is reading the fucking book you claim to believe) and just being a dick about it.

What I'm saying is, the strawman of "Invisible Skydaddy" is starting to get a little tired, so if you just want to be a dick about it? Just say so.

Just say so.

Comments

[karishi.livejournal.com]

Indeed. On the one hand, I'm pretty sure there's an important bit along the lines of "you shall not know the day nor the hour" that makes the intent to specify feel almost sacrilegious in itself. On the other, most of the people I've met who hold such beliefs (whether exactly that one or the more general "internally inconsistent stuff I don't believe in") are good people who aren't necessarily very bright but are at least willing to act on their convictions, even in the face of a lot of real dicks. To me, that goodness warrants, at the least, my not being one of the dicks.

[amused-bouche.livejournal.com]

They might want to read Luke 21:
Luke 21:31-33 (Contemporary English Version)
31 So, when you see these things happening, you know that God's kingdom will soon be here. 32 You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all of this takes place. 33 The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will.

[necrophonic.livejournal.com]

"Just because today might not be the start of the Apocalypse doesn't necessitate that we start shitting on people's conceptions of Deity."

Seconded. There's plenty of good reasons to believe or disbelieve in these things, we don't need to use shitty reasons like "well some asshat was wrong about the end of the world, therefore I'm an atheist".

Nothing like the end of the world to bring out the logical fallacy parade on BOTH sides of the fence.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Nothing like the end of the world to bring out the logical fallacy parade on BOTH sides of the fence.

Exactly this.