The World Is (Supposedly) Going to End Saturday!
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Bonus points to anyone who can convince Family Radio to play this song on the air if and when they start broadcasting again:
Just a warning, though: it's got some swearing in it.
Just a warning, though: it's got some swearing in it.
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I swear, there's nothing between the lines of the bible but white space. I've looked. There's nothing there.
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It cant end, I never hit vtec yet.
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On a serious note, the failure of the apocalypse to manifest is probably going to have deeper problems when it comes to these people. In 1954, there was a cult that proclaimed the end was nigh, but when it didn't come to pass, it only reaffirmed their belief in it all. They claimed that the apocalypse had not happened because God had seen their devotion and took mercy on the rest of the world to give all of us the chance to reprent as they had. So it's likely that Family Radio will only redouble their efforts.
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Another stupid old man trying to gather as many followers to the his cause, just like that bloody idiot that was supposedly going to burn a Quran.
Honestly, I can't take religion seriously and that's mostly due to these idiotic prophecies and stupid fanatics. When will they ever stop...
Honestly, I can't take religion seriously and that's mostly due to these idiotic prophecies and stupid fanatics. When will they ever stop...
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I'm still alive...
Fail.
Fail.
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How can an event that didn't happen have deeper problems, or any problems for that mater?
If Family Radio doubles their efforts and continues to randomly guess about something they have no knowledge of, I still do not see what problems it causes. People who believe Christ will return still believe, and those who don't, still don't. However rediculous these peoples actions seem; if you are a christian to lazy to read the bible that is your problem, if you are not a christian these things mean little to you anyway. If anything it's just a silly nuisance, but if people want to get all worked up I say let them.
Whatever their reasons are these types appear as nothing more then attention hounds.
All forms of religion have nonsensical fanatics and no, they will never stop.
. Reminds me of Al Gore in a way lol.
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Like I said: it will only convince them that they have been right all along. They'll put some spin on this that convinces themselves that they were right, even when reality has proven them wrong. They'll only retreat deeper into their convictions, and many of them will go past the point where they can be brought back to reality. I'm all for the concept of faith, but there is a point where it starts to become a delusion that has serious consequences. There are dozens of stories already of people who were so convinced the rapture was coming that they gave up their lives, sold their homes, quit their jobs, ammassed mountains of debt, abandoned relationships and the like because they believed that the end was coming. And now that it hasn't, they somehow have to find a way to deal with that. Harold Camping spent over a hundred million dollars on the campaign about the apocalypse, but I bet he won't spend a dime to help the devout get their lives back on-track now that he's been proven wrong.
Because it's getting to the point where it's brainwashing. Family Radio is a borderline cult. There's already reports that Camping's followers are concocting theories about it, namely that the failed apocalypse was a test of faith among the devout to weed out the unfaithful.
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That probably will be fixed easy, specially if we consider the fact that computing and programming will be far more advanced -and thus, more efficient- by then. I just hope people are not stupid enough to make a hype about it in 2038.
Also, for me world ends when:
a) You die. (World ends for you.)
b) Asteroid ****s us. (So far the most believable theory.)
c) People stop caring about anything. (Life loses its "spice", thus world practically ends as life has no meaning anymore.)
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It's windy out here on the west coast (USA), and I dont see any planes out there...
