Religious nuts ecstatic over Middle East turmoil: “Mark Frauenfelder:
Harper’s has posted messages from the Rapture Ready/End Times chat bulletin board. These folks are as happy as can be that Israel and Hezbollah are fighting because that means they’re one step closer to the Rapture.
Got that dancing feeling on the inside of me.
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This is the busiest I’ve ever seen this website in a few years! I have been having rapture dreams and I can’t believe that this is really it! We are on the edge of eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Whoa! I can sure feel the glory bumps after reading this thread!
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I too am soooo excited!! I get goose bumps, literally, when I watch what’s going on in the M.E.!! And Watcherboy, you were so right when saying it was quite a day yesterday, in the world news, and I add in local news here in the Boston area!! Tunnel ceiling collapsed on a car and killed a woman of faith, and we had the most terrifying storms I have ever seen here!! But, yes, oh happy day, like in your screen name , it is most indeed a time to be happy and excited, right there with ya!!
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(Via Boing Boing.)
These people make me sick to my stomach. Being happy about civilian and military deaths on both sides, just because they think heaven’s a little closer to them. Even if their extremely flawed theology were correctly identifying the second coming of Christ, I’m sure it is not Christlike to be so happy about the devastation preceding foretold event…
that makes me sick…and sad.
Makeesha
July 20th, 2006
That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard of. I’m usually very careful not to slam another part of the body of Christ, but this might cross the line for me.
David
July 20th, 2006
This has still been stewing in my brain. Amazing, I’ve met people like this and I still don’t believe it.
I spread the ‘wealth’ to our blog.
David
July 20th, 2006
Ditto. This is very sick and very sad.
Brian
July 21st, 2006