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the_ignored
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Posted - 04/07/2005 :  22:58:55  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message
At least according to the good folks at Rapture Ready

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Christians who love the prophetic Word of God are like treasure hunters digging in a muddy field. Their task appears unpleasant and fruitless up until the moment they strike gold.

Mockers are like gold because they are key indicators of the end times. As the scorn grows more intense, it has the general effect of giving strong indication that we are getting closer to the rapture. There is little chance that our critics will ever realize the consequences of their actions. I#8217;ve always said end-time mockery is the mother's milk of prophetic progression.

#8220;Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation#8221; (2 Peter 3:3-4).

On judgment day, everyone standing before the judgment seat of Christ will be thinking of everything positive they did in their life. The act of enduring ridicule for the sake of Christ will be a huge bonus on that fateful day.

If you attempt to provide others with the truth and they rebuff your offer, the responsibility for their fate rests with them. Rapture Ready's critics are in a no-win situation. Their mockery is helping bring on the end times. Their scorn is a testimony to their guilt.


Boy, talk about being out of touch with reality:
quote:
Many doomsday UFO cults believe aliens are coming to take them away to another planet. They desire to depart to escape a terrible fate that they fear will soon befall the earth. Most people just laugh them off as being a bunch of nuts, and would never dream of writing them.

What makes RR different is the innate realization that the prophetic message we promote is factual and will someday happen.

The spirit of God convicts people about their spiritual condition, and the vast majority refuses to listen to His small, gentle voice of beckoning. The content on RR strikes a nerve.
What he doesn't seem to realize is that the ufo nuts don't have the social and political power that the fundies have to impose their views on other people!

If they started teaching UFO-logy and abduction stories in science classes like the fundies are trying to teach yecism, you can bet that the skeptics would fight against them too!

>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.

Plyss
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Netherlands
231 Posts

Posted - 04/07/2005 :  23:17:46   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Plyss a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by the_ignored

At least according to the good folks at Rapture Ready

quote:
Christians who love the prophetic Word of God are like treasure hunters digging in a muddy field. Their task appears unpleasant and fruitless up until the moment they strike gold.





Now i'm not a geologist, but how much gold does one expect to find in a muddy field? Or am i carrying the analogy to far?
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 04/07/2005 :  23:31:02   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Plyss

quote:
Originally posted by the_ignored

At least according to the good folks at Rapture Ready

quote:
Christians who love the prophetic Word of God are like treasure hunters digging in a muddy field. Their task appears unpleasant and fruitless up until the moment they strike gold.





Now i'm not a geologist, but how much gold does one expect to find in a muddy field? Or am i carrying the analogy to far?



Actually, I think you hit the nail square on the head. Christians will do all that "dirty work" trying to find gold, but in the end will just be left with the mud they started in.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 04/08/2005 :  14:42:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Ricky
Actually, I think you hit the nail square on the head. Christians will do all that "dirty work" trying to find gold, but in the end will just be left with the mud they started in.

Talk about poetic justice. The sad part of it is that they do not realize the irony.

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

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