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Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by 21052011: 9:27am On Apr 15, 2011
35 days more!!!!!!!!!

May God forgive us for our sins that we might enter the kingdom of heaven. 
May He open our hears that we might hear and obey His word.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 11:20pm On Apr 15, 2011
21-05-2011:

35 days more!!!!!!!!!

May God will forgive us for our sins that we might enter the kingdom of heaven.
May He open our hears that we might hear and obey His word.

If he doesn't make it here after 36 days, what do we do?
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by 21052011: 8:38am On Apr 16, 2011
thehomer:

If he doesn't make it here after 36 days, what do we do?



it doesnt change anything for me
Ill just keep waiting for him cause surely we are in the end times.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 2:58pm On Apr 16, 2011
21-05-2011:

it doesnt change anything for me
Ill just keep waiting for him cause surely we are in the end times.

Well it should because if he doesn't come, then either it makes him a regular disappointment or it makes you a false prophet probably destined for hell for your addition to the Bible in deciding when Jesus should show up.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 9:22am On Apr 17, 2011
21-05-2011:

it doesnt change anything for me
Ill just keep waiting for him cause surely we are in the end times.

THE END TIMES. That would be a marvelous name for a bar/club. PARTY LIKE ITS THE END TIME.  You should keep waiting, it could be anytime from May 21st 2011 to May 21st 3011, after all what is another 1000 years when the faithful have been waiting and dying (while waiting) for "2000" years already.
As far as im concerned, he better be on board some sick a$$, technologically advanced space ship because this is 2011 and coming through on a horse wont be kosher. If he could turn water into wine over 2000 years ago, he should be able to turn water into jet fuel or some kind of fuel humans haven't even dreamt of.

34 days and my homeboy Jesus returns!!!!! I have a personal relationship with him. I was calling him JEEZY before that rapper  guy from Atlanta decided he was going to be Young Jeezy. Dude stole the name I had for my homeboy.  cry
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by 21052011: 9:57am On Apr 18, 2011
^^^lol
I like your sense of humor
jeezy right
hope youll be laughing come may 22nd.

32 days left people!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 10:12am On Apr 18, 2011
21-05-2011:

^^^lol
i like your sense of humor
32 days left people!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like yours too! You're funnier though because at least I know Im joking.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Sweetnecta: 11:13am On Apr 18, 2011
i am not a christian. but i must defend the honor of Jesus son of Mary from the many false statements by people for and on his behalf;

we all know that jesus was not a christian.

he didn't start christianity.

he didn't say he was the only way from Adam till end of mankind to God.

he didn;t say i am your God, so worship me.

he did not say that no prophet will come after him, the reason he warned that they should be aware of 'false prophets'.

he didn't have a religion that was different from the religion of Abraham which was the same religion of Adam, Noah, etc.

jesus didn't say he was the son of God as in begotten [sired].

etc, etc.

rapture, i swear by God will never happen, because every man will die, including jesus when he comes back.

if you think you will not die, it is similar to denial that sleep will never over take you.
everyone will hurry to die when death comes similar to a thirsty person hurrying to gulp down cold drink.


i hope no one will open him/herself up for regret for not listening to reason when at death they see where they are heading.
the fire of hell will burn the whole body; inside and outside, including all parts between the innermost and the outermost all at the same time. and it will be repeated and the one being punished can never ever get used to the punishment. and there is no hope of escaping it. what is everlasting for the evil doers who say there is no God and or God is many and or has a son is the fire.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 10:23pm On Apr 18, 2011
33 days and counting. He had better show up because I'm about to start spending other people's money that I have with me.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 8:51am On Apr 19, 2011
Sweetnecta:

i am not a christian. but i must defend the honor of Jesus son of Mary from the many false statements by people for and on his behalf;

we all know that jesus was not a christian.

he didn't start christianity.

he didn't say he was the only way from Adam till end of mankind to God.

he didn;t say i am your God, so worship me.

he did not say that no prophet will come after him, the reason he warned that they should be aware of 'false prophets'.

he didn't have a religion that was different from the religion of Abraham which was the same religion of Adam, Noah, etc.

jesus didn't say he was the son of God as in begotten [sired].

etc, etc.

rapture, i swear by God will never happen, because every man will die, including jesus when he comes back.
if you think you will not die, it is similar to denial that sleep will never over take you.
everyone will hurry to die when death comes similar to a thirsty person hurrying to gulp down cold drink.


i hope no one will open him/herself up for regret for not listening to reason when at death they see where they are heading.
the fire of hell will burn the whole body; inside and outside, including all parts between the innermost and the outermost all at the same time. and it will be repeated and the one being punished can never ever get used to the punishment. and there is no hope of escaping it. what is everlasting for the evil doers who say there is no God and or God is many and or has a son is the fire.

Sweetnecta Son of Bitternecta, you don't have to defend Jesus Son of Mary from the false statements. He'll come do that himself on the 21st of May! A muslim like you should repent because your hell doesn't exist but trust me by May 22nd you'll be in the christian hell.

You go around harping on and on about how false christianity is, like your faith is more reasonable. Y'all borrow the Jews' folklores, then you demonize them and the other Abrahamic faith and act like your version isn't more barbaric.

I wonder how all the other "prophets" you always mention are all jewish patriachs except for mohammed. Did god/allah get so tired of talking to the jews through burning bushes that he decided to go talk to some arab in a cave?

A Prophet is a person who speaks for god. Like a spokesman or maybe a press secretary.  The difference between the three is that the former can never make his client available because his client lives somewhere inside his skull.
Lets assume your fables are true, why do you even refer to Adam as a prophet? prophet to whom? His nuclear family? Or maybe to the other creatures?

I wonder why allah didn't bother to send a prophet to the chinese , native americans or africans. I guess these ethnic groups didn't exist 6000 years ago or whenever you religious kooks believe your god spoke everything into existence.

About the bolded part above, why is it so hard for you people to understand that an Omnipotent being who is supposed to be benevolent will LIKELY refrain for roasting people just because they don't believe in him because theres no evidence he exists, or because they belive he has a son, or because they refuse to wear a burqa or whatever ignorant reasons you people give.

And if your god truly exist, why don't you stfu and let him perform a couple of miracles to prove his existence. After all didn't he help mohammed split the moon in two?

Jesus son of Mary doesn't need your delusional thoughts or help so Sweetnecta son of Sournecta, keep your ancient barbaric bedouin bull$hhit to yourself and mohammed(pbuh, no F_ck him).

You people are guilty of larceny!! How can you steal the jews' god, change his name and then claim he's always being yours? Just like all these black people saying god must be black/nigerian or jesus was black or god is their father!!! That god concept belongs to the jews, make up your own fairytales already or better yet, drop all delusions. If a character that fits the description of jesus ever existed, the guy probably thought the whole world consisted of the middle east and nothing beyond Egypt.

and this statement of yours is just dripping with stupidity. "rapture, i swear by God will never happen, because every man will die, including jesus when he comes back."
If jesus actually came back, that would mean the bs in the bible is reallytrue grin grin grin grin so how the hell is he gonna die if he is indeed the son of god?

On a final note, there is no god but Shango and if you doubt this may his double headed axe smash that skull of yours into smithereens.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 9:58pm On Apr 29, 2011
22 days and counting.

Men I'm getting excited. I've started reserving seats in various Christian denominations. I'll be going in order of adherents to you know hedge my bets since God wouldn't go about punishing the largest denominations of Christians for some minor misunderstandings of his book.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 9:24am On Apr 30, 2011
I doubt the uneventful passing of this event will cause any sort of re-think, perhaps some oduduwa calendar will be found that has the actual reference to the revised rapture date.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Sweetnecta: 11:17am On Apr 30, 2011
@Martian; « #41 on: April 19, 2011, 08:51 AM »
[Quote]Sweetnecta Son of Bitternecta,[/Quote]Who informed you of this? Martian did you ever see Close Encounter Movie Series or Cone Heads? They were about aliens. you will love them since you know the drills.


[Quote]you don't have to defend Jesus Son of Mary from the false statements. He'll come do that himself on the 21st of May! A muslim like you should repent because your hell doesn't exist but trust me by May 22nd you'll be in the christian hell.[/Quote]Jesus son of Mary i defend knows nothing about trinity. I think you are thinking about another one. Jahannam exists. When a person says 'trust me', there a lie coming up. The Christians have lake of fire.


[Quote]You go around harping on and on about how false christianity is, like your faith is more reasonable. Y'all borrow the Jews' folklores, then you demonize them and the other Abrahamic faith and act like your version isn't more barbaric.[/Quote]tell me if Adam was a jew since we wrote about him, but in mostly dissimilar way from the jews? its the common person that we wrote about is your reason for saying the later borrowed from the former, even though the contents are different? Tell me where islam is barbaric? Moses had more wars and or perished more people. The christians pretended as if they would not have fought if they had the strength, the reason no modern day wars are fought without their signing on.


[Quote]I wonder how all the other "prophets" you always mention are all jewish patriachs except for mohammed. Did god/allah get so tired of talking to the jews through burning bushes that he decided to go talk to some arab in a cave?[/Quote]Who was the first jew among these people; Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael [if father Abraham was a jew, son Ishmael will have to be a jew], Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and his brothers, Judah the brother of Joseph, the children of Judah, the whole grandchildren of Jacob? If none of these people, who? I wanna see how perceptive you are, instead of empty statements.


[Quote]A Prophet is a person who speaks for god. Like a spokesman or maybe a press secretary. The difference between the three is that the former can never make his client available because his client lives somewhere inside his skull.[/Quote]a liar is a person who says he has a brain [incidentally, brain is housed in the skull. i guess you are saying brain is god in your above logic], but can show it. can you show me your brain? even a simple situation; you enjoy fresh air, sometimes? Show me fresh air. who made you come about to this complex thing call human from a mere mixture of papa and mama's drops of liquid from mere excitement they engage in often?


[Quote]Lets assume your fables are true, why do you even refer to Adam as a prophet? prophet to whom? His nuclear family? Or maybe to the other creatures?[/Quote]Prophet because he was aware of the Oneness of God Who created him. Every prophet had this awareness. i can give you more reasons, but it seem to me that you are not ready to learn, yet. Prophet to the environment; animals, etc. For example he built the first house where the name of God is proclaimed. The house is called the kaaba, right there in makka. after the flood of noah, Abraham with the help of ishmael rebuilt it using the foundation footing that remained. his nuclear family and those generation that saw him alive. Even he was a prophet to himself, then to himself and wife, then to himself, wife and children, then to himself, wife, children and generations of humans that came from the children before he passed on.


[Quote]I wonder why allah didn't bother to send a prophet to the chinese , native americans or africans. I guess these ethnic groups didn't exist 6000 years ago or whenever you religious kooks believe your god spoke everything into existence.[/Quote]every people had a prophet. the single prophet that was sent to everyone in a single message was the last of them; Muhammad [as]. He said in a hadith that the world saw 124,000 prophets. the children of israel was not the only people to have receive prophets before muhammad, the reason he warned us not t abuse the sages of any people who came before him. that sage could have been a prophet, if he is a man.


[Quote]About the bolded part above, why is it so hard for you people to understand that an Omnipotent being who is supposed to be benevolent will LIKELY refrain for roasting people just because they don't believe in him because theres no evidence he exists, or because they belive he has a son, or because they refuse to wear a burqa or whatever ignorant reasons you people give.[/Quote]i guess you are in a fighting mood. The most liberal [lets assume liberalism is to mean most forgiven here] society will punish a particular brand of criminal. will you agree if a criminal in such a society begins to kill 2 people every saturday, it will take less than a year before the society will decide to kill him, if it will stop him and deter potential copy cat[s]. if mankind know that there are some implied bad acts [sins] worthy of hash punishment, then God Who from His Mercy provided messengers and prophets with books of guidance should not be doubted to demand His Right based on the guidance He has provided which you shun. yet it is His air you breathe, earth you walk, sustenance you survive on. The brain in your skull which you can show, yet leads you to this type of mischief, He gave it to you, unless you will deny that you have no brain, i will gladly accept your verdict on yourself.


[Quote]And if your god truly exist, why don't you stfu and let him perform a couple of miracles to prove his existence. After all didn't he help mohammed[b] split the moon in two?[/b][/Quote]if this bold does not move you, nothing will until reality is brought to you at the point of death. death will happen to all of us.


[Quote]Jesus son of Mary doesn't need your delusional thoughts or help so Sweetnecta son of Sournecta, keep your ancient barbaric bedouin bull$hhit to yourself and mohammed(pbuh, no F_ck him).[/Quote]nigeria is breeding them by the minutes. i weep for her. is this how you show your independence and or anonymity? Learn culture so that your people can know that your speech will not cause them grieve if somebody with your type of headiness does respond in kind.


[Quote]You people are guilty of larceny!! How can you steal the jews' god, change his name and then claim he's always being yours? Just like all these black people saying god must be black/nigerian or jesus was black or god is their father!!! That god concept belongs to the jews, make up your own fairytales already or better yet, drop all delusions. If a character that fits the description of jesus ever existed, the guy probably thought the whole world consisted of the middle east and nothing beyond Egypt.[/Quote]limited knowledge may actually be worse than no knowledge at all. God is an English word, just as Chineke is its equivalent in Igbo. Every human being believes that there is a source that brings him about. We who belief in creation say this source is the Creator. The Arab calls Him Allah while Syriac people say Elah. Are we now to say that no people except the Jews believe in the Creator? this is your argument, unless i misread you?


[Quote]and this statement of yours is just dripping with stupidity. "rapture, i swear by God will never happen, because every man will die, including jesus when he comes back."
If jesus actually came back, that would mean the bs in the bible is reallytrue Grin Grin Grin Grin so how the hell is he gonna die if he is indeed the son of god?[/Quote]you are worse than i thought. you need to learn some civility because someday, you get out of university and stop being a burden on your parents. in real world, you will meet people that you may have to not abuse them as you have been doing here. otherwise, you may be the loser in more ways than one. Why having a son, and not try a second son, even a daughter? you see where it is leading to? procreation is the instinctive reason one has a offspring, always of similar kind. Jesus was a jew as you alluded, so is his father in heaven a jew, too? Jesus was a son of Joseph the carpenter, is his father in heaven actual the carpenter man named joseph? Jesus was the son of mother Mary, is father in heaven the husband of mother Msry? i can give you a thousand and one things to help you know if Jesus is son of God or not, in the fashion that i established, above. Does the Creator needs a junior?


[Quote]On a final note, there is no god but Shango and if you doubt this may his double headed axe smash that skull of yours into smithereens.[/Quote]thats on you, man. i am certain your arrogance may get you into hot water, if you not learn how to restrain yourself.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Tayokaye: 2:20pm On Apr 30, 2011
No man knws d day & d time,Jesus z he himself does nt knw, he only told d disciples d signs of d end time,he didn't calculate or give specific day.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 3:02pm On Apr 30, 2011
Sweetnecta:

@Martian; « #41 on: April 19, 2011, 08:51 AM »Who informed you of this? Martian did you ever see Close Encounter Movie Series or Cone Heads? They were about aliens. you will love them since you know the drills.

Jesus son of Mary i defend knows nothing about trinity. I think you are thinking about another one. Jahannam exists. When a person says 'trust me', there a lie coming up. The Christians have lake of fire.

tell me if Adam was a jew since we wrote about him, but in mostly dissimilar way from the jews? its the common person that we wrote about is your reason for saying the later borrowed from the former, even though the contents are different? Tell me where islam is barbaric? Moses had more wars and or perished more people. The christians pretended as if they would not have fought if they had the strength, the reason no modern day wars are fought without their signing on.

Who was the first jew among these people; Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael [if father Abraham was a jew, son Ishmael will have to be a jew], Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and his brothers, Judah the brother of Joseph, the children of Judah, the whole grandchildren of Jacob? If none of these people, who? I wanna see how perceptive you are, instead of empty statements.

a liar is a person who says he has a brain [incidentally, brain is housed in the skull. i guess you are saying brain is god in your above logic], but can show it. can you show me your brain? even a simple situation; you enjoy fresh air, sometimes? Show me fresh air. who made you come about to this complex thing call human from a mere mixture of papa and mama's drops of liquid from mere excitement they engage in often?

Prophet because he was aware of the Oneness of God Who created him. Every prophet had this awareness. i can give you more reasons, but it seem to me that you are not ready to learn, yet. Prophet to the environment; animals, etc. For example he built the first house where the name of God is proclaimed. The house is called the kaaba, right there in makka. after the flood of noah, Abraham with the help of ishmael rebuilt it using the foundation footing that remained. his nuclear family and those generation that saw him alive. Even he was a prophet to himself, then to himself and wife, then to himself, wife and children, then to himself, wife, children and generations of humans that came from the children before he passed on.

every people had a prophet. the single prophet that was sent to everyone in a single message was the last of them; Muhammad [as]. He said in a hadith that the world saw 124,000 prophets. the children of israel was not the only people to have receive prophets before muhammad, the reason he warned us not t abuse the sages of any people who came before him. that sage could have been a prophet, if he is a man.

i guess you are in a fighting mood. The most liberal [lets assume liberalism is to mean most forgiven here] society will punish a particular brand of criminal. will you agree if a criminal in such a society begins to kill 2 people every saturday, it will take less than a year before the society will decide to kill him, if it will stop him and deter potential copy cat[s]. if mankind know that there are some implied bad acts [sins] worthy of hash punishment, then God Who from His Mercy provided messengers and prophets with books of guidance should not be doubted to demand His Right based on the guidance He has provided which you shun. yet it is His air you breathe, earth you walk, sustenance you survive on. The brain in your skull which you can show, yet leads you to this type of mischief, He gave it to you, unless you will deny that you have no brain, i will gladly accept your verdict on yourself.

if this bold does not move you, nothing will until reality is brought to you at the point of death. death will happen to all of us.

nigeria is breeding them by the minutes. i weep for her. is this how you show your independence and or anonymity? Learn culture so that your people can know that your speech will not cause them grieve if somebody with your type of headiness does respond in kind.

limited knowledge may actually be worse than no knowledge at all. God is an English word, just as Chineke is its equivalent in Igbo. Every human being believes that there is a source that brings him about. We who belief in creation say this source is the Creator. The Arab calls Him Allah while Syriac people say Elah. Are we now to say that no people except the Jews believe in the Creator? this is your argument, unless i misread you?

you are worse than i thought. you need to learn some civility because someday, you get out of university and stop being a burden on your parents. in real world, you will meet people that you may have to not abuse them as you have been doing here. otherwise, you may be the loser in more ways than one. Why having a son, and not try a second son, even a daughter? you see where it is leading to? procreation is the instinctive reason one has a offspring, always of similar kind. Jesus was a jew as you alluded, so is his father in heaven a jew, too? Jesus was a son of Joseph the carpenter, is his father in heaven actual the carpenter man named joseph? Jesus was the son of mother Mary, is father in heaven the husband of mother Msry? i can give you a thousand and one things to help you know if Jesus is son of God or not, in the fashion that i established, above. Does the Creator needs a junior?

thats on you, man. i am certain your arrogance may get you into hot water, if you not learn how to restrain yourself.
undecided
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 4:01am On May 03, 2011
your rapture comes only when you have shed this earthly body, and your soul is light enough to be lifted into the realms of light and paradise
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 9:35pm On May 03, 2011
enitan2002:

your rapture comes only when you have shed this earthly body, and your soul is light enough to be lifted into the realms of light and paradise

In other words, when you die.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 12:41pm On May 04, 2011
17 days to go
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 3:03pm On May 08, 2011
Thirteen days to go.
I've selected 6 churches to go to. I hope I can make them all in time and still be able to be on my own in my closet praying when the time comes.

Here's a story to cheer people up on how seriously we're taking this iteration of the rapture.

[Quote author=NPR]
Brian Haubert grabs some pamphlets and marches toward the flea market in Palmyra, N.J. Armed with a poster that trumpets Judgment Day on May 21, 2011, he braces for rejection. Announcing God's wrath is not always a popular message.

"I've been called a heretic," says Haubert, a 33-year-old actuary. "I've been told I read the wrong Bible. And then there's the occasional person who seems to be genuinely interested," he says.

His friend and fellow believer, Kevin Brown, uses a gentler approach, not confronting people or engaging in conversation, just politely handing out Judgment Day pamphlets.

Brown, who owns his own nutrition and wellness business, is soft-spoken and polished, not someone you'd imagine giving away doomsday tracts. But he says the clock is ticking.

"People need to know," Brown says, "and God commands us to share the Gospel about the end of the world. He says if we do not share the Gospel then their blood will be on our hands, whether they believe or not. God's been moving me to do this."

Spreading The Word

Haubert and Brown are two of a small — or not so small, who knows? — army of Christians sounding the alarm. They drive caravans and put up billboards, hand out tracts and try to convince friends and family that Judgment Day is upon us. Brown says this message is laced throughout the Bible, but only some can decode it. It will happen this way: On May 21, "starting in the Pacific Rim at around the 6 p.m. local time hour, in each time zone, there will be a great earthquake, such as has never been in the history of the Earth," he says. The true Christian believers — he hopes he's one of them — will be "raptured": They'll fly upward to heaven. And for the rest?

"It's just the horror of horror stories," he says, "and on top of all that, there's no more salvation at that point. And then the Bible says it will be 153 days later that the entire universe and planet Earth will be destroyed forever."

Most Bible scholars note that even Jesus said he had no idea when Judgment Day would come. But May 21 believers like Haubert are unfazed.

"I've crunched the numbers, and it's going to happen," he says.

Haubert says the Bible contains coded "proofs" that reveal the timing. For example, he says, from the time of Noah's flood to May 21, 2011, is exactly 7,000 years. Revelations like this have changed his life.

"I no longer think about 401(k)s and retirement," he says. "I'm not stressed about losing my job, which a lot of other people are in this economy. I'm just a lot less stressed, and in a way I'm more carefree."

He's tried to warn his friends and family. They think he's crazy. And that saddens him.

"Oh, it's very hard," he says. "I worry about friends and family and loved ones. But I guess more recently, I'm just really looking forward to it."

Haubert is 33 and single. Brown is married with several young children, and none of them shares his beliefs. It's caused a rift with his wife — but he says that, too, was predicted in the Bible.

"God says, 'Do you love husband or wife over me? Do you love son or daughter over me?' There is a test. There is a trial here that the believers are going through. It's a fiery trial."

As May 21 nears, Brown says he feels as if he's on a "roller coaster." What if he is raptured but his family is left behind?

"I'm crying over my loved ones one minute; I'm elated the next minute," he says. "It's all over the place."

Family Radio

No one knows how many people believe Judgment Day is right around the corner. But it appears that many became believers in 2009 after turning on Family Radio, a Christian network worth more than $100 million.

Harold Camping, the network's 89-year-old founder, has been interpreting the Bible on the air for years. He says that everyone knows there would be a judgment day at some point.

"We just happen to be in that time in history," he said in an interview. "And whether we like it or not, we're here."

Camping's predictions have inspired other groups to rally behind the May 21 date. People have quit their jobs and left their families to get the message out.

"Knowing the date of the end of the world changes all your future plans," says 27-year-old Adrienne Martinez.

She thought she'd go to medical school, until she began tuning in to Family Radio. She and her husband, Joel, lived and worked in New York City. But a year ago, they decided they wanted to spend their remaining time on Earth with their infant daughter.

"My mentality was, why are we going to work for more money? It just seemed kind of greedy to me. And unnecessary," she says.

And so, her husband adds, "God just made it possible — he opened doors. He allowed us to quit our jobs, and we just moved, and here we are."

Now they are in Orlando, in a rented house, passing out tracts and reading the Bible. Their daughter is 2 years old, and their second child is due in June. Joel says they're spending the last of their savings. They don't see a need for one more dollar.

"You know, you think about retirement and stuff like that," he says. "What's the point of having some money just sitting there?"

"We budgeted everything so that, on May 21, we won't have anything left," Adrienne adds.

Nothing, except for the fervent hope that all of them will be raptured.

"There Is No Plan B"

Camping is not the first person to fix a date for the end of the world. There have been dozens of such prophets, and so far, they've all been wrong.

Camping himself, has had to do some recalculation. He first predicted the end would come Sept. 6, 1994. He now explains that he had not completed his biblical research.

"For example, I at that time had not gone through the book of Jeremiah," he explains, "which is a big book in the Bible that has a whole lot to say about the end of the world."

So he's not planning for May 22?

"Absolutely not," Camping says. "It is going to happen, There is no Plan B."

I've asked a dozen of Camping's followers the same question. Everyone said even entertaining the possibility that May 21 would come and go without event is an offense to God. They all hope they'll be raptured. Some worry about being left behind.

"If I'm here on May 22, and I wake up, I'm going to be in hell," says Brown. "And that's where I don't want to be. So there is going to be a May 22, and we don't want to be here."

On the other hand, he will presumably have lots of company.

Source: NPR
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This is why we should take Jeremiah very seriously. I mean if this doesn't work, then I guess Isaiah will need to be checked too.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 5:11pm On May 08, 2011
We still dey wait oh. May 21st abi. I hope thehomer wont abscond or change username.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by aletheia(m): 6:27pm On May 08, 2011
Now they are in Orlando, in a rented house, passing out tracts and reading the Bible. Their daughter is 2 years old, and their second child is due in June. Joel says they're spending the last of their savings. They don't see a need for one more dollar.
^Sad. The makings of a tragedy. cry
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 9:38pm On May 08, 2011
Please people dont fall for this crap. Look through history people have burned in stunts like to the extent of commiting suicide. You say the bible brings new things every day, that means there will be a new verse to explain why the rapture didnt occur (by then people may have died or burnt, check Jim Jones Guyana tragedy)
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Joagbaje(m): 3:59pm On May 09, 2011
21-05-2011:

35 days more!!!!!!!!!

May God forgive us for our sins that we might enter the kingdom of heaven. 
May He open our hears that we might hear and obey His word.

Father forgive the OP for uninspired prophecy in thy name , Amen shocked
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 4:12pm On May 09, 2011
babaearly:

Please people dont fall for this crap. Look through history people have burned in stunts like to the extent of commiting suicide. You say the bible brings new things every day, that means there will be a new verse to explain why the rapture didnt occur (by then people may have died or burnt, check Jim Jones Guyana tragedy)

The Christian World cannot afford such a tragedy- think of the loss in Tithe Revenues  shocked No I don't think Christian peeps will kill themselves over this event.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 6:58pm On May 09, 2011
babaearly:

We still dey wait oh. May 21st abi. I hope thehomer wont abscond or change username.

Nah I won't. I just hope it ends since I've spent other people's money. I hope I don't end up with a hefty fine for it.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 7:01pm On May 09, 2011
Joagbaje:

Father forgive the OP for uninspired prophecy in thy name , Amen shocked

How do you know it was uninspired? The fact that you don't know doesn't mean others don't know.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 7:03pm On May 09, 2011
Twelve days to go.
Checked out the first church. Things are looking great. I feel so light. Like my soul has been cleansed thoroughly. I wonder what the next church will say about the state of this same soul.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 9:25pm On May 09, 2011
per chance this really does happen as predicted I hereby renounce my beliefs and repent unto Jehovah of the Tribe of Judah and God of Abraham from the Garden of Eden who moved over the waters before the earth was formed (to avoid any ambiguity) . this thing si like VISA Lottery or Baba Ijebu, you never believe it until it happens grin
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by Nobody: 9:27am On May 10, 2011
thehomer:

Nah I won't. I just hope it ends since I've spent other people's money. I hope I don't end up with a hefty fine for it.

like you have scammed people in this stuff?
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 7:03pm On May 10, 2011
babaearly:

like you have scammed people in this stuff?

Hey it wasn't my fault. They gave me the money before I discovered that the world was coming to an end soon. If the world's coming to an end, what'll be the point in keeping the money safe?
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 7:05pm On May 10, 2011
Eleven days to go.
Hmm this church is warning me about a dirty soul. They also say that I need deliverance. Maybe I'll go in for it. It'll help cleanse me of the other people's money I spent.
Re: Countdown To The Rapture? by thehomer: 6:58pm On May 11, 2011
Ten days to go.
Wow. This deliverance was something to behold. People were stumbling and falling, some were roaring, others screaming and shouting. Hurray, I'm going to heaven.
Time to check out the next church.

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