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each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human

Last days of.. Humankind?

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only humancould be...

errr on the final days thing, not the "i'm only human" statement :D

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human
I shouldn't worry about it, how many times have we supposedly seen the end days?

Nice painting BTW.

Last days of.. Humankind?

yup

:)

they also saw similar signs during wwI and II, but this is different. our weather is changing, and earthquakes are increasing in amount and magnitude (as are other natural disasters)

yup

:)
Nah, doubt it.

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human

I think you shouldnt watch so much network news.
Fox News, in particular.

If the bubonic plague didnt wipe out humanity, with its several tries, the Bird Flu isnt going to.

As for the President of Iran, hes not the first tinpot dictator of some third world crackpot nation to make threatening gestures, and rattle his sword.
Hes simply the current one.

this also freaks me out

http://www.catholic-pages.com/grabbag/malachy.asp

the final three popes on st. malachy's list:

266 John Paul II (1978-2005) 110 De labore Solis
(of the eclipse of the sun, or from the labour of the sun)
Hist.: Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 during a solar eclipse. He also comes from behind the former Iron Curtain (the East, where the Sun rises). He might also be seen to be the fruit of the intercession of the Woman Clothed with the Sun labouring in Revelation 12 (because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary). His Funeral occurred on 8 April, 2005 when there was a solar eclipse visible in the Americas.

267 Benedict XVI (2005-) 111 Gloria olivæ
The Benedictine order traditionally said this Pope would come from their order, since a branch of the Benedictine order is called the Olivetans. St Benedict is said to have prophesied that before the end of the world, a member of his order would be Pope and would triumphantly lead the Church in its fight against evil. While the Holy Father chose the name "Benedict", this does not seem enough to fulfil the prophecy. Nor is it clear how Benedict XVI (a Bavarian) is "Glory of the Olives". Since he is said to have remarked in the Conclave after saying he would take the name Benedict that it was partly to honour Benedict XV, a pope of peace and reconciliation, perhaps Benedict XVI will be a peacemaker in the Church or in the World, and thus carry the olive branch.

FINAL:In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis.
(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.)

You shall neither know the hour nor the day...yada yada yada.

You shall neither know the hour nor the day...yada yada yada.

what about the time period? he merely said that we can never be too sure of the exact time. it is also mentioned that many will recognize the signs, so we will have some idea

Man, who cares anyway. If it's going to happen, it's gonna happen. Nothing you can do it about it so no point bitching on NS General :p

what about the time period? he merely said that we can never be too sure of the exact time. it is also mentioned that many will recognize the signs, so we will have some idea

I'm not a Christian anyway, so I'm not worried.

Man, who cares anyway. If it's going to happen, it's gonna happen. Nothing you can do it about it so no point bitching on NS General :p

j00:gundge:<--- das me

I'm not a Christian anyway, so I'm not worried.

hmmm, well if you saw the signs as mentioned in the revelations would you convert?

j00:gundge:<--- das me
Pfft. If I thought the world was going to end.. I'd probably get together with some mates.. Get high, remember the good days and go off in a happy way. Then of course, when the world doesn't end.. Well meh, doesn't matter. Just chill.

hmmm, well if you saw the signs as mentioned in the revelations would you convert?

Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Isn't God supposed to magically lift up the righteous to heaven before doomsday comes along? I mean, if you see the signs, you're probably too late to jump on that bandwagon.

hmmm, well if you saw the signs as mentioned in the revelations would you convert?


I am a semi-agnostic Jew. I'm skeptical of God's existence. Even if I totally beleived in God, I still wouldn't except Jesus as the Messiah.

The "second comming" would have to be pretty convincing for me to convert, but it is possible.

Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Isn't God supposed to magically lift up the righteous to heaven before doomsday comes along? I mean, if you see the signs, you're probably too late to jump on that bandwagon.
Doesn't God forgive anyone who truely accepts him has whatever he is? No matter when? Even on ones deathbed?

let's see...
War: Check
Disease: Check
Starvation: Check
Death: Check

ok, we're focked...

hmmm, well if you saw the signs as mentioned in the revelations would you convert?

*lol
You do realise that every generation before us has seen those signs somewhere or other? During the two World Wars? During the famines in the past? During the Plague? After the great fire of London? In the hundreds of wars and exterminations that went on in the 2000 years since this carpenter died and the revelations were written?

Just like all good prophecies, they are useless because they are not clear enough. You can find the signs anytime, wherever you choose to look.

Oh, snap out of it.

Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Isn't God supposed to magically lift up the righteous to heaven before doomsday comes along? I mean, if you see the signs, you're probably too late to jump on that bandwagon.

The only teachings I'm familiar with is Catholic Theology. This goes against what the Bible says. This is the whole pre-tribulation type stuff that is preached to make Christians feel like better people than the damned heathens.

Doesn't God forgive anyone who truely accepts him has whatever he is? No matter when? Even on ones deathbed?

Acctually Jesus took upon himself all sins of mankind, salvation for all in other words...if you believe that crap. Hmm...then Jesus would go to hell for all of us wouldn't he? haha!

let's see...
War: Check
Disease: Check
Starvation: Check
Death: Check

ok, we're focked...

The same was true several thousand years ago..

Just like all good prophecies, they are useless because they are not clear enough. You can find the signs anytime, wherever you choose to look.

Unless the world actually has ended all those times, and what we're living in is something like WorldXP. Which probably means the Buddhists are on Macs and Satan creates open source software in His spare time. Or something.

Unless the world actually has ended all those times, and what we're living in is something like WorldXP. Which probably means the Buddhists are on Macs and Satan creates open source software in His spare time. Or something.

Nah... the place is far to stable to be WorldXP...

The "XP" stands for eXtra Problems.

It is useless to postulate about the End of the World as accorded by Revelation:

Revelation 3:3

"Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you."

Matthew 25:13

“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming."

Mark 13:31-33

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is."

Luke 12:39-40

"But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and[a] not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Acctually Jesus took upon himself all sins of mankind, salvation for all in other words...if you believe that crap. Hmm...then Jesus would go to hell for all of us wouldn't he? haha!
Yea so like... If you accept Jesus as your saviour, are you not saved just before you die? Shit, I dunno.

like i said before, this does appear like just a prophesy (which it is) but never before have we seen such bad natural disasters

like i said before, this does appear like just a prophesy (which it is) but never before have we seen such bad natural disasters

Never before have we had the Technology to record such Natural Disasters either.

We're all going to get taken out by a crazy dane with a cartoon of mass destruction.

like i said before, this does appear like just a prophesy (which it is) but never before have we seen such bad natural disasters

I'm pretty sure the dinosaurs would disagree with you there.

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is."

whered u get this bible from :wtf: that is completely wrong

EDIT: the part about Jesus not knowing is wrong

Jesus=Holy Spirit=Father

There you have God...

Meh, we've survived the last 6000 thousand years, with all its floods, famines, earthquakes, asteroid impacts, collapses of civilization et cetera, we're likely to survive the next 6000. Especially since we have much better technology now to predict and plan for them.

What will kill us is ourselves.

whered u get this bible from :wtf: that is completely wrong

EDIT: the part about Jesus not knowing is wrong

Jesus=Holy Spirit=Father

There you have God...
Ahh fuck. Not a debate about differences in bibles... Please.

Doesn't God forgive anyone who truely accepts him has whatever he is? No matter when? Even on ones deathbed?

Does he? How should I know?

Personally, I lean towards the God = B.S. side of the equation, but hey, I don't know for sure. Nor do I really care. Worst case scenario: washing Satan's nuts in a lake of fire. "Best" Case Scenario: Stuck with uber-religious people for all eternity.

It's a tough call. So why bother?

Ahh fuck. Not a debate about differences in bibles... Please.

that is not a catholic bible...

:cool:

whered u get this bible from :wtf: that is completely wrong

EDIT: the part about Jesus not knowing is wrong

Jesus=Holy Spirit=Father

There you have God...

Go look it up I put up all the references. I use the NKJV. It could mean that he doesn't know while he was on Earth. Who knows the Trinity is still a very foreign concept to everyone. Maybe there are things we don't understand fully.

Yea so like... If you accept Jesus as your saviour, are you not saved just before you die? Shit, I dunno.

not even accept, just as long as you are a human jesus will have tken your sins...


And this is just stupid

(...)Consider a new medication

Does he? How should I know?

Personally, I lean towards the God = B.S. side of the equation, but hey, I don't know for sure. Nor do I really care. Worst case scenario: washing Satan's nuts in a lake of fire. "Best" Case Scenario: Stuck with uber-religious people for all eternity.

It's a tough call. So why bother?
Yea, exactly. I was just coming from my Catholic upbringing point of view :).
I don't know nor do I care at the present time.

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human
You have it all wrong Iran are the good guys.http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/sleep.gif

that is not a catholic bible...

:cool:

Anyways, I just checked numerous other translations and they all say the exact same thing.

like i said before, this does appear like just a prophesy (which it is) but never before have we seen such bad natural disasters

Not true. We've seen much worse in the last century alone, and many more in the centuries before that. Don't let the media hype carry you away.

Ever heard of the great fire of London 1776? Pompeii and Herculaneum in 62? The Irish potatoe famine in 1847? The Huang He floods in 1931? The Great Hurricane of 1780? Or even the last Ice Age?

Ever heard of the great fire of London 1776?

No, as it happens, although there was one in 1666 I've heard of ;)

Although it doesn't seem that too many people died in that (certainly not enough to put it in the league of the worst natural disasters. although it wasn't really a natural disaster anyway)

Do not fear the coming of the end, and do not allow those who prophess it to twist your spirit to their own ends, for we cannot know the true source of their power. The End is always upon us, and we should not fear its result on us, but rather concern ourselves with our response to it.

Do not fear the coming of the end, and do not allow those who prophess it to twist your spirit to their own ends, for we cannot know the true source of their power. The End is always upon us, and we should not fear its result on us, but rather concern ourselves with our response to it.

yes, but i cant help being scared. sometimes i accept it happily, and other times im mad nervous about it

No, as it happens, although there was one in 1666 I've heard of ;)

Although it doesn't seem that too many people died in that (certainly not enough to put it in the league of the worst natural disasters. although it wasn't really a natural disaster anyway)

Damn... I knew I should have double-checked that number. Anyway, it was just before that London was struck by a devastating outbreak of the bubonic Plague, killing thousands, in 1665. And people more or less reacted the same way as our young friend here. Quoting the bible and panicing.

yes, but i cant help being scared. sometimes i accept it happily, and other times im mad nervous about it


Accept it happily? I bet you would.

Hopefully just before we all die you'll get that final split-second of horrible, sickening clarity when you realise all that religious stuff was a waste of time.

Yea, exactly. I was just coming from my Catholic upbringing point of view :).
I don't know nor do I care at the present time.

Eh, I went to a Catholic school too. *shrugs* My family aren't exactly devout though.

Bah. Everybody throughout time thinks they live in the "age to end all ages". People always seem to believe that whatever conflict or disaster happens in their life times are the most epic and important. In the end, the world goes on.

"Things change, but nothing changes, and still there are changes."

Eh, I went to a Catholic school too. *shrugs* My family aren't exactly devout though.
I attend a Catholic school :p. Hmm, I don't really give much thought to it.

Bah. Everybody throughout time thinks they live in the "age to end all ages". People always seem to believe that whatever conflict or disaster happens in their life times are the most epic and important. In the end, the world goes on.

"Things change, but nothing changes, and still there are changes."

Exactly...

How many years of chaos ensued when the Roman Empire fell?
How many people did the Bubonic Plague wipe out in the middle ages?
How much damage did The two World Wars cause?

Bah. If anything, we've got it easy.

Bah. If anything, we've got it easy.

But more than just about any other time period, we have the enormous potential for it all to go horribly, horribly wrong

I live life as though it will end on december 21st, 2012.

Last days of.. Humankind?
Well its about bloody time.

I live life as though it will end on december 21st, 2012.
lol a real optimist, aren't you? :p Isn't that the date predicted in the chronicles of the Maya?

I live life as though it will end on december 21st, 2012.

Isn't that when the Mayan Calender allegidly ends?

yes, but i cant help being scared. sometimes i accept it happily, and other times im mad nervous about it
Don't be. If it comes, do something about it. This is how we always live our lives; we meet the future head on and respond to it. Paralysis out of fear is submission to our fate. If you are nervous, the best response is to overcome that worry and take what comes in your stride, and the best way to do that is to realise that our fear is all that makes the future so frightening.

Well its about bloody time.
Hehe, good call :p

But more than just about any other time period, we have the enormous potential for it all to go horribly, horribly wrong

Despite what Bush & Co. would tell you, we're safer than we were 25 years ago.

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:
It has always been the "end times." During the "Black Death" in Europe, when millions died, there was widespread belief that it was "The Great Tribulation."

Despite what Bush & Co. would tell you, we're safer than we were 25 years ago.

True in sentiment (not entirely certain about the date there, but whatever, I know the point you're making).

The thing is with the modern world, any pandemic diseases will spread further and faster than they could have before, and there's the possibility that something nuclear could happen (not saying it will, or even that it's likely, but that it isn't impossible as it was sixty years ago)

Isn't that when the Mayan Calender allegidly ends?
I think so. Hey, I'll be 25 by then. I'll die young and beautiful. :D

I think so. Hey, I'll be 25 by then. I'll die young and beautiful. :D
Me too.
Well, young anyway

Me too.
Well, young anyway
:eek: You mean I'll become...ugly?

I think so. Hey, I'll be 25 by then. I'll die young and beautiful. :D

Six more years? So my alcoholism won't destroy my liver!?!?! Cheers!

:eek: You mean I'll become...ugly?

It is your fate. I have read it in the sky. **spooky noises**

It is your fate. I have read it in the sky. **spooky noises**
Meh maybe you need a shrink :p That, or an exorcist.

Six more years? So my alcoholism won't destroy my liver!?!?! Cheers!
Nope. :D Get wasted, have unprotected sex, take up drag racing...you have nothing to lose. :p

Nope. :D Get wasted, have unprotected sex, take up drag racing...you have nothing to lose. :p

Hey, I like those odds :D

Meh maybe you need a shrink :p That, or an exorcist.

My shrink had to get a shrink. ;)

Hey, I like those odds :D
Of course I may be completely wrong (well the Mayans may be), and you may end up destroying your life. Either way, I claim no liability. :p

My shrink had to get a shrink. ;)
They all ought to get one at some point lol. I think sometimes they have more problems than the people they're "fixing."

They all ought to get one at some point lol. I think sometimes they have more problems than the people they're "fixing."

We do. ;)

Of course I may be completely wrong (well the Mayans may be), and you may end up destroying your life. Either way, I claim no liability. :p

Let's see... getting wasted - check
Having sex - check
I've no idea what drag racing is, though.
Seems like I ruined my life already without the help of the Maya :D

Let's see... getting wasted - check
Having sex - check
I've no idea what drag racing is, though.
Seems like I ruined my life already without the help of the Maya :D

Drag racing is when men put on dresses and participate in track and field events.

Let's see... getting wasted - check
Having sex - check
I've no idea what drag racing is, though.
Seems like I ruined my life already without the help of the Maya :D
Ever seen 2 Fast 2 Furious? That film is about drag racing. :p Anyway, those were just a few examples. There are so many other things you can still do. :)

Drag racing is when men put on dresses and participate in track and field events.


will not laugh...must not laugh

LOL

**hates self**

:p

We do. ;)
That's reassuring. :p

That's reassuring. :p

There was a "Get Fuzzy" strip a few months back:

When you're kinda screwed up, you see a psychiatrist. When your life is totally screwed up, you become one.

There was a "Get Fuzzy" strip a few months back:

When you're kinda screwed up, you see a psychiatrist. When your life is totally screwed up, you become one.
Heh maybe I'll make a good psychiatrist some day then. :p

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human


Oh please. I'm sure you have better things to worry about. Like your sorry grades in physics. Or the fact that you're probably going to enlist in the Marine Corps.

Grow up - every day above ground is a good day.

Of course I may be completely wrong (well the Mayans may be), and you may end up destroying your life. Either way, I claim no liability. :p

I donno, they did predict the date when the Spanish would come and butcher them all. *spookies noises* ;)

I donno, they did predict the date when the Spanish would come and butcher them all. *spookies noises* ;)
lol they were a fun loving bunch, weren't they? :p

lol they were a fun loving bunch, weren't they? :p
Don't know which group you're talking about, but they made a hell of a martini. :(

Grow up - every day above ground is a good day.

Which is not to say you can't have good days below ground, too

Don't know which group you're talking about, but they made a hell of a martini. :(
Heh. I wonder if they were suicidal. Maybe they predicted a whole bunch of "armageddon" dates to make sure if the one failed, the next would get them. Nice. :p

Or perhaps War, Famine and Pesilence are all aspects...Archetypes even, of the human condition. Their presence throughout our history has shaped us, and that's one thing Religion does well. Raises to the level of reverence the crises of the past. Eternal truths about man and his strange and curious mind are made more stark and aparent when cast in the light of legend. I wish people would concentrate on THOSE aspects of ALL Religions, rather than agnonizing literal interpretations.

Actually, mankind is MUCH better off than it used to be in the famine and pestilence categories. Obviously the 3rd world lags a bit behind...moving on.

Baiscally, the requirements for THE END TIMES have persisted throught man's entire existance. We're naughty critters.

Or perhaps War, Famine and Pesilence are all aspects...Archetypes even, of the human condition. Their presence throughout our history has shaped us, and that's one thing Religion does well. Raises to the level of reverence the crises of the past. Eternal truths about man and his strange and curious mind are made more stark and aparent when cast in the light of legend. I wish people would concentrate on THOSE aspects of ALL Religions, rather than agnonizing literal interpretations.

Actually, mankind is MUCH better off than it used to be in the famine and pestilence categories. Obviously the 3rd world lags a bit behind...moving on.

Baiscally, the requirements for THE END TIMES have persisted throught man's entire existance. We're naughty critters.
You're ruining it. :( Nay heathen, we shall not pay heed to your nay-saying...(especially when it gets in the way of ours :p)

Which is not to say you can't have good days below ground, too
As long as you have marshallows and other tidbits you can poke up through holes in the cover of your bomb shelter so that you can use the nuclear blast to toast them.

Everyone seems to assume the world will end in December.

I think if anything it'll end in February. On a Tuesday. I hate tuesdays.

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human

We're all only human, we'll do what we can and we'll all beleive ourselves with the hidden acknowledgement of our "human" limitations. But I think it's kind of irrelevant to bring that to the forefront and use it to discount yourself. There definately is some bad stuff going down and we are in for VERY tough times ahead, with the oil peak and the flu and all.

Also, if you are serious about this your little smiley at the end there truly pisses me off.

A list of all the apocalypse predictions in hostory (http://www.abhota.info/end1.htm) ;)

let's see...
War: Check
Disease: Check
Starvation: Check
Death: Check

ok, we're focked...
Well if that's all it takes, we've been fucked since the first humans evolved. There has never been a time when mankind was free of those four things.

each day, the president of Iran is acting like the pale horse (the one that brings wars, death and destruction)

the avian bird flu, doesnt that sound like the horseman in the dark horse that bring disease and famine

http://www.woodsonginstitute.com/Gallery/Inspirational/images/fourhorsemen.jpg

i might just be a little too paranoid, but im afraid we are seeing the final days:eek:

however, dont take my word for it. after all, im only human


The Rapture?


So soon?


Well THAT'll make Pat Robertson happy!!!!!!

:D

The Rapture?


So soon?


Well THAT'll make Pat Robertson happy!!!!!!

:D

Pat is probably wondering why he was Left Behind...

The Rapture?


So soon?


Well THAT'll make Pat Robertson happy!!!!!!

:D

According to the link I posted earlier he predicted the end of the world in 2007, I wonder what'll happen if he's found to be wrong.;)

this also freaks me out

http://www.catholic-pages.com/grabbag/malachy.asp

the final three popes on st. malachy's list:

266 John Paul II (1978-2005) 110 De labore Solis
(of the eclipse of the sun, or from the labour of the sun)
Hist.: Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 during a solar eclipse. He also comes from behind the former Iron Curtain (the East, where the Sun rises). He might also be seen to be the fruit of the intercession of the Woman Clothed with the Sun labouring in Revelation 12 (because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary). His Funeral occurred on 8 April, 2005 when there was a solar eclipse visible in the Americas.

267 Benedict XVI (2005-) 111 Gloria olivæ
The Benedictine order traditionally said this Pope would come from their order, since a branch of the Benedictine order is called the Olivetans. St Benedict is said to have prophesied that before the end of the world, a member of his order would be Pope and would triumphantly lead the Church in its fight against evil. While the Holy Father chose the name "Benedict", this does not seem enough to fulfil the prophecy. Nor is it clear how Benedict XVI (a Bavarian) is "Glory of the Olives". Since he is said to have remarked in the Conclave after saying he would take the name Benedict that it was partly to honour Benedict XV, a pope of peace and reconciliation, perhaps Benedict XVI will be a peacemaker in the Church or in the World, and thus carry the olive branch.

FINAL:In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis.
(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.)

By reading a little history, you'll see there isn't a society on the planet that hasn't had its prophets, and they can always point to examples of how those prophecies were fulfilled.

Man is always looking for answers to things he doesn't understand. Contemporary America is no different in that regard than India in 1500 BCE, or Mexico in 1400 CE.

If you're going to freak out about broadly described prophecies made hundreds of years ago, and that countless people before you have believed were about to be fulfilled in their eras, I recommend a visit to your doctor and a prescription for Lexapro.

Pat is probably wondering why he was Left Behind...


Unsurprisingly enough, no one else wonders that about him....

Someone should start a letterwriting campaign to his ministry, informing him that the Rapture actually happened five years ago, but telling him how sorry we all are that he missed it....

Sheesh.... now this thread has got ME all worried.....

Quick! Check the current Rapture Index (http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html)!!!!

Oh my! It's at 158!

We've crossed above "Heavy prophetic activity" all the way to "Fasten Your Seatbelts!"

Well Crap.

Fucking satanist russians....


Nothin' left to do, I guess, but write my Rapture Letter (http://www.raptureletters.com/) and wait for the horn to sound....

Sheesh.... now this thread has got ME all worried.....

Quick! Check the current Rapture Index (http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html)!!!!

Oh my! It's at 158!

We've crossed above "Heavy prophetic activity" all the way to "Fasten Your Seatbelts!"

Well Crap.

Fucking satanist russians....


Nothin' left to do, I guess, but write my Rapture Letter (http://www.raptureletters.com/) and wait for the horn to sound....


Silli, this is all from the same guy who can't do his basic physics homework...

i'm afraid we are seeing the final days

For your sake, I hope so.

I'm probably a lot older than you... but anyway at one time I believed in the "end of days" as a prophecy that would one day be fulfilled, ... I no longer share that.

I grew up during the cold war and the USSR, Chairman Mao, the Nuclear War seemed a lot more imminent and dangerous than the country of Iran does to me.

The Human Spirit will in fact conquer these challenges.

Silli, this is all from the same guy who can't do his basic physics homework...


All the more reason to amuse myself at his expense!

:D

The world ended during the first hours of January 1, 2000. But everybody was so hung over that no one noticed.

Hudson: Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man... That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

Burke: Maybe we could build a fire, sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don't we try that?

Hudson: Game over man... Game over!

I for one have just bought The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse, by Jason Boyett.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976035715/102-3050741-9213729?v=glance&n=283155

I should be covered now.

The last days only come when the man comes around :p thankyou johnny cash.
Seriously tho, things have been much worse than this and theres been no Apocalypse.
I mean the Anti-Christ hasnt Risen to political office yet. (peers at g.w.Bush) .... naah it couldnt be....could it?

The last days only come when the man comes around :p thankyou johnny cash.
Seriously tho, things have been much worse than this and theres been no Apocalypse.
I mean the Anti-Christ hasnt Risen to political office yet. (peers at g.w.Bush) .... naah it couldnt be....could it?

I knew his constant bible-brandishing was a deceptive ruse, I KNEW IT

You have it all wrong Iran are the good guys.http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/sleep.gif
OMG I agree.