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May 20, 2011

Rapture update

Today's Doonesbury cartoon continues his series on the Rapture

I also received this link from reader FuDaYi about people having fun with the Rapture with parties planned for the big day tomorrow. One person (an atheist, of course) is even offering pet care insurance for people who want to make sure that the pets that are left behind when their owners get taken to heaven will be looked after. This raises the serious theological question: Why don't pets get to go to heaven? What kind of god would deny people the company of their beloved pets? I personally wouldn't want to spend eternity without Baxter.

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Not everyone is enjoying the publicity this event is garnering. "When we engage in this kind of wild speculation, it's irresponsible," said the Rev. Daniel Akin, president of the Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C. "It can do damage to naive believers who can be easily caught up and it runs the risk of causing the church to receive sort of a black eye."

Of course it does. The church deserves to get a black eye because they are the enablers of these people. His concern about 'naïve believers' being misled is hilarious since that group constitutes his entire base. If you encourage people to believe in nonsense, you shouldn't complain if they believe in nonsense that is different from the nonsense that you believe in.

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Comments

We celebrated High Holy Zombie Days with a Walking Dead tv program marathon and zombie themed foods while others celabrated the traditional easter.

http://ntrygg.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/zombilicious/

I also find it funny that some christians are annoyed that the ones who are set on a particular date make them look bad

but I see no difference between beleiving in the end of days and saying it's this saturday

Posted by random ntrygg on May 20, 2011 06:11 PM

Here is a little humor regarding pets going to heaven:
http://realdemocrathistory.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/all-dogs-go-to-heaven-church-sign-debate-funny/

Posted by Matt on May 21, 2011 09:07 AM

I also find it funny that some christians are annoyed that the ones.

Posted by whoiscaller on May 22, 2011 08:46 AM