For 2000 years Christians have been claiming that their rapture is coming. Every year nutbags have run around "the end is coming, the end is coming". Yet, every year it passes and they move it back another year.
They're trying desperately to claim that its now due to things that have been happening. The problem with that is that nothing has been happening now that hasn't happened in the past. The difference is only the technology level. There's always been war, pain, strife, hunger, what the Christians term "immoral behavior" (things like having sex before marriage), and all the rest.
Its no different.
So whats it going to take for you to realize that its not going to happen? TWO THOUSAND years not long enough for you to realize it? There comes a point at which you just have to give up and move on.
2007-02-20 04:48:26 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just me, actually I think that we'd all be better off without religion to muddy up the waters.
2007-02-20 05:30:55 · update #1
Kallan, thats insane. I didn't know that. Thank you.
2007-02-20 05:32:06 · update #2
Preacher, why are you quoting the bible? Haven't you realized yet that the bible only means something to the people would believe in it? Your post isn't an answer to the question I asked, its only more bible passages.
Next time, try for a real answer.
2007-02-20 05:33:30 · update #3
iwant_u2_wantme2000, maybe in your fantasy. What a waste of a life.
2007-02-20 05:34:35 · update #4
lol it's worse than you think.. they actually have a Rapture Index on the web that they claim is akin to the Dow Jones.. it takes all their "prophecies" and gives a number on how close they are to the rapture at any given time.
They also have space for christians to send messages to their loved ones should the rapture take place and their friends/family get left behind.. you know, things like "See? I told you so!!" kind of messages.
http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html
2007-02-20 04:55:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Most of what you are reading are premillennial views: the view that Christ's return will usher in a future millennium of Messianic rule mentioned in the book of Revelation before the final judgment. The believers of this doctrine also hold to the notion of a Rapture of the righteous beforehand.
This is a popular belief, but there are others that can be substantiated by the bible. Others hold that we are probably going through the tribulation period now. When it started is speculative, when it ends the final judgment of everyone occurs. Some sects, such as the folks over at http://worldwide.familyradio.org... believe the final judgment will be upon us sometime in mid-2011! Those that hold to non-premillenial doctrines believe that the "rapture" is the time of the second coming of Christ when the Final Judgment will be held.
2007-02-20 04:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have not been teaching that for 2000 years. The Book of Revelation was written about Nero during a time of no free speech and was a polemic against Roman persecution written in allegorical language. The rapture teaching was invented by Bible literalists with no concept of historical context or literary style in the late 1800s. When are all non-Christians going to realize we are not all uneducated fundamentalists?
2007-02-20 04:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Not every Christian believes in the Rapture (us Catholics don't)
2. Christianity isn't the only religion that has an "End of the world" senerio
3. Christians aren't the only ones who get wigged out thinking the world will end. I know a bunch of atheists who were ready to panic when 2000 came about, and are dreading the end of the dooms day clock, and who think the Aztecs have it right with the world ending in what? 2019?
Just because you don't believe in something, doesn't make it wrong.
2007-02-20 04:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Though I do not believe in the "rapture" doctrine, I do know that from all the signs we are given in the Bible, that the end of wickedness is very near. God's Word even says that many would say just what you are saying, which proves that all Scripture is inspired by God.
2 Peter 3:3-4---"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."
Perhaps it is time to change your point of view. The Bible explains why God has allowed things to continue all this time. It explains many things, such as__
Why do we grow old and die?
What happens to us when we die?
When and how will God end all suffering, including our enemy death?
What is God's purpose for the earth and all mankind?
If you take the time to read and study the Bible, then all these questions will be answered. I was amazed by the things I learned. .
2007-02-20 05:13:05 · answer #5 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
actually there are four interpretory views on Revelation, only two of them actually include a Rapture. One is before a great persecution, one is after. Christians don't fear the Rapture, they look forward to it. It may not even happen, the word "rapture" never appears in the Bible.
The "end of the world" is independent of the Rapture; purported to be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
This End is to be heralded with pandemic strife, war, panic, woe, doom et cetera, which is where all the fuss comes from.
Personally, I'm not worried about the End of the World, because I don't think it will affect me negatively. I'll just keep living.
2007-02-20 05:07:55 · answer #6 · answered by Lace . 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You do not have to be an Atheist to not believe in the rapture. I am a Catholic and do not believe in it. This has grown out of the Evangelicals and Protestants wish to "sidestep suffering". The new Health and Welfare Christianity that crashes as soon as trouble comes along as demonstrated by some of the posts on this site.
2007-02-20 04:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Rapture will come for Christians about the same time and in the same way as the promises of Paradise, Heaven, Hell, the reincarnations of any of the other religions.
It's about time that people left the superstitions of ancient times and joined the world.
It would be great if Christians were the only superstitious ones, but they're all in the same boat. Angels, devils, Gods, zombies, the great pumpkin, Santa Claus, all supernaturals are just in the heads of the superstitious. That goes for all religions.
2007-02-20 05:08:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
2 Peter 3:3-10 "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own s,
4 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.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
HE IS COMING WHETHER YOU OR I BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
2007-02-20 04:59:00 · answer #9 · answered by Preacher 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, and your point is? But as you your claim that what is happening now has always been there, I beg to defer. At no time in the history of the world has there been enough weapons powerful enough to destroy the world a couple of times over. At no time in history would it have been possible for one man or small group of men to kill millions with one weapon. I agree as to war, pain, strife, hunger always being there but a single dirty nuke could ruin 100's of square miles of the earth for centuries not counting the people that would die outright and later from the fallout. Still that is not to say that the Rapture is near or even going to happen.
2007-02-20 05:01:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋