tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post1662313387313368686..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Rapture: news updateBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-9098388403935459612011-05-25T21:50:20.663-04:002011-05-25T21:50:20.663-04:00Matth 24: 4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one...Matth 24: 4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth painsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-58584709655822580932011-05-24T12:06:24.482-04:002011-05-24T12:06:24.482-04:00The website on the bench in the picture, strangely...The website on the bench in the picture, strangely enough, remains online.Lukehttp://www.soundcloud.com/lukechandlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-47069228987273504572011-05-23T04:43:23.420-04:002011-05-23T04:43:23.420-04:00It's like Rear Window (my paraphrase) eat, dri...It's like Rear Window (my paraphrase) eat, drink and be merry is soon enough fat, miserable and alcoholic.inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694406582530098682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-75698809833396840532011-05-22T23:35:28.690-04:002011-05-22T23:35:28.690-04:00Looks like the rapture met with a rupture. Or may...Looks like the rapture met with a rupture. Or maybe the Sydney Morning Herald has it right - "Apocalyse running late"!Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-76931432605979883652011-05-22T21:03:00.042-04:002011-05-22T21:03:00.042-04:00Have we checked that Harold's group haven'...Have we checked that Harold's group haven't been raptured? Maybe we wouldn't have noticed? This plays to all my teenage Christian insecurities when friends were five minutes late meeting me on Town Hall steps for a movie (before the days of mobile phones). "Maybe the rapture's happened and I've been left behind!". Nick Ingram.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629343325674044649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-35227438452120252122011-05-22T18:19:47.852-04:002011-05-22T18:19:47.852-04:00Funny you should zone in on spelling mistakes Ben....Funny you should zone in on spelling mistakes Ben. I tried to tell my post-Christian, mobile phone selling, irrealist PHIL100 students that this crapture timetable was in very poor taste (and would not get them out of writing a decent research paper for me). But, it was quite obvious that, whilst none of them took this (or their research) seriously, they really enjoy craptures – of any flavour –and are happy to take every opportunity for a 'party like there's no tomorrow' weekend. I find something strangely noble about their attitude…Paul Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469200454286176877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-72147322975450878012011-05-22T16:49:33.961-04:002011-05-22T16:49:33.961-04:00Alas, all those philosophy students of mine that t...Alas, all those philosophy students of mine that told me they were not going to bother about their end of semester research assignments because, you know, May 21 made the work seem just a bit silly, are now going to have to dream up some pretty interesting extension requests!Paul Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469200454286176877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-49026719730422622892011-05-22T06:58:48.098-04:002011-05-22T06:58:48.098-04:00Also this: http://xkcd.com/900/Also this: http://xkcd.com/900/Sam Freneyhttp://freney.orgnoreply@blogger.com