The end is near... repent and be saved?
March 15, 2005 6:54 AM   Subscribe

And the sign says you got to have a membership card to get inside.
posted by LouReedsSon (45 comments total)
 
I can see right now that this thread is going to be a rational, pleasant conversation.
posted by unreason at 6:59 AM on March 15, 2005


Arrgh, mind numbing tedium! Must... warn... others... *thud*
posted by Scoo at 7:02 AM on March 15, 2005




*goes ahead and hates neighbor*
*goes ahead and cheats friend*
posted by jonmc at 7:10 AM on March 15, 2005


I'm sure the subject is interesting, but I'm not reading 11 articles, what with being at work and all...

Perhaps this hesitancy to pay attention to FPPs that contain too many links could be called "link fatigue" or something.
posted by clevershark at 7:11 AM on March 15, 2005


"...huh!"
posted by sourwookie at 7:16 AM on March 15, 2005


And the sign says you got to have a membership card to get inside.

All the redneck girls in my high school insisted Tesla wrote that song.
posted by dhoyt at 7:17 AM on March 15, 2005


Wait, is it because the finger print thing is about Germans, or that it's about identity stuff that makes it rapture worthy? I'm confused, but then I am so often when it comes to the rapture. I can never remember if it's time to return my movies to Blockbuster or if I don't have to bother because I'll be raptured away in the next few minutes.
posted by OmieWise at 7:27 AM on March 15, 2005


From Plutors link: Many men today are wearing their hair long. This style seems to have had its start in modern times by certain musical groups such as the Beatles and others.

Seems more like a recurring
style, but I digress...

Sorry for too many links, but too few have often been critisized, so...

DISCLAIMER: I am not a believer in the apocalypse, but thought this could be an "interesting" discussion... Color me troll if you must. I'm out. Peace.
posted by LouReedsSon at 7:36 AM on March 15, 2005


With all the restriction on behavior already listed in the Bible, I really doubt that God gives much of a damn what length hair one has :-)

Hey, if He'd wanted everyone to have short hair, He would have made it stop growing past a certain point.
posted by clevershark at 7:41 AM on March 15, 2005


These same people have been selling the apocalypse for nearly 2000 years now, and there are still marks ready to buy it.

Don't believe the hype.
posted by norm at 7:45 AM on March 15, 2005


I'm all for lots of links, but let's have some context please! It's damn near blind-linkage.
posted by we3bus at 7:47 AM on March 15, 2005


Oh, that long hair thing, its so nostalgic!

I don't complain about too many links, but I really don't like each letter of a word being a link as its too difficult to pick them out. Seems a waste of my time and the posters.

Otherwise, please explain, how this is "best of the web"?

Sort-of apocalyptic news items and some religion. Those that know the 'signs' don't need the religious links and are probably already aware of plenty more signs. Those that don't probably don't care.
posted by Goofyy at 7:51 AM on March 15, 2005


The apostle Paul kept himself ritually pure (read: sexless) In Case of Apocalypse, which he believed would happen any minute now. 'nuff said.
posted by mek at 7:56 AM on March 15, 2005


I can't even tell which link is supposed to be the good one. (The couple I clicked on definitely weren't.)
posted by smackfu at 8:00 AM on March 15, 2005


Don't forget the Rapture Index, that should cover all the crazy bases.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a believer in the apocalypse, but thought this could be an "interesting" discussion... Color me troll if you must.

Dude, that disclaimer pretty much admits to being a troll. If you must preemptively say that you aren't a troll, you probably shouldn't post what you are planning on posting.
posted by sciurus at 8:00 AM on March 15, 2005


Fasten your seat belts.
posted by caddis at 8:07 AM on March 15, 2005


It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine...
posted by SisterHavana at 8:10 AM on March 15, 2005


The apostle Paul ...

He was the "cute" one, right?
posted by Armen Tanzarian at 8:12 AM on March 15, 2005


Rejesus!
posted by Pretty_Generic at 8:13 AM on March 15, 2005


Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke 15:10
posted by caddis at 8:14 AM on March 15, 2005


What we3bus said. I clicked about half of those up there and I don't get the point at all. Mind explaining what you were going for, LouReedsSon?
posted by mediareport at 8:33 AM on March 15, 2005


It's all fun and games until someone immanentizes the eschaton.
posted by boaz at 8:34 AM on March 15, 2005


God, you guys are so linear sometimes. Great post, Lou.
posted by postmodernmillie at 8:41 AM on March 15, 2005


Enjoyed the interesting thoughts from links, the “a” and the second “s” in “says.” Now going go back to bed; wake me up when I’m in heaven.

The apostle Paul ...

He was the "cute" one, right?

Got the joke. Historians have said during his time he was very intelligent and handsome. Recall, the Roman's imprisoned him with a death sentence yet he was allowed to travel around which shows his might.
posted by thomcatspike at 8:45 AM on March 15, 2005




The Apocalypse is coming! The Apocalypse is coming soon!

... on NBC.

Ha. At first when I heard about this, I thought, "Oh, great. Let's indulge the crazy people." Then I was like, "The Apocalypse Will Be Televised?" Then I was just, "Eh. It's The X-Files for fundies."
posted by octobersurprise at 8:52 AM on March 15, 2005


What we3bus said. I clicked about half of those up there and I don't get the point at all. Mind explaining what you were going for, LouReedsSon?
Unknowingly that each letter was a link in sign says, I clicked them out of their word’s letter order. By the second open link, figured it all out.
Do this often on posts with many links; it may work for you too.

posted by thomcatspike at 8:53 AM on March 15, 2005


open tag, woops
posted by thomcatspike at 8:53 AM on March 15, 2005


While the whole "end times" thing has always been around, one must recognize that rarely has there been a political body so intent on doing everything it can to bring it about than the Bush II Administration...
posted by clevershark at 8:56 AM on March 15, 2005


I miss mcgraw.
posted by koeselitz at 9:05 AM on March 15, 2005


Calm down! The end has been nigh for a little over 2000 years now...
posted by es_de_bah at 9:07 AM on March 15, 2005


So God has an SLA now?
Didn't your quote above this say: no?

“Calm down”..., why? Who is jumping with fear? Saw only fear of Bush. Oh, maybe those were references to the Bible's “burning bush.”
posted by thomcatspike at 10:03 AM on March 15, 2005


The depressing thing is, Bush does make for a fairly accurate anti-Christ, what with his shallow Christianity and urge for war in the Middle East. The funny thing is, you can really blow an evangelical's mind if you tell them this.

The real thing is, this is all just social stress from the end of print and the start of the internet finding itself expressed in strange ways. The world is ending, in that the societal structure we've been running with for the last 500 years is slowly collapsing. Other than that, we're fine.
posted by thecaddy at 11:41 AM on March 15, 2005




eb, that is my definition of rapture, damn fundies ruined it.
posted by thomcatspike at 12:28 PM on March 15, 2005


Bad post! Bad, bad post! (Good to see someone besides me lays an egg once in a while. But with a cool name like LouReedsSon, you will be forgiven.)
posted by Doohickie at 1:30 PM on March 15, 2005


Repenteth, LouReedsSon, and ye shall be forgiven. ;)
posted by caddis at 2:01 PM on March 15, 2005


Nah. The name alone is enough; repentence is not necessary.
posted by Doohickie at 2:03 PM on March 15, 2005


Besides, I'm one of those "love the poster, hate the post" kinds of people.
posted by Doohickie at 2:04 PM on March 15, 2005


"interesting"
posted by dontoine at 6:11 PM on March 15, 2005


God, you guys are so linear sometimes.

No, I got the rapture thing, but the 5 Man Electrical Band? Come on, that's a meaningless linkage. Which makes this a needlessly elliptical and formless post that tried just a *leetle* too hard to be clever.

Love the poster, though, I assure you. In His name.
posted by mediareport at 9:48 PM on March 15, 2005


hehe... Not exactly the discussion I hoped for. I was going more for chat about the sky falling, and all. Trolling for the jokes, people; it's all about the jokes! :)
posted by LouReedsSon at 5:43 AM on March 16, 2005


it's all about the jokes!

*yawns, prefers information*
posted by mediareport at 8:41 PM on March 16, 2005


Thanks for the memories, LRS.
posted by dfowler at 6:47 AM on March 23, 2005


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