Comments on: The end is near... repent and be saved?

The end is near... repent and be saved?

LouReedsSon — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:54:50 -0800

And the s i g n s a y s you got to have a membership card to get inside .

By: unreason

unreason — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:59:34 -0800

I can see right now that this thread is going to be a rational, pleasant conversation.

By: Scoo

Scoo — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:02:07 -0800

Arrgh, mind numbing tedium! Must... warn... others... *thud*

By: Plutor

Plutor — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:02:23 -0800

Long-haired freaky people need not apply.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:10:35 -0800

*goes ahead and hates neighbor* *goes ahead and cheats friend*

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:11:28 -0800

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.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:16:03 -0800

"...huh!"

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:17:50 -0800

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.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:27:20 -0800

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.

By: LouReedsSon

LouReedsSon — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:36:03 -0800

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.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:41:00 -0800

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.

By: norm

norm — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:45:26 -0800

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.

By: we3bus

we3bus — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:47:28 -0800

I'm all for lots of links, but let's have some context please! It's damn near blind-linkage.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:51:25 -0800

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.

By: mek

mek — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:56:22 -0800

The apostle Paul kept himself ritually pure (read: sexless) In Case of Apocalypse, which he believed would happen any minute now. 'nuff said.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:00:12 -0800

I can't even tell which link is supposed to be the good one. (The couple I clicked on definitely weren't.)

By: sciurus

sciurus — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:00:16 -0800

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.

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:07:11 -0800

Fasten your seat belts.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:10:13 -0800

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine...

By: Armen Tanzarian

Armen Tanzarian — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:12:42 -0800

The apostle Paul ... He was the "cute" one, right?

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:13:33 -0800

Rejesus!

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:14:14 -0800

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Luke 15:10

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:33:48 -0800

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?

By: boaz

boaz — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:34:08 -0800

It's all fun and games until someone immanentizes the eschaton.

By: postmodernmillie

postmodernmillie — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:41:26 -0800

God, you guys are so linear sometimes. Great post, Lou.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:45:57 -0800

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.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:49:25 -0800

GOD IS UNDER NO SCRIPTURAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO. Once God has given His warning to two or three prophets, He has fulfilled His scriptural obligation. So God has an SLA now?

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:52:23 -0800

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."

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:53:01 -0800

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.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:53:28 -0800

open tag, woops

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:56:43 -0800

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...

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:05:19 -0800

I miss mcgraw.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:07:14 -0800

Calm down! The end has been nigh for a little over 2000 years now...

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:03:57 -0800

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.”

By: thecaddy

thecaddy — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:41:10 -0800

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.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:24:42 -0800

I'm all for The Rapture if it means seeing Mimi Rogers take it all off again.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:28:48 -0800

eb, that is my definition of rapture, damn fundies ruined it.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:30:02 -0800

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.)

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:01:34 -0800

Repenteth, LouReedsSon, and ye shall be forgiven. ;)

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:03:27 -0800

Nah. The name alone is enough; repentence is not necessary.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:04:17 -0800

Besides, I'm one of those "love the poster, hate the post" kinds of people.

By: dontoine

dontoine — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:11:59 -0800

"interesting"

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:48:53 -0800

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.

By: LouReedsSon

LouReedsSon — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:43:45 -0800

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! :)

By: mediareport

mediareport — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:41:18 -0800

it's all about the jokes! *yawns, prefers information*

By: dfowler

dfowler — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:47:27 -0800

Thanks for the memories, LRS.