"I think when the rapture happens, all of the babies in the womb of those who are lost will also go up to heaven. I believe that the belly's of the women who are with child will literally be deflated at the sound of the trumpet."
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Or good literature, for that matter.
Are you saying that 'Left Behind" is considered as a literature? That just can not be true!
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Reasoning? From someone at Rapture Ready?
*barely stifles a laughing fit*
You. Have GOT. To be kidding me.
It is so weird that someone a.) would sit around and think this up, b.) sit down at a computer to type it up, and c.) lack the self-realization to not doubt hitting the "post" button.
At what point do other Christians say, "Ummm, I don't think that's likely to happen?". Or is the inclusion of the words "Bible", "Rapture" or "Jesus" a go-ahead for any crazy-ass thought?
Why can't they make up their minds. It would be alot easier to deal with their insane ramblings if they all believed the same thing. Then, we could show them how they're fucked up on one point, and move on to the next one. The bible says that they are all supposed to believe the same thing. Which shows me two things: 1. the bible is fucked up and not important enough to believe, and 2. their insistence on their own personal interpretations shows their pride. I hate fundies.
Women do not 'inflate' while pregnant. Our stomachs do not in any way resemble a deflating balloon when the baby is out. I mean, if emptying ones body parts somehow caused them to collapse in on themselves, why hasn't your skull deflated?
With child?
I think you mean pregnant.
"With child" means you are associated with a child who is in within seeing distance of yourself, not that you have a fetus.
Yes, that person's screen name is suspiciously similar. I almost thought for a second that was the "submitted by".
So Heavens going to be all gooey and slimy with cell clusters and first-term fetuses slithering all over the streets of gold? Ewwww!
But, thanks for the warning. I'll try to make sure to die with my boots on.
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Perhaps, but it makes them feel better about their God whisking everyone away, and leaving the heathens to burn...at least if he takes the children, he's not *ALL* bad...right?
Captain Obvious wrote:
"I thought you people said that children of the "unsaved" wouldn't be saved." Some Rapturists believe that.
Others -- including the authors of the Left Behind series -- believe in a pulled-out-of-their-butt notion called the "Age of Accountability." If you're under the Age of Accountability (usually 8 years old) when you die, you automatically get to go to heaven because you're too young to be accountable for your beliefs.
I think 8 years of age was chosen because that's about the time that kids stop being cute.
@tracer: Actually, the age of accountability is a much older notion that was pasted on. Catholics were using it (or "age of reason") to mean "old enough to understand what the sacraments mean" - the age when you can get Confirmed - long before these people existed. It ranges from 8 to 16 depending on who you ask and what era.
Their belly's what will deflate? I mean, you wrote belly's and that's possessive so...oh wait, this is RR, never mind.
Ooooh, I'm not pregnant but I'd be mighty happy if my stomach would deflate at the sound of a trumpet. I even have my own trumpet!
*running off to see if this new weightloss programme works*
From a post in that thread:
So why doesn't God just do that with all of us? Just throw us straight into Heaven or Hell without actually living, based on what we would have done?
Should anyone be interested, reading GEL's comment just caused my belly to deflate to the sound of a trumpet - and if that's "literally" what's going to happen, I'm here to tell you (and my dog can confirm) this 'rupture'-thing ain't exactly gonna be a picnic...
But it will be a gas.
Paul disagreed. He was quite clear.
You sound like the priests who invented Purgatory, because they didn’t like to contemplate God being a total dick.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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