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(3,871 posts)100. Rapture Index 180, Net Change +1, Updated Sep 21, 2015....www.raptureready.com/rap2.html
In the event of the "End Times":
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When the rapture should take place, resulting in my absence, it will become necessary for tribulation saints to mirror or financially support this site.
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http://www.raptureready.com/index.php
2012 Low 176, High 187
2013 Low 183, High 188
2014 Low 181, High 188
2015 Low 177, High 181
http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html
This group seems to believe that the "End Of Times" was more likely back in 2013...but if it happens this year, don't forget to mirror and financially support that site, so you can be a "tribulation saint."
LOL
According to Bob Altmeyer's book, The Authoritarians, putting RWA's (Right Wing Authoritarians) in power does seem to lead to Armageddon:
pg. 32 (pdf pg. 38)
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The High RWA Game
The next night 68 high RWAs showed up for their ride, just as ignorant of how they had been funneled into this run of the experiment as the low RWA students had been the night before. The game proceeded as usual. Background material was read, Elites (all males) nominated themselves, and the Elites were briefed. Then the wedgies started. As soon as the game began, the Elite from the Middle East announced the price of oil had just doubled. A little later the former Soviet Union (known as the Confederation of Independent States in 1994) bought a lot of armies and invaded North America. The latter had insufficient conventional forces to defend itself, and so retaliated with nuclear weapons. A nuclear holocaust ensued which killed everyone on earth--7.4 billion people--and almost all other forms of life which had the misfortune of co-habitating the same planet as a species with nukes.
pg. 33 (pdf pg. 39)
When this happens in the Global Change Game, the facilitators turn out all the lights and explain what a nuclear war would produce. Then the players are given a second chance to determine the future, turning back the clock to two years before the hounds of war were loosed. The former Soviet Union however rebuilt its armies and invaded China this time, killing 400 million people. The Middle East Elite then called for a United Nations meeting to discuss handling future crises, but no agreements were reached.
At this point the ozone-layer crisis occurred but--perhaps because of the recent failure of the United Nations meeting--no one called for a summit. Only Europe took steps to reduce its harmful gas emissions, so the crisis got worse. Poverty was spreading unchecked in the underdeveloped regions, which could not control their population growth. Instead of dealing with the social and economic problems back home, Elites began jockeying among themselves for power and protection, forming military alliances to confront other budding alliances. Threats raced around the room and the Confederation of Independent States warned it was ready to start another nuclear war. Partly because their Elites had used their meager resources to buy into alliances, Africa and Asia were on the point of collapse. An Elite called for a United Nations meeting to deal with the crises--take your pick--and nobody came.
By the time forty years had passed the world was divided into armed camps threatening each other with another nuclear destruction. One billion, seven hundred thousand people had died of starvation and disease. Throw in the 400 million who died in the Soviet-China war and casualties reached 2.1 billion. Throw in the 7.4 billion who died in the nuclear holocaust, and the high RWAs managed to kill 9.5 billion people in their world--although we, like some battlefield news releases, are counting some of the corpses twice.
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http://members.shaw.ca/jeanaltemeyer/drbob/TheAuthoritarians.pdf
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The High RWA Game
The next night 68 high RWAs showed up for their ride, just as ignorant of how they had been funneled into this run of the experiment as the low RWA students had been the night before. The game proceeded as usual. Background material was read, Elites (all males) nominated themselves, and the Elites were briefed. Then the wedgies started. As soon as the game began, the Elite from the Middle East announced the price of oil had just doubled. A little later the former Soviet Union (known as the Confederation of Independent States in 1994) bought a lot of armies and invaded North America. The latter had insufficient conventional forces to defend itself, and so retaliated with nuclear weapons. A nuclear holocaust ensued which killed everyone on earth--7.4 billion people--and almost all other forms of life which had the misfortune of co-habitating the same planet as a species with nukes.
pg. 33 (pdf pg. 39)
When this happens in the Global Change Game, the facilitators turn out all the lights and explain what a nuclear war would produce. Then the players are given a second chance to determine the future, turning back the clock to two years before the hounds of war were loosed. The former Soviet Union however rebuilt its armies and invaded China this time, killing 400 million people. The Middle East Elite then called for a United Nations meeting to discuss handling future crises, but no agreements were reached.
At this point the ozone-layer crisis occurred but--perhaps because of the recent failure of the United Nations meeting--no one called for a summit. Only Europe took steps to reduce its harmful gas emissions, so the crisis got worse. Poverty was spreading unchecked in the underdeveloped regions, which could not control their population growth. Instead of dealing with the social and economic problems back home, Elites began jockeying among themselves for power and protection, forming military alliances to confront other budding alliances. Threats raced around the room and the Confederation of Independent States warned it was ready to start another nuclear war. Partly because their Elites had used their meager resources to buy into alliances, Africa and Asia were on the point of collapse. An Elite called for a United Nations meeting to deal with the crises--take your pick--and nobody came.
By the time forty years had passed the world was divided into armed camps threatening each other with another nuclear destruction. One billion, seven hundred thousand people had died of starvation and disease. Throw in the 400 million who died in the Soviet-China war and casualties reached 2.1 billion. Throw in the 7.4 billion who died in the nuclear holocaust, and the high RWAs managed to kill 9.5 billion people in their world--although we, like some battlefield news releases, are counting some of the corpses twice.
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http://members.shaw.ca/jeanaltemeyer/drbob/TheAuthoritarians.pdf
See footnote (24) on pg. 51 (pdf pg. 57) for a little more discussion of the Global Change Game.
One might note that a Republican victory in the next election might be the most significant sign of the "End Times" that is possible.
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Wear clean underpants. Mom always warned us to wear clean undies just in case.
olegramps
Sep 2015
#240
So, that's why I've felt a tingling all over today...like I'm disolving away one atom at a time. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Sep 2015
#3
Please. You TOTALLY forgot the Rapture-Disguised-As-An-Alien-Invasion. I'm disappointed!
Shandris
Sep 2015
#4
The sucky thing is that the cars left behind are mostly not worth taking.
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2015
#19
I live in the "buckle" of the "Bible Belt". The only good thing? It's a small town with a very nice
Ghost in the Machine
Sep 2015
#182
We got clear vinyl and used shipping tape to attach it to the door.
AnotherDreamWeaver
Sep 2015
#258
Unfortunately, mine was shattered to pieces so all I have is an open hole. My windshield also got
Ghost in the Machine
Sep 2015
#267
You laugh, my Pastor neighbor just quit his job of 25 years at a local hospital because
Dustlawyer
Sep 2015
#168
anyone have a theory why end of the world stuff has been so popular for thousands of years?
KittyWampus
Sep 2015
#15
In a week, suggest that she visit this website - "It's the End of the World - Again!
csziggy
Sep 2015
#64
lol, somehow I have a feeling that's not the only thing he's got wrong...
magical thyme
Sep 2015
#111
Rapture Index 180, Net Change +1, Updated Sep 21, 2015....www.raptureready.com/rap2.html
xocet
Sep 2015
#100
As long as the Cubs never win the World Series we should still be here .Pigs fly ,hell
Person 2713
Sep 2015
#237
My friend just bought us tickets to hear Arlo in October. Damn, guess that is not happening now. nt
Mnemosyne
Sep 2015
#159
Well, it's about time. We've been waitin' for that guy to come back for almost 2,000 years.
tclambert
Sep 2015
#131
I have a weeks worth of cocaine....oh well, if the world is ending................
Demonaut
Sep 2015
#142
Whew! Good thing this is not a GBCW post. I don't know what we'd do without underpants.
randome
Sep 2015
#194
The Rapture Index is at 180, that is +1 (All time high was 188 for reference)
yellowcanine
Sep 2015
#201
AND the Braves won 2 out of 3 in Flushing! Pretty sure that was in Revelations. n/t
Bossy Monkey
Sep 2015
#203
Yeah, elsewhere I have noted that the Mets and the Jets winning are either
Bossy Monkey
Sep 2015
#270
Now that's dedication -- the world is ending and she goes to work anyway. nt
GreatGazoo
Sep 2015
#220
Don't forget to wish her a good Eid al Adha today one of the biggest Muslim holidays
Person 2713
Sep 2015
#235
Oh yeah its all ending. Just type in "Obama" and "Antichrist" into YouTube
LiberalLovinLug
Sep 2015
#241
Don't forget! There's a 30 minute break for lunch then back to the end times.
Solly Mack
Sep 2015
#242
Hehe...someone needs to educate all the children of the world about the dangers of
Rex
Sep 2015
#263