And, one more rapture question: What's this about 8/22?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

At RR they are all spewing about "the potential events of 8/22." What fundy memo did I miss now?

:hi:

[YankeyMCC]

1. That's the date Iran is supposed to respond officially to the

latest proposal to get them to stop processing uranium.

I don't know if that's the connection but that's what comes to my mind for that date.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Ah, yes, knowing their fearmongering hearts, it probably is.

I had entirely forgotten about that bit with Iran.

:hi:

[TimeChaser]

2. Another board is convinced it'll be Rosh Hashana this year

:shrug: And I'm still waiting for the signs of Ragnarok :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Pfffft...

:rofl:

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. It's my brother's birthday and he's a Hell of a guy!

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

6. Happy b-day to your brother, then!

Today happens to be my parents' anniversary as well. :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Happy Anniversary to a wonderful set of parents...

:toast:

[LynneSin]

8. According to the Rapture Index, the likelihood of a rapture is down 2pts

http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html

[dolo amber]

9. What part of "...like a theif in the night, at an unappointed time..."

do these people not understand? :shrug:

(In the interest of full disclosure I had to ask my sister what that verse was as I'm a godless heathen. But I knew there was one. :D :P)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

10. An off-base WSJ op-ed from a couple weeks ago

Like certain sects of Christianity, Islam is also waiting for end times in which the 12 Imam (or madhi or messiah) will come out of hiding and return to earth.

A Wall St. Journal op-ed from August 8 (I think) linked the date that Iran was going to respond to the whole nuclear issue with the beginning of this end time.

"What is the significance of Aug. 22? This year, Aug. 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to "the farthest mosque," usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (cf Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind."

So a bunch of Christian fundies have decided that the rapture/end times are going to start today.

Only two problems with that:
A. Islam and Christianity both have completely different versions of "end times"; if this was the Islamic end time, there's no way a Rapture could/would occur because it means that Islam is correct.

B. The sacred night in question actually fell on August 21. The WSJ jackass just didn't have any idea what he was talking about.

So, basically, it's all about fear-mongering and throwing red meat to the fundies. What else is new?

On edit: here's the link to the original op-ed if you want to read it.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008768