For those who wonder 'When the fuck will this rapture happen?" - I have an answer...

[LynneSin]

2012

Seems there's this new trend that the Rapture will happen probably 12/12/12 or some day like that because *Gasp* numbers are unique. Not really sure. But my bookstore had like a whole section displayed about 2012 Apocalpse and how it was predicted by Mayans (wait - they were Christians? I thought they were some type of Pagan). And that in 2012 we'll hit the galaxy rotational 'year' (lasts around 6000 years).

http://survive2012.com/

[LostinVA]

1. I'm going to post a thread just for you in the next few days

You're going to love it.

Hehehehehehe.

[LynneSin]

4. Oh don't make me wait

Now I won't sleep the next couple of days just wondering what it is

:crazy:

[LostinVA]

6. You have to wait

The pictures haven't been taken yet.

[Deep13]

2. Okay, the NEW end of the world date is 2012.

Not 1999, 2000, 6/6/06 or 7/7/07 or any of the previously announced dates.

[LynneSin]

5. Actually it's 12/21/12 (or could be 12/23/12)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012#Metaphysical_predictions

December 21 — The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b'ak'tun cycle since the calendar's mythical starting point (equivalent to 3114 BC August 11 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar, according to the "GMT-correlation" JDN= 584283).<7> The Long Count b'ak'tun date of this starting point (13.0.0.0.0) is repeated, for the first time in a span of approximately 5,125 solar years. The significance of this period-ending to the pre-Columbian Maya themselves is unclear, and there is an incomplete inscription (Tortuguero Stela 6) that records this date. It is also to be found carved on the walls of the Temple of Inscriptions in Palenque, where it functions as a base date from which other dates are computed.<8> However, it is conjectured that this may represent in the Maya belief system a transition from the current Creation world into the next. The 2012 Winter Solstice will also occur on this day at 11:11 UTC.<9>

Somehow, some reason, the fundies have all latched on to this and believe this means the Apocalypse will happen on that date.

I don't know how - Mayans were NOT Christians

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Funny thing about the rapture is that only the biblical literalists and fundies believe it,

and yet, there's nothing in the Bible about it.

I find that hilarious!

[TrogL]

7. Darby cooked it up

...then wrote his own Bible to make it legit.

[quip]

8. WTF? 11/11/11 is more uniquer than that! I say it ends on THAT date!

:grr:

[Pierre.Suave]

9. Maybe God hasnt seen Spinal Tap.

:rofl:

[MorningGlow]

10. Oh dear not this shit again

'S not so. As a pagan and a seeker, those "2012 is the apocalypse" books piss me the hell off. Yes, the Mayan calendar seems to "end" on that date, but they also talk about future dates in their texts. What's unique about 12/21/12 is not the numbers but the fact that there's a particular planetary alignment that occurs on that date. But it will NOT cause the apocalypse. Seekers refer to 2012 as "the Shift", as it's predicted that the planetary vibration will change and we will alter the way we live our lives (if we so choose)--and change Earth to a more peaceful, compassionate world community. And we are experiencing that Shift already (as it's gradual, not sudden)--we can see it even in our outlook for the presidential election. Check out the Astrology forum--we talk about it a lot in there. :hi:

[LynneSin]

11. I hate to say it - get use to it

The fundies are lapping up this 2012 crap like this is it for days.

[MorningGlow]

14. Fundies...

Y'know, for folks who are so excited to meet their maker, they sure are terrified of "the end"...

[Fox Mulder]

30. On my backyard astronomy CD...

it shows that all of the planets in our solar system will be aligned in the sky and will all be viewable at the same exact time in December of 2012.

When I saw that, I was in awe.

[zanne]

12. Just goes to show...

People believe what they want to believe.

[zabet]

13. 12/12/whatever!

They need to back off
my birthday. :grr:

[LynneSin]

15. Sorry to disappoint you but I was wrong

it's 12/21/12 (or possible 12/23/12

So you might want to hold Xmas a few days early

[momophile]

16. my mom just read the 2012 book and she's all freaked out

I told her I'm more freaked out about Peak Oil myself.

does the book include Peak Oil?:shrug:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Yes, it's true! I saw it in the final episode of The X-Files!

That's when the alien invasion begins.

[stellanoir]

18. It's not the end of the world.

It's presumed to be the end of an era which according to some, has lasted as long as 30,000 years.

Some believe it's related to the Photon Belt.

The so-called "New Age" community describes it as the Ascension and some are indeed rapturesc.

Still I'm voting for an evolutionary leap because this crap is way past becoming totally tiresome.

So I prefer to refer to as "Yawn fest OVER !!!"

[Connonym]

19. the answer is none too soon

I'm going to need a new car before too long...

[Cleita]

20. It didn't happen at the millenium so the "chicken little" crowd

had to move it up to another later date. The reason the 2012 date is attractive is because that's where the Mayan calendar ends for one. Some believe it means the Mayans thought the world would end too, however, I don't think there is any proof that the Mayans thought so. So 2012 will come and go and I wonder what the next "end of the world" date will be for those believers to pull out of their asses?

[robertpaulsen]

21. When Huckabee passes McCain in delegates.

That's gotta be one of the signs.

[PVnRT]

22. Six.....six six....the number of the beeeeeeast

Iron Maiden is teh rul3z

[LynneSin]

24. I knew a kid born on 6/6/66

he was in my class at school. Really nice person too - hardly the sign of the beast

[PVnRT]

25. Well, there are FOUR sixes in his birthday

As Iron Maiden tells us, though, the number of the beeeeeeast is only THREE sixes. Like the time when I had a $6.66 bill at Denny's. Freaky.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

32. We had a bull that was 666

Every year we rent a different bull for our cows. One year we had one who's ear tag was 666. Ha ha the mark of the beast! He was really friendly though for a devil bull.

[Dr. Strange]

39. He had FOUR sixes. He's one more evil!

When most blokes are being evil, they'll be at three sixes, all the way up, all the way up. Where do they go from there? Nowhere, exactly. When this guy needs that little extra push, he has an extra six!

[underpants]

23. 8/8/08

Apparently a whole ton of marriages are planned in China that day-first day of the Olympics too

[Art_from_Ark]

29. Eight is considered to be a lucky number in Chinese culture

I think it has something to do with the way the number 8 is written in the Chinese script (comes from "raising hands to heaven", if I'm not mistaken)

[Tyler Durden]

26. That'll be the big 60 day for me.

Something else fun on that day to look forward to.

[LynneSin]

27. Perhaps you might want to start your Bucket List today

instead of waiting for the big 60

[Tyler Durden]

28. Creep!

I'll outlive ALL of you, because I'm a DANCER!

[ashling]

31. The Rapture will be 6/6/6 . . . but that was two years ago

OMG! I've been left behind!!!!
:rofl:

[newmajority]

33. Well, the Mayans would have been Lamanites who were a lost tribe of Israel

who came over here in little boats which resembled barrels.

Or at least that's what Mitt Romney told me.

[newmajority]

34. Well, the Mayans would have been Lamanites who were a lost tribe of Israel

who came over here in little boats which resembled barrels.

Or at least that's what Mitt Romney told me.

[raccoon]

35. If it does happen in 2012, guess what? We don't have to worry about

the future of Social Security or Medicare.

Most of us here won't have to worry about our retirement.

Look on the bright side! :-)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

36. The Mayans viewed 2012 as a new start...

I don't think that meant Armageddon. I think they just decided that it was a good place to stop. They probably ran out of paper or something. :shrug: We have to read wAAAAYy to much into it.
Duckie

[BuelahWitch]

37. Maybe that's when all the assholes get voted off the island

:shrug: I'm for that!

[BeachBaby]

38. According to the Bible....

no one will know when the Rapture will happen; sure, there will be "signs" that it is looming, but to go as far as to narrow it down to a particular date? Um....."only God knows that". Silly wabbits.

So who is going to inform these Rapture enthusiasts that it's a violation to re-write God's Word, and because of their disobedience, are now doomed to the fiery gates of hell?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: