The End of the World - Bullshit...
For centuries there have been claims that the world was going to end. I was in a church that firmly believed that Y2K would signal the end of life as we knew it. In this episode of Bullshit, Penn and Teller will take a look into these claims and predictions.
Thank you Penn & Teller
Thank you Penn & Teller
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I am in total agreement with you. But I don't think Bush or any of his merry old men are any more religious than I am. He used religious leaders to get elected, and lies out his ass about the fact that he's "born again". 3 more years of his presidency is almost too hard to bear. The damage he has done to the Supreme Court alone is going to have a huge impact on our lives.
How can we end this madness? Find an antidote for the mind virus, and find it fast!
I thought it interesting that the definition of Antidote in the Encarta Dictionary is:
"a substance that counteracts the effect of a poison or toxin."
I think that pretty much says it all.
You sound just as judgemental and narrow minded as the fundies to me.
Love James Randi too.
Thanks,
bill
Its not the GW isn't smart, its that GW is a republican. The active duty military, paid by the federal gov't, has been significantly reduced by in the last few years, while international "concerns", have caused a higher demand for military personnel.
Where do these "extra", personnel come from? The "state", who has to hire them, with some federal support, and deploy them. The hope is that the people being placed in these reservist positions, will return and stay in the reserves where the state takes over the "bill", for paying the state employee.
Its not a coincidence, that the majority of active duty have not deployed anymore than the reservists. If anything, the reservists have been deployed for greater time intervals than many active duty. This was not what the "game plan", when the reserves were created, the reserves were to back-fill the united states federal military bases, when the "trained", and "equipped" active duty military deployed.
This expanding and contracting of the federal gov't budget has been going on for years. Religion, military, etc., all becomes part of the mix. As the active duty military is reduced, conveniently more federal jobs have opened up, like homeland security, however, military get paid retirement immediately after 20 years of service, this is the federal burden. Those who are pushed out, and move onto other federal jobs, don't receive retirement after 20 years, they must stay employed for much longer, and the retirement is more akin to working a civilian job.
Anyway, GW is doing what his party elected him to do, and he will push the buttons to make it happen. There are many states that could not support their citizens if the federal gov't pulled out completely, hence, the issue with the Hurricane Katrina victims. GW is only as religious as his party needs him to be.
Watching the Penn and Teller video, lets GW know, that there will always be a need for smaller social organizations within the state to care and feed the paranoid and delusional, that would be the religiously handicapped.
Ummm... you are not implying that GW is actually smart, right? I think your point is that his political bent is a more significant factor than his pitiable intellectual abilities. Just checking...
(I don't actaully agree, but I'm not going to debate that point with you. I think W's inability to see anything but black and white is by far the most significant factor in his brain-dead behavior and policies.)
Presidents have to trust their cabinet and staff, through blind faith most times. Not much different than one adhering to blind faith using 2,000 year old religious rhetoric. Is it a wonder, that presidents, in general, who use blind faith and get caught, look towards those groups who could empathize. Presidents are slaves to their parties, resources and groups who will support them. It really doesn't matter who they are, or what political party they are affiliated.
Interesting topic though, what criteria should be used to elect the next political president in order to curb the playboy behavior in the ovum office, or the pin-the-tail on the donkey acts with potential international impact.
I loved it.
Especially the part about.
Jesus appearing to the wise men of Starbucks on the 9/9/1989. at 9 pm.
Only to deliver solid gold plates written in ancient australian.
That remain untranslated.
Except for the bunyip part.
The first Hal Lindsay book I read was "New World Coming" back in 1972. It goes thru Revelations chapter by chapter. I was 12 years old when I read it. I became convinced that Jebus was coming soon. I even started a scrapbook of news articles about Israel and the World Council of Churches, ooo. I was a pre-trib rapture xtian. Preachers I knew speculated that Jebus would come back before I graduated from High School in 1977. Well, it didn't happen.
I saw Texe Marrs on TV back in the early 1980s, though at that time he was warning the world about the dangers of "New Age" religions.
Later, I read the booklet about Jebus coming back in 1988, even though then I could see, in my mind's eye, the calendar for January , 2000 and thinking, hmm, I bet we're still around. And here we are.
Texe Marrs says in this video that a tatoo will probably be the "mark of the beast". Well, I remember when barcodes caused a fervor when they first came out, and now we've got RFID chips. We may yet end up with a mark "without which men cannot buy or sell". Hmmm. My husband would love this as he's always misplacing his wallet. Get a chip implanted under the skin and just wave it in front of a reader when you buy something? Great idea!
Evelyn
Be afraid.
Jebus is coming back, and he's pissed!
Fear.
But HE loves you!
But, if you don't love him back, HE's going to cook your ass for all eternity. You won't be able to repent, you won't find mercy, you won't even be able to die!
You infidels. You heinous unbelievers. You are going to Effing fry!
Fear!!!!
Love.
Let’s correct your posting so it reads the way you obviously meant it…
“I believe someday you all who turn your back on the Lord Jesus christ will one day bow before Him begging for forgiveness and it will be too late. Ha-ha, serves you right you scum bags…rejecting my Jesus, how dare you! I will be happy to watch all of you burn in a lake of fire. I believe that regardless of the evidence, all through history we read and see movies that human beings created, that the Lord is coming back. I SO want to believe that he still is coming back! I can paraphrase a bible passage that states we do not know the day or hour but rest assured, I believe he is coming back for his church, I really do! I am upset that you have offended my belief system so I am demanding that you get your life in order to appease me. I am convinced by nothing other than my believing that we are seeing things take place right before our eyes and still we go on with our sinning and mocking. If only you’ll do what I think is best for all of humankind and that is to please read your Bible and pray. It doesn’t do me any good either but it makes me feel good and that’s all that matters to me. I will end this with God bless you all but what I really mean is Go to HELL you Atheist bastards!”
There. That’s more in line with your cretinous thinking!
I wonder where exactly did they heard such foolish nonsense???
Let me think....hmmm oh yea, the byebill!
"This video has been removed due to copyright infringement."
Repost anyone? :p
Its not that the Lamb is not coming back, its that he is going to be born again like the stars and hosts are in the vision of Daniel 8:9-14 which was kept secret for these days. The Doors sang about it in Riders on the Storm, ' Into this world we are thrown, into this house we are born." And Rock and Rollis the 7 Peals of Thunder sealed up in Revelation 10. Those 2 Prophets in Rev 11 (One of which was John Lennon, and the other Michael of Daniel 12:1 and the child of Rev. 12. Michael must never go tot the big apple.) are shown in heaven to Zechariah in Zec. 4.
they also said that the apocolypse would happen in June 6th 2006.. LOOK WE ARE STILL HERE! 2012 is only five years away and we wont just die for No damn reason. on december 22 the sun will rise and u will think why you came to believe bullshit that some old decrepit little man MADE UP!! Live your damn lives and enjoy cause we arent going anywhere.. The only thing we got to worry about is CHINA cas they are the fags that want to be our rivals in economy. The only thing you need to worry about is whats going on now.
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