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Friday, May 20, 2011

Oh, Jesus. I Guess I Wasn't Paying Attention. The Rapture Is Tonight?

Look: I believe in God, and Harold Camping is a piece of shi*. For the sick minds of "believers" like him, "belief" in God is very much not the concern. Belief in God won't save you - no, you need to believe in this trumped-up event I've "researched," promoted, and taken contributions to publicize! Stop your life! Devote it to this, that's the acid test of faith!

It's the most stinking, vile, unbiblical pile of heresy imaginable. We are not told to stop our lives for the coming of the Son of Man! We are told that when that day comes, NO ONE will know the hour. We are to be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage. This guy comes along and tells people that the idea is they need to pull out of life to prove their faith! That's not right.

Camping: come the revelation, you will be the first one up against the wall.

3 comments:

Jade said...

Honestly, this dude kind of reminds me of L. Ron Hubbard, only more stupid. Because sometimes I wonder if L. Ron Hubbard actually believed in Scientology. I just can't stand these people who make money off faith. Like that asshole televangelist who said he had cancer but that God would save him if people donated X amount to him and ended up scamming thousands of little old ladies out of their money. People are fucked up.

dogimo said...

"Honestly, this dude kind of reminds me of L. Ron Hubbard, only more stupid."

- Court, this is the strongest insult I've ever heard.

Except yeah, I tend to agree. Hubbard didn't believe; it was a cynical stunt on his part.

Possible objection: maybe he felt a wholly manufactured invalid belief system was preferable to an inherited invalid one. If so, could possibly be a legitimate, arguable point - given that the inherited is indeed invalid.

I'm sorry (to the evangelist), but God wouldn't save anybody from cancer. Cancer can't begin to befront the next billion years of anyone's eternal afterlife...and no human being is really so necessary here that we need to keep an evangelist around to save souls. If souls are, and if souls need saving, then we've got Christ ain't we?

Mel said...

Use your saving graces
in the heavy light
‘til the sky falls down
He can pray all he likes.