<p>What do you people think about the Rapture?</p>
<p>ehh.....what's that?</p>
<p>Do you mean in the fundamentalist Protestant Christian sense, or are you speaking of some kind of musical act?</p>
<p>I find because of the Regan era cuts in the arts Raptunes came about as a new form of expression. Fewer music programs, teaching kids to actually play an instrument fell to Federal Buget cuts. If only Ronnie had played an instrument, then we'd have musicians who could actually play on albums rather than scratch them.</p>
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Do you mean in the fundamentalist Protestant Christian sense, or are you speaking of some kind of musical act?
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<p>The fundamentalist Protestant Christian belief</p>
<p>A bunch of hooey</p>
<p>In that case, I must concur with Angljc1: It's a bunch of crap. The Rapture is a fundie invention that sprouted up from a misinterpretation of a passage in the Book of Revelation in the late 19th century, and nothing more. It's probably one of the most successful Christian heresies ever -- and has certainly been given a second wind in recent years by the inexplicably popular Left Behind novels -- but a heresy nonetheless. </p>
<p>In short, there is no Rapture. There is a Second Coming of Christ, but that's a completely different thing, a central doctrine of Christianity since day one.</p>
<p>I believe it will happen.</p>
<p>why?</p>
<p>I'm open to change my mind</p>
<p>Why do I believe in it?</p>
<p>I'm all ears, NDB. Why do you believe in it?</p>
<p>What in the bible persuaded you?</p>
<p>Jesus is coming, hide teh pron</p>
<p>Okay, well I believe in it for many reasons; some secular other religious (mostly religious reasons, though). My main reasons come straight from the Bible. I believe there are sixteen big sings in total- fifteen of them have already occured</p>
<p>Now, I'm not one of those crazies who stand on the street preaching at you in your car, but I do believe the Protestant belief is accurate.</p>
<p>Note: I had a list of websites was gathering for you, but they seem vague and bias :(</p>
<p>i would like to see any info</p>
<p>You'll probaly laugh at the names of the sites ( I know I did)
<a href="http://www.raptureready.com%5B/url%5D">www.raptureready.com</a>
<a href="http://www.fundamentalbiblechurch.org%5B/url%5D">www.fundamentalbiblechurch.org</a>
<a href="http://www.allspiritual.com%5B/url%5D">www.allspiritual.com</a>
<a href="http://www.satansrapture.com%5B/url%5D">www.satansrapture.com</a>
<a href="http://www.rapturealert.com%5B/url%5D">www.rapturealert.com</a></p>
<p>^^^ Those probaly aren't the best guides to the subject,however I found many of the other websites to be creepy.</p>
<p>Well, good luck to you with all that. For myself, my knowledge of the Bible and Christian theology, and my unwavering conviction that Catholicism is the true Christian path, leads me to reject such revisionist ideas of the End Times.</p>
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ARANSAS CITY (AP) -- A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car's sun roof during an incident best described as "a mistaken rapture" by dozens of eye witnesses. Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the road who she claimed was Jesus. </p>
<p>"She started screaming "He's back, He's back" and climbed right out of the sunroof and jumped off the roof of the car," said Everet Williams, husband of 28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene. "I was slowing down but she wouldn't wait till I stopped," Williams said. She thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift her up into the sky," he went on to say. </p>
<p>"This is the strangest thing I've seen since I've been on the force,"said Paul Madison, first officer on the scene. Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was dressed up as Jesus and was on his way to a toga costume party when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blowup dolls filled with helium which floated up into the air. </p>
<p>Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration, and said "Come back here," just as the Williams' car passed him. </p>
<p>Mrs. Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into the sky as they passed by him, according to her husband, who says his wife loved Jesus more than anything else. </p>
<p>When asked for comments about the twelve dolls, Jenkins replied "This is all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen."
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<p>**Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was dressed up as Jesus and was on his way to a toga costume party when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blowup dolls filled with helium which floated up into the air. </p>
<p>Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration, and said "Come back here," just as the Williams' car passed him.**</p>
<p>LOL.</p>