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Theodoric
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Message 1 of 19 (601629)
01-22-2011 11:47 AM


When I was traveling last week I received information that informed me that the world is going to end on May 21. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with this particular religious ridiculousness.
The pamphlets I received were from Family Radio - Christian music, Hymns, bible teaching, podcasts.
Header says
quote:
God gives another invaluable proof that assures the Rapture will occur May 21, 2011
Here is the gist of their argument.
quote:
God in His great mercy has given a marvelous proof that the year 2011 is the year of Judgment Day and the end of the world. Remember in 2 Peter 3:8, in the context of pointing us to the flood of Noah’s day as well as to the destruction of the world at the end of time, He declared: one day with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.
Years ago we learned from the Bible that the flood occurred in the year 4990 B.C. More recently we learned that Judgment Day is to occur in the year 2011 A.D. 2011 A.D. is exactly 7,000 years after 4990 B.C.
Just before the flood Noah was instructed by God that in seven days the flood would begin (Genesis 7:10-16). Using the language of 2 Peter 3:8 that a day is as a thousand years, it is like saying through Noah, who was a preacher (2 Peter 2:5): mankind has seven days or 7,000 years to escape destruction. Since 2011 A.D. is precisely 7,000 years after Noah preached, God has given mankind a wonderful proof that Judgment Day will occur in the year 2011.
God doubled the statement a day is as a thousand years to greatly increase our assurance that this is established by God and will shortly come to pass (Genesis 4l:32).
ANOTHER PROOF
God in His mercy has given another tremendous proof. It is as follows:
We have learned that the precise date of the cross was April 1, 33 A.D. when coordinated with our present modern calendar. April 1, 33 A.D. is the only date that meets all the requirements of the Bible, such as being a Friday that falls on the correct date for the Passover, which was the date Christ was to be crucified.
We also have known for some time that the date of the first day of the Day of Judgment coincides with the day when the Rapture will take place, on May 21, 2011. But then it was discovered that there are exactly 722,500 days from April 1, 33 A.D. until May 21, 2011. This fact gives us another infallible, absolute proof that May 21, 2011 is the date of the Rapture.
Because of the importance and wonder of this proof we will take time to develop it. First we must learn that we can develop with perfect precision the number of days from one date to another. To obtain the precise number of days from a moment in one year to the same moment in any other year we must realize that astronomers have long ago discovered that there are 365.2422 days in a complete year. That is why in our modern calendar there are 365 days in each of three consecutive years. However, every fourth year has 366 days. This is done by adding an extra day in February of that year. Thus the average year for the four years becomes 365.25 days. But .25 is greater than .2422, so every 128 years a day is dropped from the calendar to maintain accuracy.
Thus all we have to do is multiply the number of years separating two events by the number 365.2422 to know the exact number of days between them. So from April 1, 33 A.D. to April 1, 2011 there are exactly 2011 — 33 = 1,978 years, each having 365.2422 days. This equals 722,449.07 days. From April 1, 2011 to May 21, 2011 inclusively (including the first day and the last day) are 51 days. Adding these 51 days to the number 722,449.07 gives us exactly 722,500.07 days, from April 1, 33 A.D. to May 21, 2011 inclusively. This number is enormously significant. Presently we will see why this is so.
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What is thought of Family Radio and Harold Camping by mainstream christians?
But more importantly, is the world going to end May 21?

Facts don\'t lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

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Message 4 of 19 (601699)
01-23-2011 9:38 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Theodoric
01-22-2011 11:47 AM


May 21?
is the world going to end May 21?
No.
Their entire premise is based on the statement that, "Years ago we learned from the Bible that the flood occurred in the year 4990 B.C."
The commonly accepted date for the flood is ca. 4350 years ago, so all of their numbers are wrong from the start.
And the flood is a local tribal myth anyway.
(Yawn.)

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.

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Message 5 of 19 (601700)
01-23-2011 9:46 AM
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01-23-2011 9:38 AM


Re: May 21?
Hi Coyote,
The commonly accepted date for the flood is ca. 4350 years ago...
Obviously, anyone who believes that is not a REAL Christian...
But anyway, the more interesting thing is, what are they going to do when they wake up on 22 May? It's easy to deny science, you just homeschool your children, but how are you going to deny that the world still exists?

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Message 6 of 19 (601701)
01-23-2011 9:55 AM
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01-23-2011 9:46 AM


Re: May 21?
The same thing they did when he was wrong about the world ending in September 1994, keep sending him money. He has a gold mine in them thar Christians. Last I heard his little non-profit held over a hundred million dollars worth of assets.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 7 of 19 (601703)
01-23-2011 10:21 AM
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01-23-2011 9:55 AM


Re: May 21?
Hi jar,
Last I heard his little non-profit held over a hundred million dollars worth of assets.
Aren't the good christians believers supposed to give away all their worldly assets prior to rapture?
Or is this another "do as I say for you, not do as I do for me" christian?
Enjoy.

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Message 8 of 19 (601704)
01-23-2011 10:25 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Theodoric
01-22-2011 11:47 AM


Send your worldly assets to ...
To all those that believe this will happen, please send all titles, deeds and other assets to:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
and the Jimmy Fund

P.O. Box 970025
Boston MA 02397-0025
Then wait for the results.
Enjoy.

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Message 9 of 19 (601705)
01-23-2011 10:35 AM
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01-23-2011 10:21 AM


Re: May 21?
Nah, the assets just get left behind.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 10 of 19 (601708)
01-23-2011 11:17 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Theodoric
01-22-2011 11:47 AM


When I was traveling last week I received information that informed me that the world is going to end on May 21.
Couldn't they at least advance that to Jan 23? That way, I wouldn't have to clean the snow off my driveway.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

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Message 11 of 19 (601715)
01-23-2011 1:28 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by Coyote
01-23-2011 9:38 AM


Re: May 21?
The commonly accepted date for the flood is ca. 4350 years ago, so all of their numbers are wrong from the start.
By the grace of god I hope you're wrong. I hate the idea of having to wait around another 2600+ years to be rid of the christians.
I'll root for May 21.
Another thought occurs to me. Maybe Camping is right and his own personal world will end on May 21? Better yet, on May 22 when he dies from embarrassment.

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Message 12 of 19 (601716)
01-23-2011 1:32 PM
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01-23-2011 9:46 AM


Re: May 21?
But anyway, the more interesting thing is, what are they going to do when they wake up on 22 May? It's easy to deny science, you just homeschool your children, but how are you going to deny that the world still exists?
if you wake up on the 22nd then that means you missed the rapture and were left behind?
i don't really know, that whole rapture stuff seems bogus to me anyway, how can bible literalists support something that is not even in the bible. I'll probably never understand protestant thinking.

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Message 13 of 19 (601719)
01-23-2011 1:48 PM
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01-23-2011 1:28 PM


Re: May 21?
By the grace of god I hope you're wrong. I hate the idea of having to wait around another 2600+ years to be rid of the christians.
I'll root for May 21.
Another thought occurs to me. Maybe Camping is right and his own personal world will end on May 21? Better yet, on May 22 when he dies from embarrassment.
The only problem is that most of the fervent So called Christians would be the one's left since they don't even follow their own Patriarch's (Jesus) teaching.

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Theodoric
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Message 14 of 19 (601720)
01-23-2011 1:51 PM
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01-23-2011 1:32 PM


Re: May 21?
The Rapture is a quite recent and very American concept. It comes from Increase and Cotton Mather during the 1700's. So doctrinal evidence is sparse or non-existent.
Rapture - Wikipedia

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts

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Message 15 of 19 (601728)
01-23-2011 5:20 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by Theodoric
01-23-2011 1:51 PM


Re: May 21?
Hi Theodoric,
It comes from Increase and Cotton Mather during the 1700's.
Ah, so it comes from a time when drinking homemade alcohol and smoking marijuana were both common.
Enjoy.

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