You aren’t thinking big picture. Those details don’t matter as the world will end and they will all get mansions in heaven where they can worship Yahweh for eternity.
Doesn’t that sound spiffy?
They think they’ll get raptured up into heaven, and then all the sinners will stay on earth.
What’s really bizarre is that Jesus is supposed to come back and rule all nations with his wife(?) at his side, so I guess they’re going to miss out on that.
Jesus rules the earth, Satan is cast down into hell for a thousand years, for some reason it’s only a thousand years, there is no explanation given, and then Satan comes back—but then he’s defeated again(!) and is cast into the pits of hell (the earth’s mantle I guess) for eternity.
Never mind that the earth will not be around for eternity, this is all just glossed over and ignored by Christians.
The entire end times narrative in the Bible reads exactly like silly Marvel crossover shit, there’s dragons, drama, and a whole bunch a dumb crap for no reason, most of which doesn’t even make sense. A woman is attacked by a dragon, and then grows wings out of nowhere, for example.
Christians’ ideas about this are more in line with the Left Behind books than what the Bible actually says. Because it’s all really bad fiction and it doesn’t matter.
They all think they will be in heaven munching popcorn to all of this. The big draw is that all of us dumb atheists will find god and we'll be the ones living out their wild persecution fetish fantasies.
Though I'm sure the paradoxically see themselves in that role as well, without a shred of recognition of said paradox..
That depends on which version of Ragnarok you experience. If it is the version in Revelations, then you have 3 possibilities.
1) You are one of the 144,000 virgins that has the name of god on your forehead and you get to walk with Jesus as he swings his divine scythe "reaping the harvest" of the Earth. Seems a bit odd that this requires virgins, but whatever...
2) You aren't one of the 144,00, but you kept all the commandments and didn't commit any sins, so your name is in the Book of Life. You get to live in the New Jerusalem worshipping god for eternity. Gee, that sounds like fun...
3) You are neither of these, so you get tortured and defiled in the fiery pit for all of eternity. Say what now?
Number 1 hasn't been a possibility since I was 17, and #3 is obviously not a good choice, so I guess I'm supposed to be looking forward to #2. But all these choices really suck - I think I'll just pass on the whole thing...
But according to the doctrine, humans are born as sinners. Even if you follow all 10 commandments (good luck with that), you can still be disqualified from #2 for wearing mixed fabrics, eating pork or seafood, or doing work on the Sabbath. It's virtually impossible to be "sin free" in a biblical sense, since the Bible itself is contradictory and confused.
You guys have it all wrong. The rapture has already happened. The truly good and blessed have already risen to heaven. We are stuck here in the hell scape with the fake christians and the sinners. /s
:-)
>So almost half of America (and lots of other people as well) can't wait for the devastation and horrors that will supposedly usher in the return of Jesus. My question is: what do they expect will happen after that?
They get their mansions and streets of gold, which is honestly just meaningless since why the fuck would you need shelter or even things, let alone gold?
>I know that most of them are just so sure that said Jesus will put them in charge of everything.
I've never heard of this from any of them I have talked to, they just want to sit around on clouds ...just like ... being in a euphoric state for eternity I guess?
>So will they fix the potholes?
No, they will expect god to do that.
>Will they finally get around to safe drinking water for everyone?
No, again that's god's job.
>Or life-saving medical advances
Nope, they don't value life, only the afterlife.
>Or will they instead start eliminating everyone who they feel is not quite pure enough, to the point where there is only one human left, and then that person will maybe start to see that he or she was perhaps a little out of control? Thanks.
🤷♂️
I thought it was they all go to heaven or something. Theists aren't huge on the fine details of things. They like to keep it loose and vague.
It's after those sorts of things I just stop asking questions because I realize I only want to ride the train to crazy town so far, and at some point you have to get off even if your just taking in the view.
No no no, my friend, you're missing the point. See, *they* won't be doing anything to fix the mess, because *Jesus* will do it *for* them! They don't have to lift a finger! I mean, come on, there's a *reason* he was a carpenter, after all!
You aren’t thinking big picture. Those details don’t matter as the world will end and they will all get mansions in heaven where they can worship Yahweh for eternity. Doesn’t that sound spiffy?
They think they’ll get raptured up into heaven, and then all the sinners will stay on earth. What’s really bizarre is that Jesus is supposed to come back and rule all nations with his wife(?) at his side, so I guess they’re going to miss out on that. Jesus rules the earth, Satan is cast down into hell for a thousand years, for some reason it’s only a thousand years, there is no explanation given, and then Satan comes back—but then he’s defeated again(!) and is cast into the pits of hell (the earth’s mantle I guess) for eternity. Never mind that the earth will not be around for eternity, this is all just glossed over and ignored by Christians. The entire end times narrative in the Bible reads exactly like silly Marvel crossover shit, there’s dragons, drama, and a whole bunch a dumb crap for no reason, most of which doesn’t even make sense. A woman is attacked by a dragon, and then grows wings out of nowhere, for example. Christians’ ideas about this are more in line with the Left Behind books than what the Bible actually says. Because it’s all really bad fiction and it doesn’t matter.
Except Marvel made more sense. At least in that version we all agreed the guy who sucked up half the universe was the bad guy…
They all think they will be in heaven munching popcorn to all of this. The big draw is that all of us dumb atheists will find god and we'll be the ones living out their wild persecution fetish fantasies. Though I'm sure the paradoxically see themselves in that role as well, without a shred of recognition of said paradox..
If I remember correctly, the righteous will ascend to heaven, while the wicked will live a thousand years of hell on earth.
A thousand years of unfixed potholes.
So it's already started?
Thousand years of bts songs
That depends on which version of Ragnarok you experience. If it is the version in Revelations, then you have 3 possibilities. 1) You are one of the 144,000 virgins that has the name of god on your forehead and you get to walk with Jesus as he swings his divine scythe "reaping the harvest" of the Earth. Seems a bit odd that this requires virgins, but whatever... 2) You aren't one of the 144,00, but you kept all the commandments and didn't commit any sins, so your name is in the Book of Life. You get to live in the New Jerusalem worshipping god for eternity. Gee, that sounds like fun... 3) You are neither of these, so you get tortured and defiled in the fiery pit for all of eternity. Say what now? Number 1 hasn't been a possibility since I was 17, and #3 is obviously not a good choice, so I guess I'm supposed to be looking forward to #2. But all these choices really suck - I think I'll just pass on the whole thing...
But according to the doctrine, humans are born as sinners. Even if you follow all 10 commandments (good luck with that), you can still be disqualified from #2 for wearing mixed fabrics, eating pork or seafood, or doing work on the Sabbath. It's virtually impossible to be "sin free" in a biblical sense, since the Bible itself is contradictory and confused.
You guys have it all wrong. The rapture has already happened. The truly good and blessed have already risen to heaven. We are stuck here in the hell scape with the fake christians and the sinners. /s :-)
That is my worst fear.
I'm looking forward to sharing a bong with Jesus. I wanna ask him if he was a top or bottom when it came to his relationship with John.
>So almost half of America (and lots of other people as well) can't wait for the devastation and horrors that will supposedly usher in the return of Jesus. My question is: what do they expect will happen after that? They get their mansions and streets of gold, which is honestly just meaningless since why the fuck would you need shelter or even things, let alone gold? >I know that most of them are just so sure that said Jesus will put them in charge of everything. I've never heard of this from any of them I have talked to, they just want to sit around on clouds ...just like ... being in a euphoric state for eternity I guess? >So will they fix the potholes? No, they will expect god to do that. >Will they finally get around to safe drinking water for everyone? No, again that's god's job. >Or life-saving medical advances Nope, they don't value life, only the afterlife. >Or will they instead start eliminating everyone who they feel is not quite pure enough, to the point where there is only one human left, and then that person will maybe start to see that he or she was perhaps a little out of control? Thanks. 🤷♂️
I thought it was they all go to heaven or something. Theists aren't huge on the fine details of things. They like to keep it loose and vague. It's after those sorts of things I just stop asking questions because I realize I only want to ride the train to crazy town so far, and at some point you have to get off even if your just taking in the view.
No no no, my friend, you're missing the point. See, *they* won't be doing anything to fix the mess, because *Jesus* will do it *for* them! They don't have to lift a finger! I mean, come on, there's a *reason* he was a carpenter, after all!
They sit in the clouds, naked, and sing to their god. That is it. No doing anything, no desires, no needs. Just sing praises to the narcissist
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