Stories of people who spent all their money preparing for the Rapture - Page 4

keale · 13th June 2011, 08:41 PM

Wow I lost IQ points reading this thread.....

Roadtoad · 17th June 2011, 10:37 AM

I feel sorry for the victims here, the people who were sucked into Camping's crap, but the reality is the warning signs were there, that Harold Camping is god damned liar.

How many more false prophecies will it take before people realize this man is a charlatan? That all he wants is their money? How much more crap will they accept before they realize, "Doing this is not smart. Allowing this man access to my money, my time, and my family is foolish and stupid." I'm sorry that they were taken, but there has been more than enough warning.

So, now it's time for them to face up to the realities they have created for themselves. It's time for them to go back the houses they allowed to go into default, to pay the bills they allowed to go into collection, to go back to the jobs they abandoned because they listened to a known liar when he said "Jesus Is Coming." It's time for them to face the jeers, the insults, the ridicule, because they brought that on themselves.

This, folks, is called "reality." And while I feel sorry for these folks for having to come face to face with it so harshly, they have to. Because everyone else has. Ain't no exception to the rule.

slingblade · 17th June 2011, 10:45 AM

Well said, Roadtoad. Well said, indeed.

Jono · 17th June 2011, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Roadtoad

I feel sorry for the victims here, the people who were sucked into Camping's crap, but the reality is the warning signs were there, that Harold Camping is god damned liar.

How many more false prophecies will it take before people realize this man is a charlatan?

'Some' people who fervently refuse to believe he's a charlatan are pretty much the same kind of people as Camping himself. For a wildly inappropriate comparison; Göring wasn't sucked into NS by Hitler, the two were simply similar in that ideological regard and victimhood on either behalf doesn't really apply (and yes the "people" were 'sucked' in by the latter even though they weren't the same).

Roadtoad · 17th June 2011, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jono

'Some' people who fervently refuse to believe he's a charlatan are pretty much the same kind of people as Camping himself. For a wildly inappropriate comparison; Göring wasn't sucked into NS by Hitler, the two were simply similar in that ideological regard and victimhood on either behalf doesn't really apply (and yes the "people" were 'sucked' in by the latter even though they weren't the same).

I don't know that you're that far off. I can tell you, though, it's offensive to me to read what these people have to say now that the May 21st date is off.

Sorry you're losing your houses, people, that God didn't show as planned. But you made the choice to follow someone that even the Bible says you shouldn't have. You choose to be a fool, you pay for it.

Bed. Made. Lie in it.

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos · 17th June 2011, 02:30 PM

I've heard it said that we now live in post-nonapocalyptic times.

Pretty damn funny.

~~ Paul

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Jono Graduate Poster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,536	Originally Posted by Roadtoad I feel sorry for the victims here, the people who were sucked into Camping's crap, but the reality is the warning signs were there, that Harold Camping is god damned liar. How many more false prophecies will it take before people realize this man is a charlatan? 'Some' people who fervently refuse to believe he's a charlatan are pretty much the same kind of people as Camping himself. For a wildly inappropriate comparison; Göring wasn't sucked into NS by Hitler, the two were simply similar in that ideological regard and victimhood on either behalf doesn't really apply (and yes the "people" were 'sucked' in by the latter even though they weren't the same).
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Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Nap, interrupted. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: a little toolshed Posts: 18,592	I've heard it said that we now live in post-nonapocalyptic times. Pretty damn funny. ~~ Paul
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Roadtoad Bufo Caminus Inedibilis Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 15,738	I feel sorry for the victims here, the people who were sucked into Camping's crap, but the reality is the warning signs were there, that Harold Camping is god damned liar. How many more false prophecies will it take before people realize this man is a charlatan? That all he wants is their money? How much more crap will they accept before they realize, "Doing this is not smart. Allowing this man access to my money, my time, and my family is foolish and stupid." I'm sorry that they were taken, but there has been more than enough warning. So, now it's time for them to face up to the realities they have created for themselves. It's time for them to go back the houses they allowed to go into default, to pay the bills they allowed to go into collection, to go back to the jobs they abandoned because they listened to a known liar when he said "Jesus Is Coming." It's time for them to face the jeers, the insults, the ridicule, because they brought that on themselves. This, folks, is called "reality." And while I feel sorry for these folks for having to come face to face with it so harshly, they have to. Because everyone else has. Ain't no exception to the rule.

17th June 2011, 02:06 PM	#125
Roadtoad Bufo Caminus Inedibilis Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 15,738	Originally Posted by Jono 'Some' people who fervently refuse to believe he's a charlatan are pretty much the same kind of people as Camping himself. For a wildly inappropriate comparison; Göring wasn't sucked into NS by Hitler, the two were simply similar in that ideological regard and victimhood on either behalf doesn't really apply (and yes the "people" were 'sucked' in by the latter even though they weren't the same). I don't know that you're that far off. I can tell you, though, it's offensive to me to read what these people have to say now that the May 21st date is off. Sorry you're losing your houses, people, that God didn't show as planned. But you made the choice to follow someone that even the Bible says you shouldn't have. You choose to be a fool, you pay for it. Bed. Made. Lie in it.