So what happens now?

[John Galt]

The poor fool has convinced himself that he's part of a group that will be physically and/or spiritually removed "somewhere else".

What like in a box under the ground like the rest of us? Or does he really think that if any trouble starts he'll be magic'd off to a big pink cloud in the sky where he'll live happily ever after?

[John Galt]

You got it one.

Tony Robbinson did a scarey documentary about this, shown last Saturday... only the old, feeble, Billy Nomates like me will have watched it...

Tell us more Zeit - and are we talking literally or metaphorically?

[zeitghost]

Dear old Tony went to the Bible belt in the States... and found even scarier people than the banjo players in Deliverance.

They all to a man/woman/wombat believe in the rapture, which, as it turns out, isn't Biblical at all, but was invented by the guy who thought up the Plymouth Bretheren. (who are the sort of folks who disapprove of everything... even enjoying a good dump is a sin, I suspect).

And of course, to a man/woman/wombat/alien grey barsteward, they all believe in the Millennium, end of the world stuff that dear old Dubya is doing his best to make come to pass.

Funniest bit was on Patmos, where St. John the Divine wrote Revelation, where it turns out he was probably high on magic mushrooms.

Which proves something, but I'm not quite sure exactly what.

[zeitghost]

Oh, the UN is the AntiChrist, by the way, which also isn't Biblical, but was dreamed up during the Middle Ages.

So if you see horns on Kofi Annan, you now know why.

LB could probably give us an insight to this...

[John Galt]

Dear old Tony went to the Bible belt in the States... and found even scarier people than the banjo players in Deliverance.

They all to a man/woman/wombat believe in the rapture, which, as it turns out, isn't Biblical at all, but was invented by the guy who thought up the Plymouth Bretheren. (who are the sort of folks who disapprove of everything... even enjoying a good dump is a sin, I suspect).

And of course, to a man/woman/wombat/alien grey barsteward, they all believe in the Millennium, end of the world stuff that dear old Dubya is doing his best to make come to pass.

Funniest bit was on Patmos, where St. John the Divine wrote Revelation, where it turns out he was probably high on magic mushrooms.

Which proves something, but I'm not quite sure exactly what.

Ahh that all makes sense now - so the type of religion that lets you have no fun at all and takes 20% of your income to boot. I suppose if you are going to cough up that sort of cash you'd want your own little cloud in the event of an emergency.
These types of religious extremism really are the domain of the hard of thinking

[John Galt]

Unfortunately they also seem determined to start WWIII to speed things up a bit.

They appear to be obsessed with rebuilding the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, which would upset the towel heads just a jot, since there's a mosque on the site at the mo...

One particular luny was pictured trying to freight in some 5 ton blocks of stone to start building the foundations... fortunately the Israeli police put a stop to that since they're not overly keen on riots.

So the plan is that they start a war and then get raised up to their little pink cloud and leave the rest of us to it? Sounds like every other religion really I am sad to say

[Chico]

I am sure you mockers and scoffers (as the Bible puts it) will remember this thread in the time of the great tribulation as for me and my house will be out of here.

[Troll]

Will owning your own Hospital help?

[Ardesco]

I am sure you mockers and scoffers (as the Bible puts it) will remember this thread in the time of the great tribulation as for me and my house will be out of here.

Hell sounds quite good actually, I remember Edmund Blackadder stating that Hell is the place to go if you like sin!! So i'm off to hell for some boozy orgies with lots of nubile young female sinners who love nothing more than a damn good seeing too.

[Lucifer Box]

I am sure you mockers and scoffers (as the Bible puts it) will remember this thread in the time of the great tribulation as for me and my house will be out of here.

That is awfully presumptuous. You are taking your salvation for granted and that is a one way ticket to my infernal realm.