Have you made peace with god (or the Mods depending on your faith)

[d000hg]

Well all of us "unbelievers" are still here, but has anyone seen d000hg today?

'fraid so me old mucker. Must have been the wrong kind of rapture.

[NotAllThere]

So what's his excuse going to be for all the fundies not getting raptured ?

No excuse required. Camping doesn't really represent mainstream Christianity. Or, indeed, much of non-mainstream Christianity. Most Christians are aware that Jesus apparently said "No one knows when I'm coming back except the father, and he isn't telling". (Rough paraphrase).

[meridian]

What is so sad about this BS is that my father really believed it.

"Accept Jesus into your life and you will see your mother again"

Eff that. Getting nagged and criticised to death isn't my idea of decent life, let alone heaven.

Jim Jeffries has a great take on that.

"Hello Nan, hello Grandad, hello Uncle who used to touch me. How did you get up here? Oh, that's right, you used to work for the Church...."

[d000hg]

Where did the 6pm come from? Finding a way to make a certain date fit can't be hard but why 6pm and where did the rolling timezone-based thing come from?

[NotAllThere]

I think it was to cope with recent scientific evidence that the world is not, in fact, flat. It was a surprise to me, I can tell you. Especially living near the alps.

[shaunbhoy]

Where did the 6pm come from?

Probably the time that his bank stopped processing BACS transfers.

[Sysman]

Probably the time that his bank stopped processing BACS transfers.

My theory is that being a Yank, he didn't consider time zones, and had to invent a new version once somebody pointed them out.

[xoggoth]

You would not think a former civil engineer would be so irrational but I read a while back (can't be bovvered to find it) that engineers are actually over represented among religious nuts, apparently they seek certainty and order in life and are thus inclined to fundamentalism.

[d000hg]

My theory is that being a Yank, he didn't consider time zones, and had to invent a new version once somebody pointed them out.

Americans are more used to timezones than Brits, considering their country crosses several of them and ours doesn't.

[Sysman]

You would not think a former civil engineer would be so irrational but I read a while back (can't be bovvered to find it) that engineers are actually over represented among religious nuts, apparently they seek certainty and order in life and are thus inclined to fundamentalism.

My physics teacher at skool said the same about the leading physicists of the day. Well, except he was more polite and called them Christian believers instead of religious nutters.