[ale] The world IS ending!

[Greg Clifton]

Saw an interesting bumper sticker on the way to work yesterday that's
apropos:

"God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!"

It seemed to be on a lib-mobile but I, in my conservatism, agree with the
sentiment.
GC

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jim Lynch
<ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:

> On 05/25/2011 11:00 AM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 10:35 -0400, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> >> I think if there is a god he has a sense of humor.   That being the case
> I feel confident this guy will be around to see yet another blown
> prediction.
> >>
> >> Once someone having a really bad day said:  "Why me, God?"   In a
> sonorous tone I replied:  "Because you were handy."
> > The one thing that grinds my gears is how when things don't go as
> > prophet-sized(sp?) people file it under: "God is testing our faith".
> > Instead it should be filed under: "Maybe I'm full of sh*t."
> >
> >
> >
> William Miller convinced a bunch of followers to give up all their
> worldly possessions and join him in a field waiting for Jesus' return in
> 1843 and then again in 1844.  When it didn't happen the second time, he
> found the Seventh Day Adventists.
>
> The Jehovah's Witnesses//went on to predict no less than 8 biblical
> events starting in 1914, the latest in 1994.  Obviously none of them
> came about.
>
> What a bunch of losers.
>
> Jim.
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