[ale] The world IS ending!

[Greg Clifton]

Oh, and one other thought. In as much as the scriptures say "no man knows
the day or the hour..." it should be safe to ignore any other such
prediction of the end...that is unless it comes from a woman ;-)

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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