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Let's Talk About The Rapture, And Why It Shouldn't Keep You Up At Night

I ran across this online presented in a series of pictures and had to pass it on.

In the passage of scripture known as the "Olivet Discourse" found in Mark 13, Matthew 24, and Luke 21, Jesus makes a number of prophecies about the destruction of the temple, wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, etc.

He then predicts that after this great tribulation, the sun and moon will go dark, that all the peoples of the earth will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven [who's gonna clean that mess up?] with great power and glory, and that then his angels will gather up his elect from the entire earth.

But then he makes a promise that he cannot keep. He promises his disciples that "this generation" as in the generation alive at the time of his ministry on Earth, "will not pass away until all these things take place."

From this passage of scripture alone it would seem like Jesus made a false prophecy—or was just pulling shit from his ass—because I dare say that no one from Jesus' time is still alive today.

But it gets worse.

Paul, Peter, James and John ALL believed that Jesus would return within their lifetimes.

In 1st Corinthians 15:51-52 Paul writes:

"Behold, I am telling you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed."

Leaving aside for a moment I doubt "twinkling of an eye" was in the original lexicon, remember this is from a letter TO a real life church in Corinth in the first century, not to Christians living 2000 years in the future.

In 1st Thesssalonians 4:15-17 Paul writes, "For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descent from heaven with a shot, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord."

1st Peter 4:7 states, "The end of all things is near…"

James 5:8 states, "You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near."

And 1st John 2:18 states, "Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour."

In summary, Jesus made a false prophecy. His followers believed him, suffered, and were put to death for him. And over the past 2000 years the church has tried to reinterpret these passages, because as the late Carl Sagan would say:

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge—even to ourselves—that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."

 

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Christian MY ASS

Christian MY ASS

to want not only a woman to suffer…which I get that these Evangelical types believe women must do because of Eve and a talking snake (seriously) but to also want an infant to struggle to breathe, to choke, to suffer….that is the opposite of pro life

Fuck these people, seriously

Vote all of them out.

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From NPR:

A popular Orlando burger restaurant known for regularly featuring drag shows is suing the state of Florida and its governor, Ron DeSantis — arguing that the state's new law targeting drag shows violates First Amendment rights.

The owners of Hamburger Mary's in Orlando say their First Amendment rights were violated after DeSantis signed a bill, SB 1438, last week that restricts children from attending certain draw show performances, according to a federal lawsuit obtained by NPR.

The restaurant's Orlando location is asking the court to block the implementation of the state's new law. Other Hamburger Mary's locations across Florida and the rest of the U.S. are not part of the suit.

"It is apparent from the actions of the State of Florida, that it intends to consider drag shows to be a public nuisance, lewd, disorderly, sexually explicit involving public exposure and obscene and that it is necessary to protect children from this art form, in spite of evidence to the contrary," the lawsuit says.

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The owners of Hamburger Mary's in Orlando say the establishment has regularly hosted drag shows since 2008.

They argue in the lawsuit that the drag performances are appropriate for children and that there is "no lewd activity, sexually explicit shows, disorderly conduct, public exposure, obscene exhibition, or anything inappropriate for a child to see."

The owners also claim Florida's new law is too vague, and they allege their bookings fell 20% after the restaurant, out of caution, told customers this month that they could no longer bring children to drag shows.

Florida state Sen. Clay Yarborough, the bill's sponsor, and DeSantis' office did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment on the lawsuit.

The owners of Hamburger Mary's declined NPR's request for an interview. In a statement posted on Facebook, the owners explain their decision behind filing the lawsuit.

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"This bill has nothing to do with children, and everything to do with the continued oppression of the LGBTQ+ community," Hamburger Mary's Orlando said in a statement.

"Anytime our [legislators] want to demonize a group, they say they are coming for your children. In this case, creating a false narrative that drag queens are grooming and recruiting your children with no factual basis or history to back up these accusations AT ALL!" the statement adds.

Florida's new law, referred to as the "Protection of Children" act, prohibits children from attending any "adult live performance."

An "adult live performance" is described in the law as "any show, exhibition, or other presentation in front of a live audience which, in whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or specific sexual activities … or the lewd exposure of prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts."

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Those who are found in violation of the new law could face prosecution, in addition to thousands of dollars in fines and having their licenses revoked.

The law is just one of several related to anti-LGBTQ+ topics that were introduced by Florida's Republican-controlled legislature this session.

Last week, DeSantis signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, restrictions on discussion of "preferred pronouns" in schools and restrictions on using bathrooms that don't match one's assigned sex at birth.

More than 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were filed in 2022 during state legislative sessions. However, only 29 of those bills were signed into law.