No argument that we are certainly meeting that criterion. However, more than intent on fulfilling predictions, those adhering to these theories seem to be attempting to avoid suffering or death. To be swept up in the Rapture means that you're released from this vale of tears.
Swept up to heaven in the blink of an eye. So much for Jesus saying that we need to take up our crosses. This is to say nothing of the fact that only , are supposedly going to be saved. That's one healthy block in Brooklyn! Thus leaving a lot of righteous-minded Christians wondering where they went wrong. Now, I don't like to cast aspersions on anyone's beliefs. Comments 0.
Top Stories. Missing Hawaii girl's adoptive parents arrested and charged with murder Nov 11, AM. Durham probe offers fresh support for man who has long denied being 'dossier' source Nov 11, PM. Ex-White House chief of staff rebuffs Jan. The year-old Californian preacher had prophesied that the Rapture would begin at 6pm in each of the world's time zones, with those "saved" by Jesus ascending to heaven and the non-believers being wiped out by an earthquake rolling from city to city across the planet.
But as the deadline for the Apocalypse passed in the Pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia, it became apparent that Camping's prediction of the end of the world was to end not with a bang but with a whimper. Only on Twitter did the supposed Armageddon sweep the world, with users expressing their mock disappointment at the lack of dead people rising from their graves.
No earthquakes here, all waiting for the rapture can relax for now. In Australia, Jon Gall of Melbourne was unimpressed by the lack of fire and brimstone. He tweeted: " Rapture time here in Melbourne.
He said biblical texts indicated that a giant earthquake on Saturday - which he said would begin at at various time zones around the world - would mark the start of the world's destruction, and that by 21 October all non-believers will be dead. After passed and nothing had happened, he said: "I do not understand why I do not understand why nothing has happened.
Obviously, I haven't understood it correctly because we're still here. Other followers said they had had their doubts about the prediction.
Other followers said the delay was a further test from God to persevere in their faith. US media reported that there has been no sign of Mr Camping since the prediction turned out to be false, while calls and e-mails to Mr Camping's Family Radio went unanswered on Saturday. The Washington Post reported that suicide prevention hotlines were set up in case believers fell into depression after the apocalypse failed to happen.
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