tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post4877914695715478502..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: Challenge for Harold Camping followersLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-55884892247122011572011-05-20T01:31:55.855-07:002011-05-20T01:31:55.855-07:00Check it out, live countdown @ http://vrsry.com/en...Check it out, live countdown @ http://vrsry.com/endoftheworldearthfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365544044603515509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-60199439097447837642011-05-16T17:37:50.670-07:002011-05-16T17:37:50.670-07:00Vocab: Not sure I've seen the adjective "...Vocab: Not sure I've seen the adjective "secret" applied, but I agree. This stuff is associated with dispensational premillenialism, which originated in the 19th century (though premillenialism itself goes back to the 1st century). Catholics don't buy any of this, for example.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-79244253599944101482011-05-16T15:41:58.333-07:002011-05-16T15:41:58.333-07:00Jim, I imagine you are aware that many Christians ...Jim, I imagine you are aware that many Christians do not believe in a secret rapture of the church at all, as it is not either biblically or historically strong in its foundation.<br /><br />Also, Camping may have some followers but most folks have recognized Family Radio for what it is - a cult.<br /><br />Lastly, I am doing a radio show on this non-event event this Sunday night at 9pm on Backpack Radio.M!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17091731667326622965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-87369560900407189692011-05-16T05:18:54.498-07:002011-05-16T05:18:54.498-07:00pee: Depends on whose theology you're followin...pee: Depends on whose theology you're following, often divided into "pre-trib," "mid-trib," and "post-trib," for those who think the rapture occurs before the 7-year tribulation, in the middle of it, or at the end. There are Christian martyrs during the tribulation, so if the rapture occurs pre-trib, as Camping and his followers suppose, there must be conversions during it. The "Left Behind" series also argues a pre-trib position, which seems to require the absurdity of a massively obvious verification of prediction that for some reason almost nobody is able to recognize.<br /><br />I highly recommend <a href="http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/" rel="nofollow">Slacktivist's hilarious page-by-page commentaries on the Left Behind books</a>, which point out their absurdities as theology and fiction.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-35746204606296643502011-05-15T21:38:45.619-07:002011-05-15T21:38:45.619-07:00Hey, if they can't afford $100,000, I'll o...Hey, if they can't afford $100,000, I'll offer the same for as little as $5,000.<br /><br />Although, for anything less than $50,000, I can only hold back the ridicule for 6 months.Gridmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098830852211613522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-64677408032950895912011-05-15T21:04:47.325-07:002011-05-15T21:04:47.325-07:00I thought the rule was that you couldn't be sa...I thought the rule was that you couldn't be saved _after_ the rapture. Or was it that you could be saved but you have to suffer and hope you don't die before hand.<br /><br />Really... is there no fscking rulebook for this event?peehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270273265537876527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-22079572914382085202011-05-15T14:21:58.526-07:002011-05-15T14:21:58.526-07:00Eamon: I won't bet against those predictions!Eamon: I won't bet against those predictions!Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-88118114959425084312011-05-15T14:15:12.305-07:002011-05-15T14:15:12.305-07:00On May 22, I intend to email the following link to...On May 22, I intend to email the following link to Camping and as many Camping followers as I can find:<br />http://nelsonhaha.com/Old Rockin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562766929484783021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-27993181263421458312011-05-15T13:31:45.919-07:002011-05-15T13:31:45.919-07:00Predictions (which I guarantee you have more chanc...Predictions (which I guarantee you have more chance of coming true than Camping's):<br /><br />1) No one will take you up on your offer.<br />2) Come next Sunday, there will be dead silence from the Camping, um, camp. Few or none will say "Oops, we were wrong; sorry" -- same as they did in 1994.Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.com