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The use of the term "right wing" suggests the OP should be on the West Mall. Regardless of the political leanings of doomsday cults, it is interesting to note that in the past, after the predicted catastrophic event failed to occur on the predicted date, most of the members of the movement continued to be active in the group.
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Thank goodness all the "right-wingers" all believe the same thing and can be lumped into a nice, tidy package by wonderful, open-minded people such as yourself.
 
I was in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago and as we were headed to lunch this guy on a downtown street corner approached us, handing out pamphlets about the May 21 judgment day.

I asked him: what if you're mistaken? He said: it's not possible.

Will you be here on this corner on May 22 if it turns out you're wrong? Again: it's not possible.

From the OP article, quoting one believer:

"We budgeted everything so that, on May 21, we won't have anything left."

Question for the Christians here: what do you think, and why?
 
Just curious, but what specifically about their beliefs make them likely "an idiot"? They believe their views are the truth. If you engage them, it's unmistakable it's how they feel.

Why are they idiots to think so, in your opinion?
 
What's interesting about this kind of faith-based claim is that we will know very soon—unequivocally, with absolute certainty—whether or not biblical ‘revelation’ is true. Except, of course, that many Christians will deny that this particular date is biblically foretold.

Do the May 21 JDers have a correct reading of The Word? And what will become of these folks and their faith if the prediction fails? Will they question the bible after that?

I'm very interested to know the popular Christian position on this prediction. I expect we will not have consensus on God's inerrant revelation to mankind, and I'd like to know why.
 
Will we be able to get in the third baseball game with a&m? It might decide the Big 12 regular season championship. And it is a home game.
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It's ridiculous because even Jesus said He didn't know. If Jesus didn't know, how can a "christian" know. It doesn't make sense. There is nothing in the Bible that gives any kind of a date. I don't think God is liable for people misusing His book. Afterall, He has allowed sin to exist, this is just one other example of man's folly.
 
So because you have no idea what God's plan would be directly implicates whether someone else may know the same?

What would be a non-idiotic view of God's plan?
 
Are some of you really saying that because some cult of brainwashed zealots believes something to be true, then it is true for them, or that it is OK? Does that apply to al Queda members, Jim Jones followers, Charles Manson disciples?
So far, those "right-wing posters," the left-wing posters, and the Mayans all think the May 21 doomsday group are idoits. Rarely have these three groups agreed so wholeheartedly.
 
I'm wondering what's the basis for filtering out one form of non-falsiable belief as "idiotic" from the rest.

Why is it more ludicrous to believe the earth will end later this month than to believe the world will end sometime in the future when the creator rains down his judgment with the fury of a thousand Zeus-bolts because there used to be this garden of paradise, and somebody ****** up, and their descendants paid for it, but God gave birth to himself, then sacrificed himself to save us from ourselves that he condemned us to in the first place?

What's so special about the May 21 band that deserves additional scorn for the reason that, apparently, we're pretty certain the contents of their belief may not be totally congruent with the laws of the physical universe?
 
The issues is that the Bible doesn't say anything about a date of the end of the world, but these people confidently say the world is going to end on ...

Lack of Biblical evidence is the issue.
 
I'm very interested to know the popular Christian position on this prediction.
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the position would be that it is a sin to speculate as it is God's decision, not man's.
 
It's not speculation if there's scriptural support for the timing of the event, which I think the May 21 crowd is claiming.
 
You're the one that's claiming that Biblical authenticity is somehow based on what these guys are predicting. You claim that if they're wrong, it proves the Bible is inaccurate.

I'm simply asking how you come to that conclusion. You must think their reading of scripture is valid and based on a reasonable reading of scripture, and I'd like to know why.
 
The thing they are claiming as evidence is some kind of Bible code. No where in the Bible does it say that there is some sort of code to be found within it. Jesus said that "all the law and the prophets speak of me". He also said that He taught everything to the apostles. He didn't hold back any secrets. So if all of the Bible speaks of Jesus and Jesus own teaching doesn't reference codes then what justification can anyone, especially people claiming to believe in Jesus, use to say there are secret codes.

I can't believe this story is being used this way. It is really braindead.
 
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