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GKirk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:33 AM
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How many people actually think the Rapture will be tomorrow?
Edited on Fri May-20-11 11:05 AM by GKirk
Does anyone here know that? I assume it is a pretty low number.

On edit: I didn't mean members here, I meant in the general population
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:34 AM
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1. Beeleevers =
Edited on Fri May-20-11 10:36 AM by SpiralHawk
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:34 AM
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2. I do
The problem is that many will be disappointed..........
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:39 AM
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3. Be prepared
get a surgical appliance today.

You did say rupture ?
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:42 AM
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4. The question is how many people outside the good ol USA think it will happen?
Bet you that's a REALLY low number.

Even the nutcases that fantasize about the 72 virgins thingy don't seem to have bought into this steaming crock of shit.

But it seems to me I heard somewhere that the Duggers did. So there's a fairly good crowd right there.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:46 AM
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5. My guess is you could go into any church and also see a low number
Sure, I'm pretty hostile to religion - but even the most evangelical types are biting their tongues about now
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:49 AM
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7. A lot of them think it will happen eventually ... Just not tomorrow.
Which is pretty disheartening when you think about the lack of critical thinking skills in this country.
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 10:48 AM
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6. Do you suppose the news outlets have prepared for it, like the way they pre-write obituaries?
Fox News probably has. Not so sure about the others. :)
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:00 AM
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8. No more fundies would be nice.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 12:11 PM
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17. I can agree with that. n/t
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:01 AM
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9. I'm starting to wonder.
My grandma used to say if you worry about something too much it will come true.
If you apply that logic to the number of posts on DU about it, then looks like we're in trouble.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:15 AM
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10. Most Christians do not believe in a secret, pre-tribulation rapture.
Most who do believe in the rapture do not believe that anyone can set a specific date for it.
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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 12:04 PM
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15. Debateable at best
Very high percentages, and in evangelical sects a huge majority, believe it will happen within a few decades.

http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=1043

What liberal DU Christians seem to want to think, and certainly want to claim, their brethren in the larger world believe, and what that larger group states they believe when asked are two very divergent states.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:18 PM
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19. Sorry, not debatable. Evangelicals only comprise a fraction of all Christians worldwide.
Most who do believe in the rapture do not believe in date setting because the Bible clearly states that nobody knows the date.
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dmallind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:26 PM
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20. So how does the total equal 41% then?
Edited on Fri May-20-11 02:29 PM by dmallind
A tiny subset would not take 32 and 2o and 27 and make it 41 overall now would it?

And if only a tiny fraction by date setting how come so many are convinced it's before 2050? What these people believe may be inconvenient or embarassing to you, but there is much evidence outside surveys (not that there needs to be - surveys are exactly the right tools to answer how many people believe X) too - surely you don't think the Left Behind series sells on literaryu merit, or that people send money to the Van Impes of the world because they disagree with them?
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:18 AM
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11. If I get a
winning lottery ticket I know by the usual quirk of fate the world will end before I collect. On the other hand the odds always better on the ticket since they actually exist.

On the other hand I definitely believe I must lose the lottery on any normal day. I suppose that is pessimistically irrational on much smaller scale..
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murphyj87 Donating Member (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:28 AM
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12. You mean there's some doubt?
:sarcasm:
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:50 AM
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13. How many people are praying the rapture takes them all away?
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 11:51 AM
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14. most people religious or not don't buy into it.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 12:08 PM
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16. I do, I think...
Maybe.

I just want to be on the side that is right about this. :)
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 12:14 PM
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18. I hope so. It is supposed to be 80 degrees and sunny - PERFECT looting weather!!!
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ladywnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:26 PM
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21. according to Joy Bayhar, only about 100K people or so.......
she laughed that she had more people than that in her apartment building! LOL



So basically, if ANYONE goes missing tomorrow......they were raptured!
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GKirk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 05:43 PM
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22. There is the perfect crime!!!
"I didn't kill my wife and dispose of her body, she raptured."
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Kievan Rus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 06:15 PM
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23. Something around 0.01% of all Christians, because...
unlike Mr. Camping and his followers, the other 99.99% of Christians actually comprehend what Matthew 24:36 means. That, and they don't come up with some oddball code that doesn't make sense, either.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 06:17 PM
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24. That number has to be upward of dozens!
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