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Mars23 said:

Taking it easy, it's the day before my life begins.

So they say.

itsnotallover said:

peacenlovealways said:

yep saw an advertisement on the train about may 21st...

Seriously? They are actually advertising this?

Yes. And they have been for months. I saw a caravan of these guys driving around Vermont two months ago, and there are billboards hanging in major cities across the U.S.

dJJ said:

Machaela said:

Spending 11 days in the Rockies of Colorado / Wyoming / Montanna ~

Now, that's a good choice. At least you have a great scenery when the drama takes place....

smart woman you are

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Machaela said:

Spending 11 days in the Rockies of Colorado / Wyoming / Montanna ~

always make sure a few people know where you will be and when you should be back. Take a shap knife and something like a mirror maybe some matches... just in case you get lost or something.

Mmmkay !

PurpleJedi said:

Machaela said:

Spending 11 days in the Rockies of Colorado / Wyoming / Montanna ~

...at least you'll be that much closer should the Almighty decide to take you up to Heaven!

Dude ... That "heaven" with all it's rules and exclusions is NOT a place I care to be "taken"

Machaela said:

PurpleJedi said:

...at least you'll be that much closer should the Almighty decide to take you up to Heaven!

Dude ... That "heaven" with all it's rules and exclusions is NOT a place I care to be "taken"

for one the Bible doesn't teach that people go to heave when then die and it doesn't teach that we will be taken to heaven following the rapture.

Also: any of these rules and exclusions would seem to be not even relevant. All the things we like to do, the things we enjoy, and the things we do to make life better or that make us feel better--that might be forbidden will all be unnecessary. There would be nothing we would ever need to do to meet these needs or wants.

Lammastide said:

itsnotallover said:

Seriously? They are actually advertising this?

Yes. And they have been for months. I saw a caravan of these guys driving around Vermont two months ago, and there are billboards hanging in major cities across the U.S.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but I find that really sick

Have they considered the effect this sort of "Advertising" (although I would call it scaremongering) has or could have on young children or vulnerable people?

Crazy, crazy world............

itsnotallover said:

Lammastide said:

Yes. And they have been for months. I saw a caravan of these guys driving around Vermont two months ago, and there are billboards hanging in major cities across the U.S.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but I find that really sick

Have they considered the effect this sort of "Advertising" (although I would call it scaremongering) has or could have on young children or vulnerable people?

Crazy, crazy world............

I'm sure they have considered it... and somehow think the fearmongering is for these folks' own good.

Assuming they don't all kill themselves in some sort of Heaven's Gate scenario (I pray not ), I'm really curious to see what they'll have to say to the world on May 22.

Apparently here is the plans for May 21st for "Non Believers" as given from this site:

http://judgementday2011.c...pocalypse/

I love how self righteous the Text on the above site reads.........

5 Steps to Prepare for the Apocalypse (non believers)

Step 1: Start a Disaster group now! Choose wisely!

Step 2: Form a Government

Step 3: Get LOTS of Bottled water

Step 4: Wait until May 22 to sin excessively, please

Step 5: Watch the Apocalypse! ( My thoughts? I hope it is in HD)

and here is one for those who are "Saved"

10 Steps to Prepare for the Apocalypse (Believers)

Step 1: Spread the word of the lord.

Step 2: Notify others of the Rapture on May 21, 2011

Step 3: Spend Time with your Family on Earth

Step 4: Pray

Step 5: Read the Bible

Step 6: Go to Church

Step 7: Do not waste time with non-believers

Step 8: Identify false believers

Step 9: Confess Your Sins

Step 10: Eat Your Veggies – (Just be a good person)

omg, here's why!

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Machaela said:

Dude ... That "heaven" with all it's rules and exclusions is NOT a place I care to be "taken"

for one the Bible doesn't teach that people go to heave when then die and it doesn't teach that we will be taken to heaven following the rapture.

Also: any of these rules and exclusions would seem to be not even relevant. All the things we like to do, the things we enjoy, and the things we do to make life better or that make us feel better--that might be forbidden will all be unnecessary. There would be nothing we would ever need to do to meet these needs or wants.

Machaela said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

for one the Bible doesn't teach that people go to heave when then die and it doesn't teach that we will be taken to heaven following the rapture.

Also: any of these rules and exclusions would seem to be not even relevant. All the things we like to do, the things we enjoy, and the things we do to make life better or that make us feel better--that might be forbidden will all be unnecessary. There would be nothing we would ever need to do to meet these needs or wants.

why the lol? can you refute anything I said?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Machaela said:

why the lol? can you refute anything I said?

I have zero desire to ~ I am in no way invested in the christian perspective of their heaven / hell / god / satan / rapture ... whatnot

RESPECT each persons personal choice ~ I do ... I EXPECT the same in return

Machaela said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

why the lol? can you refute anything I said?

I have zero desire to ~ I am in no way invested in the christian perspective of their heaven / hell / god / satan / rapture ... whatnot

RESPECT each persons personal choice ~ I do ... I EXPECT the same in return

yet you at me

but really the idea of 'heave' would be that it would be perfect for all.

i think there is some missplaced worry that it would be like being at church all the time. With pious people getting all in your face. That we would not be able to to the things we like to do that are seen as 'sins' but a given faith. But none of that would be of intrest to us. We would have no holes to fill with anything. We would be for lack of better words beings of light.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Machaela said:

I have zero desire to ~ I am in no way invested in the christian perspective of their heaven / hell / god / satan / rapture ... whatnot

RESPECT each persons personal choice ~ I do ... I EXPECT the same in return

yet you at me

No ... I laughed at the assumption that I needed educating "by" you

no worries ~ you have no idea really what I think and believe as I do not of you

its prince GD forum ~ not the real world where we might actually take/make the time to KNOW one another

I remember you well from modding in the P&R forum though ...

Machaela said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

yet you at me

No ... I laughed at the assumption that I needed educating "by" you

no worries ~ you have no idea really what I think and believe as I do not of you

its prince GD forum ~ not the real world where we might actually take/make the time to KNOW one another

I remember you well from modding in the P&R forum though ...

oh i never take anything too seriously. this is a PRINCE forum I am here to have fun!

after all....

It’s Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin’ down on Friday
Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the weekend

and after all

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JerseyKRS said:

omg, here's why!

itsnotallover said:

peacenlovealways said:

yep saw an advertisement on the train about may 21st...

Seriously? They are actually advertising this?

They sure is

I'm sorry but @ cities actually ADVERTISING this.

Oh well, let us know how life is on the other side on May 22... oh that's right you'll still be here on Earth.

Timmy84 said:

I'm sorry but @ cities actually ADVERTISING this.

Oh well, let us know how life is on the other side on May 22... oh that's right you'll still be here on Earth.

I think it has a 10 day window. I read something about how it starts on the 21st and ends on the 31st.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm sorry but @ cities actually ADVERTISING this.

Oh well, let us know how life is on the other side on May 22... oh that's right you'll still be here on Earth.

I think it has a 10 day window. I read something about how it starts on the 21st and ends on the 31st.

Well, I don't know from who you got your info, however, you seem ill informed. It lasts till october 21st.

Anyhow, I don't get many "what to wear" "what to bring" tips for the day.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm sorry but @ cities actually ADVERTISING this.

Oh well, let us know how life is on the other side on May 22... oh that's right you'll still be here on Earth.

I think it has a 10 day window. I read something about how it starts on the 21st and ends on the 31st.

Oh Lord...

dJJ said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I think it has a 10 day window. I read something about how it starts on the 21st and ends on the 31st.

Well, I don't know from who you got your info, however, you seem ill informed. It lasts till october 21st.

Anyhow, I don't get many "what to wear" "what to bring" tips for the day.

oh yeah that is right. I was trying to remebr too lazy to google it! Thanks for the correction.

I plan to ware a WWYD shirt and some cut of blue jeans.

as to what to bring.... some pocket lent and a towel

oh and a copy of REM's Document (vinyl only there are no tape deck, cd players, or MP3 players in heaven)

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dJJ said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I think it has a 10 day window. I read something about how it starts on the 21st and ends on the 31st.

Well, I don't know from who you got your info, however, you seem ill informed. It lasts till october 21st.

Anyhow, I don't get many "what to wear" "what to bring" tips for the day.

dJJ said:

PositivityNYC said:

have you your letter to God, yet?
- if I understand this correctly... give it to a child for safekeeping; so they can give it to Jesus for you (providing, of course, Jesus chooses that child for entry to the Kingdom of Heaven...)

http://gawker.com/#!57997...-two-weeks

and "Judgment Day" only begins on 5/21 (remember: in the Bible, a day isn't necessarily 24 hrs long...) -- He won't destroy the world until Oct 11th

*whew*

Thanx for the link. The article ends with a sound and usefull advice for the rapture. Just out of curiousity; what actually happens on may 21 and what kind of stuf do I prepare for the 21 Oct. ?

Just to inform you all, this is a list of things to get in order to prepare yourselves:

the most important thing you can do to achieve the best outcome on May 21 is to "grab a King James Bible and [plead] for mercy from God." ....[red].."and begins the day of Judgment on earth for all of those left behind until October 21, 2011 when He will destroy the world and all that is therein."

Yeah, you should definitely dress your words to impress.

In addition to your letter to God, it's probably also wise to prepare a travel kit. With billions of souls affected, it seems like there might be some traveling or waiting involved. Be sure to include:

• Sandwiches (PB&J really pack the protein)
• A flashlight
• Aspirin (might be stressful)
• liquids (bottled waters, Capri Suns, six-packs of soda)
• travel-sized toothbrush and toothpaste
• breath mints (first impressions!)
• deodorant
• neck pillow
• books or magazines (King James Bible's probably your best bet)
• sleeping bag
• earplugs (could be noisy)

We probably forgot some things, because that's our way when we travel. So feel free to add additional necessary items in the comments.

In spite of his good advice, can anybody advice me on what to dress????

I prefer comfortable, suitable at different temperature, easy to wash & dry and making me look good (you know, first impressions...)

hmmmm... funny coincidence (?) ....

some Christians think Jesus/the Messiah is coming back/the world is ending soon -- and some of us will go to Heaven (link),

Farrakhan & the NOI think UFOs are coming soon -- and some of us will go up to the mother ship plane

http://www.foxnews.com/sc...-talk-ufos

FOX News | Air & Space

Farrakhan's Nation of Islam to Argue UFOs Are Real

Published February 25, 2011 | Associated Press

AP Photo/Anita Olsen, Scanpix, Norway
A strange light lit up the night sky above Norway Dec. 9, 2009, prompting UFO talk. The Russian army later explained that the light was caused by a failure of the Bulava intercontinental missile, which was being tested across the Norwegian-Russian border.

CHICAGO – The Nation of Islam, long known for its promotion of black nationalism and self-reliance, now is calling attention to another core belief that perhaps isn't so well-known: the existence of UFOs.

When thousands of followers gather in suburban Chicago this weekend for the group's annual Saviours' Day convention, one of the main events will include a panel of scientists discussing worldwide UFO sightings, which they claim are on the rise.

The idea of seeking the divine in the skies is deeply rooted in the Chicago-based Nation of Islam, whose late leader Elijah Muhammad detailed in speeches and writings a massive hovering object loaded with weapons he called "The Mother Plane" -- although religion experts, Nation of Islam leaders and believers offer very different interpretations of what exactly happens aboard the plane, its role or how it fits into religious teachings.

It's one of the group's more misunderstood -- and ridiculed -- beliefs, something organizers took into account when planning the convention, which starts Friday and ends Sunday with Minister Louis Farrakhan's keynote address.

"There's enough evidence that has been put before the world and public," Ishmael Muhammad, the religion's national assistant minister, told The Associated Press. "There have been enough accounts and sightings and enough movies (documentaries) made, I don't think you would find too many people that would call it crazy."

During last year's Saviours' Day speech, Farrakhan for the first time in years discussed in detail a vision he had in Mexico in 1985 involving an object he calls "the wheel." Using charts, photos and drawings, he spent almost four hours describing how he was invited aboard and heard Elijah Muhammad speak to him. Farrakhan says that experience led him to inklings about future events.

Farrakhan, 77, has said the wheel, with its great capacity for destruction, contains the "wisdom to purify the planet," but has harmed no one so far. He also claimed there have been governmental attempts to cover-up proof of the wheel, which he says many call UFOs.

Nation of Islam leaders often quote Biblical references to the prophet Ezekiel -- along with Elijah Muhammad's teachings -- when it comes to the wheel. In his book of articles on the subject, Muhammad described a planet-sized manmade vessel that orbits earth and is purported to be loaded with 1,500 planes or wheels, words that have since been used interchangeably. Their purpose is unclear.

Some experts have made comparisons to the Biblical concept of Rapture, which teaches believers will be taken up to heaven, while everyone else will remain on earth for a period of torment, concluding with the end of time.

Why the Nation is turning more attention to the wheel now isn't certain. One explanation could be an attempt to keep longtime Nation of Islam followers happy after recent years during which Farrakhan has haltingly tried to move the group toward more mainstream Islam and pushed for the inclusion of other groups like Latinos and immigrants, said Jimmy Jones, a religion professor at Manhattanville College in New York.

The history of the highly-secretive group -- which doesn't release membership or the number of mosques -- has been marked by splinter groups and fracture.

"This is a way that the Nation of Islam defines itself," said Jones about the wheel's significance.

But Ishmael Muhammad, who is widely considered a potential successor to Farrakhan, said reasons for the recent interest is simply that it's a core belief.

He said the theme of the convention, which commemorates the birth of the religion's founder and is expected to draw more than 10,000 people this weekend, is about scientific analysis. Another session is about natural disasters and what those events mean religiously.

"It is written, that these things would happen," he said about Scripture. "We should prepare for such calamities."