Comments on: “…and lo, I looked, and the Pale Horseman did pick up a few bucks on the side…” http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/ Resources for skeptical, de-converting, or former Christians...... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: accodiase http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-52327 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:43:04 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-52327 Hi! i’m Re-twit you post: to my @miearyhz twitter

]]> By: westwood http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51692 Sat, 21 May 2011 15:59:08 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51692 Rare depending where you live.

]]> By: Ubi Dubium http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51572 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:43:57 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51572 I like those. Here’s mine: “Jesus DID come back, but he saw his shadow, went back in his hole, and so now we will have 6,000 more years of superstition.”

]]> By: cag http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51571 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:19:41 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51571 Eve # 16. I think we need to have a “contest” to find out who comes the closest to Harold Camping’s excuse on May 22. My take is that he will claim that his clemency prayers for the infidels was so successful that jesus changed his travel plans. But he needs money. My second choice is that there were not enough “true christians” to fulfill the prophecy so he has to continue his quest to overcome sin – and he needs money.

My own “excuse” is that jesus was having a bad hair day and refused to leave home, so send me money.

]]> By: Eve's Apple http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51569 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:41:24 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51569 “If he’s coming, I wish he’d come on. I’m one of those people who are upside down in my mortgage and I could use a bailout.”

Maybe that’s what attracts people to this whole end times business, they have little or nothing to hope for in this life and they see this as a way out. Unfortunately, so far they’ve been disappointed. We’ll see what happens May 22 this year. I have a feeling there’s going to be a lot of unhappy folks who find out that the reason they’ve been left behind is that everyone got left behind and the Rapture failed to happen after all.

]]> By: Bawdybill http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51554 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:55:55 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51554 Don’t worry about the end times. It’s been cancelled due to the lack of trained trumpeters.

]]> By: Infidel http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51450 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:53:38 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51450 Don’t forget to couple this with the problems in Japan and, brother, you’ve got the angel Gabriel warming up that trumpet!

If he’s coming, I wish he’d come on. I’m one of those people who are upside down in my mortgage and I could use a bailout!

]]> By: Joshua http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51255 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:02:35 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51255 I find it almost magical how the horse moves at the exact rate of the camera rotation. What a miracle!

]]> By: Richard http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51250 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:42:57 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51250 Eve-

Yeah, I know, I know….. This sort of stuff is all over and I shouldnt be surprised to see more of. Its just kinda weird when you see people whom you know to be, well, maybe not quantum physicists but at least reasonably bright, functional people in the world who manage to disbelieve in Nessie and reptilian alien invaders just fine, but then not showing the slightest shred of hesitation in swallowing whole cloth an almost embarrassingly lame video of a glare-artifact. I mean, Ive seen more realistic looking effects on Robot Chicken. And again, even from within their own theology, it makes no sense. Thats what really gets me. If someone came up with a video showing what appeared to be a seven headed beast going through the drive-through at Micky D’s, there would be no eyebrows raised. It would just be more confirmation of the End Times Prophecy, hallelujah!

Like I said, just an OMG moment.

]]> By: Eve's Apple http://de-conversion.com/2011/02/10/and-lo-i-looked-and-the-pale-horseman-did-pick-up-a-few-bucks-on-the-side/#comment-51248 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:30:58 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3813#comment-51248 glabalNomad–I appreciate your honesty. It doesn’t surprise me, however, to find that you didn’t get very far in trying to promote rational thinking in your church. Unfortunately, I see this sort of thing as merely a symptom of a greater problem and that is the nature of religion itself.

I once believed, like you, that religion and reason were compatible and that a healthy faith could stand up to questioning and deep thinking. I no longer believe that is the case. In fact, I would not be surprised if down the road you yourself become a deconvert.

The problem with promoting deep thinking and questioning is that unless you know that you will not find anything unsettling (and if you knew that already there would be no need for questioning), there is a very real danger that you will find that the things you believe in won’t stand up to the test. I believe that lawyers have a saying, “don’t ask a question you don’t know the answer to.” The church has a vested interest in keeping mindless drones coming out of it. Too much questioning and it might well cease to exist!

Good luck in your journey. It will be very interesting to hear from you in another 10 years or so, to see what if anything has changed.

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