The problem is that a lot of those people base their entire moral framework around their religion, so if they think they were abandoned by their god, they might go apeshit and lose any actual morals they had left.
Here's the thing, 99% of Christians didn't believe this. Any time you see a news article about a bunch of people thinking the world will end on a specific date, that is a very small minority of people because not only do all the big denominations (Catholic, Orthodox, Methodist, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, etc.) teach against making predictions about the specific date and following people who make these predictions, the Bible itself quotes Jesus as teaching against this (and, interestingly, saying that even HE doesn't know when the day is)- Matthew 24:36
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Of course this hasn't stopped people from trying to figure it out, but traditionally religious authorities have spoken out against it. The largest instance of people believing in the Rapture happening on a specific date was a specific religious sect called the Millerites whose leader said the world would end on October 22, 1844. This group was still a small minority, but they were big enough that you have probably still heard of them today - they became the 7th Day Adventists.
"You're not going to heaven
Why the fuck would you think I'd ever kick it with you?
None of you are going to heaven
There's a trillion aliens cooler than you"
This is probably in my top 3 favorite Bo songs , especially the latter bit:
You argue and you bicker and you fight
Atheists and Catholics, Jews and Hindus argue day and night
Over what they think is true
But no one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you
You pray so badly for heaven
Knowing any day might be the day that you die
But maybe life on earth could be heaven
Doesn't just the thought of it make it worth a try?
My love's the type of thing that you have to earn
And when you earn it you won't need it
I'm not gonna give you love just 'cause I know that you want me to
If you want love then the love's gotta come from you
The day the rapture came, a forgettable event
The clouds, they opened up and not a single person went
To the chromatic whistle of a carousel calliope
Stomp the citizens of our clown idiot dingbat society
Isn't there supposed to be like total destruction, war, famine and so on? Anyway, the world certainly has some of that, but the chaos hasn't reached every place. It's always tied to a particular place and time. It's not happening everywhere.
Anyway, that's just my vague Hollywood style interpretation of what it might be. I don't even know what Christians say about the Rupture.
But yeah, beyond that, I doubt there's an adult out there who doesn't break several of the 7 deadly sins many times a week: in present day society Greed and Envy are probably broken pretty much all the time, Wrath is probably a very common one for "conservatives" to break, and then there's Lust which is naturally common, Glutony which is certainly widespread given the overweight "epidemics" in most countries and Sloth is likely very common in car-centric societies - I mean, somebody taking their car to go 500m to a store to buy a pack of beers and some chips is probably guilty of both Glutony and Sloth.
That said, all the babies and toddlers and only them suddenly disappearing all at once would give it away.
There are a few new missing persons reports on (what were) the last twelve remaining good people on the planet. The rest of us are down here jacking off in the bathroom with the fan on because parenthood has made it increasingly difficult (and way too risky) to do it in front of a computer.
Pretty sure heat death of the Sun will get us before Rapture happens. Then again they might think that's Rapture event if humans still exist by that time.
If the rapture was exactly as described by Revelations: You would definitely still fucking know, regardless of whether or not you got sent to Heaven. There's a lot more to it than just people flying into the sky.
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KingArnulf@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 335d
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 335d
We do a little trolling...
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz · 21 pts · 335d
I love it "oh I'm sorry you didn't get picked, was it because you were thinking about what the gays really do in the bedroom?"
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 335d
Self-doubt requires a capacity for self-reflection, though. None of the zealots I know have it, even to a small degree.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 335d
Just start casually mentioning how there’s a lot less black people around lately.
“My lawn service hasn’t been answering lately and my wife can’t get her hair done. It’s strange…”
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 335d
The problem is that a lot of those people base their entire moral framework around their religion, so if they think they were abandoned by their god, they might go apeshit and lose any actual morals they had left.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 334d
Wanna bet its actually "god left me behind because I still have work to do here" or some bs?
KingArnulf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
markovs_gun@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 334d
Here's the thing, 99% of Christians didn't believe this. Any time you see a news article about a bunch of people thinking the world will end on a specific date, that is a very small minority of people because not only do all the big denominations (Catholic, Orthodox, Methodist, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, etc.) teach against making predictions about the specific date and following people who make these predictions, the Bible itself quotes Jesus as teaching against this (and, interestingly, saying that even HE doesn't know when the day is)- Matthew 24:36
Of course this hasn't stopped people from trying to figure it out, but traditionally religious authorities have spoken out against it. The largest instance of people believing in the Rapture happening on a specific date was a specific religious sect called the Millerites whose leader said the world would end on October 22, 1844. This group was still a small minority, but they were big enough that you have probably still heard of them today - they became the 7th Day Adventists.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 54 pts · 335d
"You're not going to heaven Why the fuck would you think I'd ever kick it with you? None of you are going to heaven There's a trillion aliens cooler than you"
"From God's Perspective" - Bo Burnham
dudleyflippendoodle@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 335d
This is probably in my top 3 favorite Bo songs , especially the latter bit:
Full Song
cranakis@reddthat.com · 23 pts · 335d
Um, I was told all the Christians would be gone. I'm rooting for the rapture as hard as they are these days.
HuskerNation@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 335d
A lot of Christians according to Revelation won't be raptured because they worship or support the antichrist... Sounds like MAGA to me.
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 335d
Be the rapture you want to see in theno. Don't do that.Una@europe.pub · 17 pts · 335d
Even biblically speaking rapture isn't real, at least rapture american protestants or specifically evangelicals think.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 6 pts · 335d
Neither was what they believe to be Hell until autocratic Rome, but look at 'em go.
whaleross@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 335d
All good people were raptured but their bodies are kept operating so us left on earth will never know.
Tell this to your local asshole evangelists. Let them deduct themselves that they are abandoned by god because they are shite.
Archer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 335d
The Rapture turns you into a philosophical zombie is a new take I haven’t heard before
if_only@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 335d
We would know. My dogs are still here.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 335d
Exactly. It's not "all dogs go to heaven", it's "only dogs go to heaven."
mxeff@feddit.org · 10 pts · 335d
If it happened, but nothing happened, did it really happen?
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 335d
plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 335d
You are old
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
xylol@leminal.space · 7 pts · 335d
Reminds me of this lyric
https://genius.com/Propagandhi-victory-lap-lyrics
Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 335d
Uhhh, this would actually explain a lot right now...
But I think magic jesus definitely would've raptured up all the innocent kids and such.
So it'd be like what we're seeing now with trump in charge, just with all the decent people gone.
But then again I don't actually know how it would work, due to the simple fact that fairy tales aren't real.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 335d
Well, Charlie Kirk got ruptured early.
IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 334d
God: "Hey Chuck, I'm taking you early."
Charlie: "Gurgggglggglge,... flop."
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 335d
Isn't there supposed to be like total destruction, war, famine and so on? Anyway, the world certainly has some of that, but the chaos hasn't reached every place. It's always tied to a particular place and time. It's not happening everywhere.
Anyway, that's just my vague Hollywood style interpretation of what it might be. I don't even know what Christians say about the Rupture.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 335d
Climate change
point literally everywhere
Gaza
SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 pts · 335d
The famine is going to spread soon, once the lack of farm labour and shitty tariffs really start kicking in.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 335d
That’s exactly what it feels like.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 334d
I bet all babies and toddlers would disappear.
But yeah, beyond that, I doubt there's an adult out there who doesn't break several of the 7 deadly sins many times a week: in present day society Greed and Envy are probably broken pretty much all the time, Wrath is probably a very common one for "conservatives" to break, and then there's Lust which is naturally common, Glutony which is certainly widespread given the overweight "epidemics" in most countries and Sloth is likely very common in car-centric societies - I mean, somebody taking their car to go 500m to a store to buy a pack of beers and some chips is probably guilty of both Glutony and Sloth.
That said, all the babies and toddlers and only them suddenly disappearing all at once would give it away.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 334d
Some sects of Christianity believe that children inherit the sins of their parents, so even in the womb they don't qualify!
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 335d
There are a few new missing persons reports on (what were) the last twelve remaining good people on the planet. The rest of us are down here jacking off in the bathroom with the fan on because parenthood has made it increasingly difficult (and way too risky) to do it in front of a computer.
RaoulDuke@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 335d
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 335d
The Leftovers is just a "rapture" isn't it
wabafee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 334d
Pretty sure heat death of the Sun will get us before Rapture happens. Then again they might think that's Rapture event if humans still exist by that time.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
I literally said this yesterday. Please stop eavesdropping
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 335d
They would not recognize Jesus anyway, expecting a white man wearing a toga and a cross, and carrying an American flag and an AR15.
plyth@feddit.org · 2 pts · 335d
Or Jesus could return, see what is happening, and think "fuck it, let's kill them all."
Bwaz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
Maybe a pature happened, but it was Rush Limbaugh getting raptured down to an even lower depth of hell.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 335d
If the rapture was exactly as described by Revelations: You would definitely still fucking know, regardless of whether or not you got sent to Heaven. There's a lot more to it than just people flying into the sky.
NABDad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d
https://youtu.be/pV-_GDveft8
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 335d
I posted the same thing on mastodon yesterday.