--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, spiritwalk99 <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > This article is priceless! It sure explains a lot. Won't they > all > > > be surprised when they get to the other side! > > > > I wish somebody would find a similar misinterpretation > > of the Christian Rupture, er, Rapture. > > > > Any takers? > > Wiki: > > Etymology > The word "rapture" comes from the Latin verb rapere which means "to > carry off, abduct, seize or take forcefully" (compare rape). It was > used in the Latin Vulgate (about 405 A.D.) translation of 1 > Thessalonians 4:17, which is the primary biblical reference to the > event in question, rapiemur "we shall be caught up" translating the > original harpagçsometha (passive mood, future tense of harpazô). > > rapiemur -- we shall be raped??
Excellent!! Possibly by the frustrated Muslim martyrs unhappy that all they got was raisins... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
