(standing ovation) "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:44:37 -0700 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Atheists offer to care for Christians' pets after rapture I agree completely! Christian Fundamentalists have changed the religion. That's why the Pope called them a cult. They thrive in this country because America allows them to exist. We allow freedom of religion. So we can have Satan worshipers, Christian snake dancers, Rajnesh worshipers, and Christian Fundamentalists. The problem is that fundamentalists have been not just manipulating religion but they have been also influencing education. Want to read some serious fiction? Check out a fundamentalist history book. Scary... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Bosco Bosco <ironpi...@yahoo.com> wrote: Laugh all you want. There's absolutely nothing in the bible about the rapture. Jesus did not teach about a rapture. None of his disciples taught about a rapture. The Bible never mentions it. Only American fundamentalist protestant Christians really even consider it a reality.Remember that thing about the stupid people ruining it for the rest of us. This is one of the things the stupid people believe. Yes I am belittling a "religious" belief. Yes I'm comfortable with that. I'm not gonna be "LEFT BEHIND," I'm gonna STAY BEHIND because, assuming the infintesimal possibility that there is a rapture coming, I'd rather burn in hell for all eternity than spend it in heaven with the rapture monkeys. I only wish I had thought of the petcare idea. My favorite rapture joke ever? A bumper sticker that reads: "Come The Rapture, Can I have your Car?" Bosco --- On Sun, 9/6/09, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote: From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Atheists offer to care for Christians' pets after rapture To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 5:53 PM I shouldn't be laughing... really I shouldn't. Martin (won't be taking care of any Christians' pets, because he'll be slow-roasting for this) "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: ravena...@yahoo. com Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:55:21 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Atheists offer to care for Christians' pets after rapture http://murairo. notlong.com Now a group of atheists in the US have come up with a tongue-in-cheek solution, offering to take in the cats and dogs of "saved" believers in return for a small fee. All the atheists signed up by Eternal Earth-Bound Pets are self-confessed sinners and blasphemers, guaranteeing they will be left behind when the chosen are selected The business idea is an irreverent attempt to cash in on the belief – widespread among US Christians – that the pious will be carried up to heaven by God in a sudden swoop, leaving unbelievers to endure the seven-year reign of the anti-Christ on Earth. According to some polls, as many as 55 per cent of Americans believe in the notion of the Rapture. "You've committed your life to Jesus. You know you're saved. But when the Rapture comes what's to become of your loving pets who are left behind?" the group's website asks. "Eternal Earth-Bound Pets takes that burden off your mind." For $110, the firm promises lifetime care for almost all domestic pets if their owners are transported to heaven within the next ten years. The offer may sound far-fetched, and even a little provocative, but the group insists it is not joking. It claims to have a network of pet-loving atheists spread across 20 states to ensure speedy, local animal care wherever the Rapture occurs, and has established a PayPal account to take subscriptions. The founders also assure believers that their animals will enjoy an excellent quality of life: "All pets will live in loving homes, not in animal shelters or pet 'mills'." And while the company promises that all its atheist carers are moral people with no criminal records, it stresses that they are not too saintly. "Each of our representatives has stated to us in writing that they are atheists, do not believe in God / Jesus, and that they have blasphemed in accordance with Mark 3:29, negating any chance of salvation," the website states. But potential customers would be advised to read the terms and conditions before forking out their $110; if the subscriber loses their faith or is not Raputered in the next 10 years, they are not entitled to a refund. The venture follows the launch last year of a new internet service designed to allow Christian subscribers to send emails to non-believing friends and relatives after the Rapture. Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Try it now. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009
