Riding on the Subway ("A" line) this morning, I overheard a woman not quite taking Camping's side, but certainly helping in the task of gathering scattered bullshit to support his cause. She said: "I think that the reverend Camping may have saved us by doing this: maybe his tireless work to make people accept Jesus as their savior, actually convinced the Lord to change his mind, that we should be granted a few more years, that there is good in all of us." Well, Lah - deeh -dah...!
1. Isn't "the Lord" supposed to be absolutely perfect and all powerful? A perfect being cannot possibly "change his mind" about anything. He is supposed to get it right the first time!
2. When I was young, I read this Finnish novel called "Sinuhe the Egyptian", by Mika Waltari. In this novel, the main character is crossing the Estearn Mediterranean, when his ship is boarded by pirates. These pirates give everybody on board a hard choice: convert to Islam or have your throat slashed; Sinuhe converts to Islam, and I wouldn't blame him. The point is that, choices made under threat of a horrible death are worthless! If a few more people decided to switch teams and join team Jesus, because they were convinced that they would die within a week, and roast in hell for eternity... well, how good is that? Again, this is something that Augusto Pinochet or Josef Stalin might try, but "our Lord"?!!!
3. But in fact, it reminded me of this stupid joke I learned in school: a man is walking down the street, loudly clapping his hands every few seconds. And somebody asks him: "Why are you doing that?". He responds: "Well, I am scaring the crocodiles away". "But there are no crocodiles in this town!". And he responds: "See, it is working!".
For what is worth, I still believe Harold Camping is as much of an idiot as he was yeterday.
Enjoy your post-armageddon parties.
1. Isn't "the Lord" supposed to be absolutely perfect and all powerful? A perfect being cannot possibly "change his mind" about anything. He is supposed to get it right the first time!
2. When I was young, I read this Finnish novel called "Sinuhe the Egyptian", by Mika Waltari. In this novel, the main character is crossing the Estearn Mediterranean, when his ship is boarded by pirates. These pirates give everybody on board a hard choice: convert to Islam or have your throat slashed; Sinuhe converts to Islam, and I wouldn't blame him. The point is that, choices made under threat of a horrible death are worthless! If a few more people decided to switch teams and join team Jesus, because they were convinced that they would die within a week, and roast in hell for eternity... well, how good is that? Again, this is something that Augusto Pinochet or Josef Stalin might try, but "our Lord"?!!!
3. But in fact, it reminded me of this stupid joke I learned in school: a man is walking down the street, loudly clapping his hands every few seconds. And somebody asks him: "Why are you doing that?". He responds: "Well, I am scaring the crocodiles away". "But there are no crocodiles in this town!". And he responds: "See, it is working!".
For what is worth, I still believe Harold Camping is as much of an idiot as he was yeterday.
Enjoy your post-armageddon parties.
“Millions of New Yorkers are good with God. Are you good with God?"
Poster Ad in the Staten Island Ferry terminal
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"And if you are, are you also good with the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter Bunny?"
My proposed addendum
Poster Ad in the Staten Island Ferry terminal
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"And if you are, are you also good with the Tooth Fairy? How about the Easter Bunny?"
My proposed addendum
