A fascinating read by Michael Shermer, How we believe: the search for God in an age of science. Tells stories of so many apocalyptic events starting with the new testament Jesus is returning quickly. It narrates through time a lot of other so called 2nd coming events. My take away was the fact that Joseph Smith was a part of the movement. Ironically I was listening to 2018 General Conference. It seems like a theme to the conference is the need to "light a fire" on the church members that these are indeed the last days, get your act together. I find this humorous because my dead grandmother (been dead for 20 years) patriarchal blessing stated that she would live to see the second coming. So I guess I had better get another cup a coffee before the big event!
The whole "you will live to see the 2nd coming" thing was big before the year 2000. People born in the 1900s got it in their fortune-telling reports (err, "Patriarchal Blessings") regularly.
After 2000 came and went, with no Jesus and no trek to Missouri, they mostly stopped being in PBs. Almost as if somebody told the Patriarchs to knock it off...:)
I've told this story here before, so humor me if you've heard it. I remember being in a religion class at Ricks College in 1974 and discussing end-of-times opinions. I wish I could remember the dude's name, but I can't. Anyway he (the teacher) was asking the class what they would predict about when the second coming would be.
Probably half the class or more said in the year 2000. Some said in a hundred years, etc. Then he said (paraphrasing), "This is the problem. The membership of the church thinks it's at least 25 years off. We don't realize that we are in the 12th hour and the 59th minute. The reality is that the brethren know we're only talking about the number of years you can count on one hand or less. It's much more likely for it to happen tomorrow than in 2000." Then he said that the last thing we will see right before the end is the Priesthood given to the Negro race.
So imagine my horror when 3+ years later, on June 8, 1978, I had just put my hubby on a military plane to Okinawa (I and my 4-month-old baby were supposed to join him in a couple of months) and I vaguely hear over the radio in the background the name "Spencer W. Kimball." I thought he must have died for it to be on national radio. But when I got home my mother told me the exciting news about the revelation. I was so scared. The end was coming--like tomorrow. I would never see my husband again (now I can only wish that happened). It was what our Ricks teacher had said.
Let's see, that baby just turned 40. They're putting more temples in Africa, yet T-Rump is president and has control of the nukes. So it's anybody's guess. I just don't feel it in my bones for today.
Whew! Well I'm glad I got my coffee finished and the jumble and the crossword puzzle done! I guess I should go take a shower and put on clean underwear, cause my momma always told me to have on clean underwear for special occasions.
ificouldhietokolob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good idea. Jesus will certainly check your > underwear when he arrives, to make sure you're > clean enough to be raptured. > > Unless the mormons are right (hah!), then you're > screwed anyway because you have the wrong clean > underwear! > > :)
I have the infamous costco underwear hahaha. If he disproves of these then (cussing) fuck him.
I believe that there are 25 times zones. If this is true (I'm not wasting my last few precious hours of existence looking something up), then apparently it's always tomorrow somewhere!
saucie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm telling Jesus that I want a dollar for > everytime the world > > was supposed to end and didn't. He lied. F*****n > Jesus. F*****n God.
Yes it really bothers me as well i got manipulated pretty bad when the year 2000 happened.
Badassadam1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > saucie Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I'm telling Jesus that I want a dollar for > > everytime the world > > > > was supposed to end and didn't. He lied. > F*****n > > Jesus. F*****n God. > > Yes it really bothers me as well i got manipulated > pretty bad when the year 2000 happened.
Who manipulated you and did they try to get money our of you?
saucie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm telling Jesus that I want a dollar for > everytime the world was supposed to end and didn't.
Sorry, Jesus doesn't have any money. Or if he does, he doesn't share it.
That's why so many humans have to keep asking for money in his name. I'm not sure what they do with it when people give it to them, but whatever it is, they don't give it to Jesus.
Could have done it before I got lectured about the importance of meeting deadlines even when everyone supplying the information I need to meet mine missed theirs. My day might not have sucked as much as it has.
The amateur doomsayers are the only ones who name a specific day for the end of the world. The real pros (like Mormon leadership) always just say it's near at hand. That way they can keep the followers fearful and obedient without actually having to produce an actual apocalypse.