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#981

I actually read an article somewhere that said that apocalyptic end-of-the-worlders are fairly immune to being convinced the end isn’t coming soon. When the chosen date comes and goes and nothing happens, they don’t go “Oh, I was wrong” and go back to their lives. They typically simply become convinced that their interpretation was incorrect, and pick a new date.

Most of these people have made drastic changes to their lives, and they also have picked a new social circle (the other believers). These are powerful psychological incentives to remain on board with the program, as I recall how the article explained it.

#982

If you wanna get right down to it, predicting the End Time is BLASPHEMY. That’s right. You read that.

Why? Because Jesus said (Matthew 24:36) – [color=red]But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.[/color]

That’s right. Even Jesus doesn’t know the day. So how the Holy Hell (pun intended), is a mere mortal man able to predict it? Because the SON OF GOD can’t do it.

Just God. Says it right there in the Book. ONLY GOD. So everyone else trying, either thinks they know BETTER than Jesus or is God.

So yea. But seeing how fringe groups just “pick and choose” what parts of the Bible they wanna believe in… :roll:

#983

The interesting thing is that some site I saw in looking up about this movement used that exact passage from the bible in combination with some others to “prove” that it was possible to know.

Ugh, don’t get me started on that aspect. My mother (and other members of the family to some extent) call people like that “cafeteria christians”. Which is somewhat amusing to me as I find that the majority of people in Abrahamic religions do that to some degree, and I’m the only one in my immediate family who doesn’t follow such a religion. (I consider myself Buddhist.)

#984

An interesting article I saw mentioned in the “Did you know …” section of the English Wikipedia main page: Euthanasia Coaster

#985

I love rollercoasters, but I think I’d have to pass on this one. The 10 gs sounds a little less impressive considering one of the early rollercoasters, the Flip Flap Railway, did 12 and it wasn’t designed to kill its passengers!

#986

:roll:

Original Link

I got that link from another article: IP-Address Is Not a Person, BitTorrent Case Judge Says

Rawr.

#987

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/06 … uthors.ars

You can’t have spam, ham, and eggs without spam …

#988

Everything’s better with Samuel L. Jackson

#989

IT’S LIKE A TOY YOU CAN EAT

#990

The Amish are into sexting now? The amish??

#991

Don’t worry, soon the Amish won’t be any different than the rest of us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADFJlAggnY

#992

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/06/30/ … 309458116/

You know, just because you say Quidditch is a “legit sport” doesn’t make it so. Quidditch is as much a legit sport as One Piece’s 3-sword style, or Zork’s Double Fanucci.

Doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea for a club. But don’t try to claim that it’s something it’s not.

#993

I think I recall seeing something some time back on the local news here about people getting together to play that. Personally, I thought it looked really stupid. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the book series well enough, but trying to make a fictional sport played with magical equipment in to a real activity seems a waste of time to me since a great portion of the appeal is in the magical equipment aspect.

#994

The sport of Quidditch cannot be played without flying brooms. Too much of how the game works is dependent on a) flying around in three dimensions; b) on a broom, which you have to ride and can get knocked off of.

You could create some kind of Quidditch-like game played on a field, but it isn’t Quidditch; it’s a different game.

#995

Has this been photoshopped or something??

http://failblog.org/2011/07/22/epic-fai … ient-fail/

Edit: I see in one of the comments an indication that it may, indeed, have been Photoshopped. Other people later on in the conversation say no, it was a Halloween gag by the manufacturer.

#996

I doubt them… for one thing, collectors would have boxes of these “gag bars” on sale at Ebay. :stuck_out_tongue:

However what really makes me not believe them, is that companies can’t put whatever they want on food wrappers, when it comes to ingredients and warnings. There are regulations that are very specific on the matter. If human flesh is a joke, then maybe someone will think the peanuts are to. That would put people’s lives in danger and be a huge door to lawsuits out the ying-yang.

#997

Kim Jong Il and MMOs:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/arch … acket.aspx

#998

http://www.seymourpowell.com/aircruise/ … lease.html
Hydrogen. Really? Because that worked out so great in the past. :roll:

#999

Germany bans the “Like” button:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi … ike-Button

#1000

I would call 'em being NAZI… but well… you know. :stuck_out_tongue: :wink: