I bumped into an old Irish Roman Catholic Priest I know earlier today. We had a quick chat & I asked him what he thought about the failure of Rapture to materialise. His view "These silly American self appointed preachers who haven't read the bible properly are a real pain in the arse". He went on to say that his stock response to any enquiries last week was to say "Sorry the earliest I can fit you in is next monday". Perhaps his best quip was that he was expecting the preacher to announce that "it had been postponed due to the no fly zone over Iceland"
He also told me that he thought that the gloating attitude of the people expecting it was rather unchristian in it's "we're alright, your all going to die horrible deaths" attitude. He said that when such people started working in shelters for the homeless, the dispossessed and the discriminated against, when they started displaying humility and humbleness and stopped shouting of their own virtue people may start to take them seriously. His advice to everyone was the same. Worry about how you live your life, not how everyone else will end theirs. Amen to that
He also told me that he thought that the gloating attitude of the people expecting it was rather unchristian in it's "we're alright, your all going to die horrible deaths" attitude. He said that when such people started working in shelters for the homeless, the dispossessed and the discriminated against, when they started displaying humility and humbleness and stopped shouting of their own virtue people may start to take them seriously. His advice to everyone was the same. Worry about how you live your life, not how everyone else will end theirs. Amen to that
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