Thursday, December 22, 2011

Happy New Year?

The latest date prediction comes to us from one of Chris McCann's faithful watchers in T&J message #11250.

T&J MCCANNITE:  "One last factor to consider: in the countdown to the new year as the world readies for a night of literal drunkenness and revelry could it be possible that God might have a surprise waiting that the world does not expect such as the end."

What a cool timepath! It fits the end of the world perfectly with the excitement of the seconds winding down, tick, tick, tick, tick...

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1...."

Raptured!

Or, Dead!

The whole world would be watching the clock, completely oblivious to what only the date setters know. But alas, Teacher McCann immediately dashed this terrific idea to smithereens. What a scrooge. Purim is so blah, compared to New Year's Eve.

MCCANN:  "The end will not come this Christmas or at the end of 2011. There is nothing in the Bible pointing to these dates. We cannot just pick a time that sounds reasonable to us and establish it as a candidate for Christ's return. God has shown us from His previous workings with the calendar of history that He does things very meticulously."

Amen, Chris. We can't just pick a time that sounds reasonable to us.

SOMEONE, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! CALL THE MEN IN THE WHITE COATS! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING...THESE ARE ADULTS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF RAISING CHILDREN...SOME OF THEM VOTE... PLEASE! TAKE THEM AWAY FOR GOOD!

Sorry about that. I lost control for a second.

They really still believe they can know. They reject the phrase "date predicting", preferring to call their favorite past-time "watching". They say that "watching" means "look in the Bible", but the only thing they are looking for in the Bible is a date to predict. Their little euphemism looks good on paper, but only until they come up with a new date and no longer need to watch. They are afraid they will be caught by the thief if they don't know the date, but they are so sure they are saved, the thief cannot possibly come until they "watch in the Bible" and a new, progressively revealed date pops into Chris McCann's head. They have no gospel truth, only a man's failed calendar. What are God's "previous workings with the calendar of history" which Chris talks about? It seems to me that God's previous workings with the "calendar of history" were to show us beyond any doubt that Harold Camping's calendar of history is false and that he and every last one of his pathetic followers are seriously lost cultists.

Isn't it just like Tom Golda's sick tormentor-god to motivate the date setters to announce "October 21st" all over the world, only to return at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve as the celebrants wildly cheer the descending ball in Times Square, wearing their silly 2012 glasses and "Happy New Year" hats? As far as I'm concerned, that timing would be fine with me, but sooner would be better.

Lu 12:40  Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

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