Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 19, 2011

FYI

27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:28: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

But…Trump already (non)announced. So is the Rapture on or off???

Not a big deal to me even if it does happen this Saturday – where I live everything happens 20 years after it’s happened everywhere else!

So best to go out and get tanked up on Friday night and greet the rapture in a bleary eyed haze

Kidding aside, I hope this isn’t some crazy suicide cult like Jonestown or Heavensgate. But I’ll bet that when the Rapture doesn’t happen, they will say that it was their faith and prayers that caused God to cancel it.

I never understood these folks that set dates for “Judgment.” There have been at least eight “end of the world” dates come and gone since my childhood. If you aren’t a believer, this is silliness. If you ARE a believer, this is silliness (Jesus tells us not to worry about the when because it’s not for anyone to know — just get on with living!)Seriously, who cares? Each of us is going to die someday – might as well live every day as best as we can and leave it at that.

But if I were Zonker, I’d still get that title to the Mercedes signed over ASAP.

If the rapture happens Saturday, as planned, I think BOTH sets of people will be happier.

Did anyone happen to figure out what TIME Saturday? I have a dental appointment….

There are none so blind——. Area 51 is exposed and you don’t see the second coming of J.Edgar Hoover. Don your silk nities and high heels Saturday. “No Sir, I am not, nor have ever been a member of the reality party.”

Trudeau has to do all these strips well in advance; he doesn’t do them the night before. Trump jumped the gun and gave the answer he was always going to give anyway.

luckylouie: don’t worry. This preacher has predicted the end of the world before and been wrong. His flock is used to it by now. He’ll just reschedule, and that will be that.

Is the Rapture before or after the Preakness?

I wonder what God thinks about a small group of nut job wackos divining His intentions and specifying His schedule?

People who believe will thank god they were spared the rapture when fails to come.

wait. you mean this “reality show” isn’t hell?

packratjohn – I heard the major earthquake that will announce the Rapture is set for 6 in the evening. Sorry, you’ll still have to go in for that root canal.And the guy who announced this date also announced the last date, but then said he didn’t have all the correct information…It’s the Bible, isn’t it supposed to have all the answers?

Oh, I hope it really happens….I’m tired of those guys anyway… Hopefully the lines at the DMV will be shorter…dibs on all there stuff!

Rats! Trumped Again!

Nah, Idaho.

I thought the Rapture is talking about Fab 5 Freddy making a comeback?

I see it clearly now. Donald Trump is the Antichrist! THAT’s the reason for that hairstyle – to hide the horns!! To think he’d prefer to wear his hair that way is stupid!

@wcorvi I agree. I am a believer (of sorts) but if I had to spend eternity with those who “know the mind of God” perfectly and are willing to dictate what I should think, believe, and do, then I think I might be willing to take my chances with the other side. Of course, the other side would probably consist of spending eternity with these self-rightous sorts.

Any word on those who might not make the cut? I will be going to church Sunday and what if I’m the only one there? And what if the whole congregation is there?

♫It’s the end of the world as we know it,and I feel fine…♫

I could almost hope that this Rapture was real. Not only would some of the most obnoxious people in the world be gone, but there’d be all their stuff. I could move into a much better place, and no JWs ringing my doorbell on Saturday mornings for a thousand years. Just think of all those self-righteous politicians – the ones who are sincere about their religion would be gone, and the ones left would be exposed as hypocrites for good and all.

May I take my tools?

Saturday, huh? What about the people over the time line? Friday? Sunday?

All spiritual mysteries concerning the rapture are completely addressed by this video. Treasure this knowledge, always. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g

Preacher, poacher or outright sinner- step in front of a train going 60 mph, and your world will end. GT shows the hazard of drawing scripts too far in advance, just like “Revelations”, where the predictions were supposed to take place within the lifetime of the author and his audience.

Last bus leaving at 11:59 on May 21st. Don’t be late. Buses heading south, very south, after that time….

I don’t have any real expectation of being raptured into heaven on May 21, but just in case I do, I want to take this opportunity to say “Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!”

How does Chester handle it if the rapture is taking place on Saturday, but Death comes for Chester on Friday?

Why should Chester give all he has to the poor (Zonker) now? “If you would be perfect, give all you have to the poor and follow me.” Chester is evidently the kind of Christian who is willing to do the right thing only if he knows he going to get his reward right away.

Some people want to die as Christians who have no intention to live as Christians.

Way to go, Trudeau. Even though cartoonists have to work mucho in advance, you still have the responsibility to yank and replace strips that lose their relevance when dates/events change.

But it IS good to see something that sticks it to your self-righteous attitude that wasn’t in the strip 20 years ago when it was just plain funny….

lol…

Anyone who really knows the Bible, knows that predicting the “end” is impossible.

Matthew 24:36 (King James Version)

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Well, apparently, the math is flawed in several ways, including that a) no one really knows either actual date of Christ’s birth or death/resurrection, and b) they included the year 0000, which doesn’t exist…

At any rate,Mat 24:36 NIV – "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

You’d think evangelists, of all people, would notice this verse and think “huh, maybe we don’t know when it’s going to happen.” Fools.