Blood as High as a Horse's Bridle?
Revelation 14:20, "They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1600 stadia." Now isn't that a scary thought? Can you imagine war so bad that the blood of the dead rises to the bridles of a horse? For all those who would place their entire trust in the Bible as to how the world will end this is one of the more commonly quoted verses when engaged in efforts to convert a non-believer.
But why in the world would believers try to lasso converts with such a horrible story of mayhem and destruction? What happened to informing others of all of the great love that Jesus is supposed to be? Then when the non-believer asks why such a horrible scenario would happen in the first place they are informed that it is God's will that man suffer in order that man come to an understanding of how very much he needs God and the salvation of Jesus Christ.
In this video the viewer is treated to a story of what will happen or is likely to happen at the time of the rapture. The world, supposedly thrust into the darkness and therefore needing help and salvation, no longer has the believers of the Bible hanging around to tell them what to do being as though they were raptured. And for all of those individuals who rejected God and Jesus and the imbalanced horseshit of the Bible and its ideals of salvation, well, such people are slated to suffer great punishment. Why? Because they used their freewill to choose what they wanted and not what God and Jesus wanted.
By the way, the part about the antichrist formulating a false peace in the Middle East is seriously fucked up, right? Imagine this, God says He wants to save everyone and in all reality does not want anyone to suffer eternal damnation. God does not want people to fight, but to only love Him and get along with each other. Right. God loves people so much that He has allowed the pathetic fighting to continue century after century after century. Then God allows some grand peace accord. Then God pulls the rug out from everyone and lets them all know that it was a sham and not real peace. What an asshole.
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Do you think people listen to themselves as they spout off about the battle of Armageddon and what will supposedly happen? Do they at ANY POINT realize how ludicrous what they are saying is? Jesus coming back in the sky on a white horse and leading a massive army. If I want to know the future go and read my Bible? Screw that! The Bible does not say anything good about the future but would have its adherents believe that there is no hope whatsoever for mankind to make things better. No hope. The only thing people can do is believe in Jesus and God so that when the earth is destroyed they can go to heaven after God rebuilds.
Isn't it just so convenient for believers that the Bible says there is no hope for mankind, but if people want to make it through eternity all they have to do is believe in God and Jesus. God and Jesus will fix everything that is wrong with the world and will obliterate all of those people who were against the Bible and its doctrine of insanity.
Look for this sign, look for that sign. Whatever you see happening in the world (the bad things) are a sign of the times and intended to be taken to mean that everyone is about to punch out at the timeclock for the last time...ever.
The worlds last chance you say? I suppose it would be the world's last chance if the Christians or uber-religious were in control. Those freaks WANT war of untold proportions to happen. Why? Because they think they will go to some special place that is better than the special place you will be going. Untold war will be the validating factor for Bible-based faiths. Look how bad the war is, see I told you.
Sure, the Bible talks about Armageddon. In fact, the Bible talks about this supposed last battle of all battles so very much that it mentions it...ONCE. So WHERE is all this other information about this battle coming from? You got it! Believers scour the Bible for any passage that even remotely refers to some grand last battle and then take that information and try very hard to use it to scare people into believing.
One of the things I thought did not make sense about the story of Armageddon was in Sunday School we learned that Jesus said it was a wicked generation that sought a sign. Then, right after we literally learned that seeking signs are bad we are then taught that God and Jesus will be loading earth and mankind with all sorts of signs in the last days...so people know Jesus is back. You do see the problem here, right?
Watch this video and try to understand that this is precisely why many people fall for the sucker stories of religion: they are scared to death! Perhaps a believer would say, "Yes, they should be afraid and since they are they are seeing God's message and will be saved." Don't you people ever stop? For the weak minded of the world who hear this supposed message of hope and who decide to believe, they often do so out of pure fear. That is not belief. That is not faith. That is not ethical (on God's and Jesus' part). And frankly, believing because you give into the threats and the fear is unacceptable.
This is hilarious. Every one has their own version of what the Bible means when it comes to the end of the world and when that end will happen.
If you changed only the names of God and Jesus to Mutt and Jeff and then told the story of the Bible exactly the same way people would think you were a nut. So, what makes it any more believable just because the names are God and Jesus? You ever see God and Jesus? People in the Bible times did? I don't care about that because we are not in the Bible times. Have you ever seen God or Jesus or both? You haven't, have you? What is that you say?
The Bible is written proof of God and Jesus being real? You know, Bernie Madhoff had paperwork to show there was all kinds of money in his little scam thing he had going. The guy looked legit for the longest time. Then people figured out he was nothing more than a charlatan. The figures that were written and printed down were nowhere near the truth even though people thought it seemed legit.
Tell me, is there anyone out there who would have allowed themselves to be bullied into believing Bernie and his scam? If he went up to you and said, "Give me the money in your IRA or I will kill you," would you have done it? Of course not! You would be appalled by such behavior. So what is the difference when Jesus or God say, "Believe this way or you will die?"
More bullshit theories of when and where Armageddon will officially begin. Don't you just love how people eagerly twist the Bible or the circumstances to which they are applying verses to in order to validate their claims?
Don't you just love the slow, sweet sound of the piano music as the screen shows a mushroom cloud? As if war is okay. As if the thought of billions being murdered by some God or his son were a good thing.
People are so convinced of the hopelessness of mankind. I think that in and of itself is the most saddening. Wow. Thinking there is no hope. Thinking there is nothing that can be said or done or worked out to make things better for everyone. Do you want to know what makes a situation hopeless? When you have people who represent any deity who tells them that if people do not believe the same they should be persecuted or put in jail or put to death or starved...THAT is hopeless. That is what religion teaches...hopelessness.
I don't want your stupid stories of people torturing each other. I don't want your screwy Bible that insists on drawing lines of separation between people. I don't want your screwy, violent, spoiled, conceited God and His Son telling me what I should and should not do according to whatever twisted view of love that they harbor within their little black hearts.
The Bible is a fairy tale and there is only ONE certainty when it comes to the Bible: People will continue to fight over it. Plain and simple.
The more you get people to believe when it comes to the Bible and whatever is going on in the world, the better control you will have over them. If you can manage to sound like you really know what you are talking about you will acquire a greater following all that much faster. What better way to control people than to tell them this great and horrible thing is going to happen, but if they do exactly as you say they will be okay?
This is simply hilarious. Particularly funny in the part in the beginning where it says that the earth is God's footstool. You know what, that is not a good thing. If someone or something is your footstool that means you walk all over them with complete and utter disregard.
This video is a great reminder of the twisted nature of religion. Scare people. Scare people real bad. Scare them with stories of untold destruction and murder and mayhem and demonic possession. Scare these people so badly that they truly believe and think that there is no hope whatsoever for mankind. Then provide them with a way out by telling them that if they become a slave to Christ they are good to go.
Crap, crap, and more crap.
Hah! I totally love watching the Nostradamus shows and similar shows. People are always saying that he predicted this and that, but can never prove such until something bad happens. Then you get some devoted follower of Nostradamus popping up and claiming that the old charlatan seer predicted this or that. Please.
