Thursday, May 19, 2011

Rapture?? Go camping with Camping.

I was going to answer some drum questions, at least the best I can, this morning...but I just HAD to comment on the upcoming "rapture" as an example of how just because a person sets themselves up as spiritual, it doesn't mean they have a clue! It can also cause harm.

Harold Camping tells us that on May 21, the world will end. He says that the Mayans math is all wrong.

Not only did the Mayans NOT say the world would end in 2012 (that was the white folk who are messing in Native ways who said that), but I can promise you it won't end on this Saturday either. After all, God would let you get that one last day in church , right. I think he would end it on a Monday,it would be perfect if you ask me.

Sarcasm aside, Camping is actually predicting rapture for May 21 after studying the Bible for 70 years. He sounds like an authority, right? Someone you may trust, 70 years of study, he MUST have learned something! Seventy years of study doesn't make you an authority. Camping is either crazy, has a severe (one could say of Biblical proportions) learning disability, or is a fanatic. Most likely all three.

The very idea of "rapture" is not a Biblical doctrine , but something that preachers espoused in the 20th century. It is a great topic for getting everyone all excited and shouting "Amen!!", but it isn't something that was ever promised anyone. Rapture means God is coming to pick up all you good, church folk, and leave the rest behind to suffer through the end of the world.

Most people laugh and say "OK whatever". Some people participate in mostly harmless things. Many just go on with their lives. However in some places, people are panicking, and looting to get provisions for the next few days. I can't imagine looters being picked up by God and brought to Heaven, but you never know. There are people panicking, trying to reach "safe places" and causing turmoil. A crowd of 5000 had to be broken up in Vietnam earlier this month, all on Camping's words.

People are quitting jobs, hoarding or stealing food and supplies, and living in fear. They are disrupting other people's lives in the process.

Meanwhile, you should know that Camping did this before. Apparently the world was supposed to end on September 6, 1994. He was obviously wrong, yet after that, Camping's ministry grew. His word is now translated into 48 languages, not bad for a guy who made a calculation that missed by at least 17 years. Maybe the ministry needed another boost, so he made another prediction.He said he made a mathematical error. I think he is either smart as a fox and uses this as a publicity stunt, or he is just plain crazy.He is at least a good business man. His shows are broadcast on every continent.

Camping is 89, so I am sure he will miss the next 17 year mark when this one doesn't happen. One has to wonder why people listen to a man they know is wrong.The answer is for many reasons.

Make sure that you really research people that you put your trust in. Their word as to who they are isn't good enough. Having a church, radio station, or other "spiritual establishment", isn't good enough; having a weekly, monthly, or yearly event, is not good enough.

Don't be impressed by the nice man, be impressed by seeing that what he speaks is the truth, research it!

There is no doctrine of rapture, and nothing will occur on May 21, except maybe Camping's downfall.

God, Creator, the Universe, just requires you to be a good, honest, loving person. No belief system requires you to trample over your fellow humans to get to the sacred space to be rescued. None of it requires you to go through a ritual, a class, a cleansing to get there either.

Beware so called "Men of God", as there are Campings, Phelps (Westboro), and Terry Jones (burned the Qu'ran), out there, but worse yet, the ones who are not so easy to spot. They are not only in religious groups, but every spiritual genre imaginable.


Learn, research, grow.






Peshaui Wequashimese




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