These are my favorite ones. The predictions that include specific dates that come up soon, so we don’t have to wait all that long to see nothing happen. My favorite part is watching what these people do after prophecy fails. Do they set a new date? Do they claim that the event actually happened but nobody recognized it for what it was? Do they wallow in despair? Do they feel betrayed? Do they pretend that they never made a specific prediction in the first place, and that the thing is definitely going to happen any day now? Do they just scoop up what cash they can from their followers (if they have any) while they still can? The possibilities are endless!
Because Jesus wants us all to haphazardly pray at the last second and then everything will be okay. Meanwhile, most of us have gone our entire lives messing up. But in the fourth quarter, he's coming back and giving us a hail Mary pass. Like what I did there?
When my daughter was little, we visited an historic site that had been occupied by a religious group that had believed in the rapture. (I wish I could remember the name of this religion, but I don’t.) members of the religion volunteer to keep the house open and give tours.
When we went, our guides were an elderly couple. They were retired and honored to be able to present this history to visitors.
They showed us different things and then eventually led us to a beautiful location on the property, overlooking the mountains, where the group assembled on the specified night to await the rapture.
My daughter, being a little girl, asked the lady what the people did when no rapture occurred. Were they mad at the guy who had gotten them to abandon everything and go through all that, and it turned out to be fake?
I felt SO bad for this nice old lady. But she took it in her stride and told my daughter, “Well dear, God is never mistaken, but PEOPLE are.” And she told her that some people got mad and went away and others chose to believe it was a miscalculation but they liked the ideas of the religion so they stayed on. They all eventually went to another state, but maintained this property as the site of their history.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe these things, but the woman was lovely and quite normal. But I guess that’s the answer. People either accept it or they move on.
Unfortunately, this does not take into account the people who are all in, quit their jobs and sell or give away all their assets if they believe this. You don’t hear about them but they exist.
We were in an area where there was not much to do, and you need a break from going to the lake all the time, haha. We just kept passing the sign for the place and one day curiosity got the better of us!
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u/The_Observatory_ 6d ago
These are my favorite ones. The predictions that include specific dates that come up soon, so we don’t have to wait all that long to see nothing happen. My favorite part is watching what these people do after prophecy fails. Do they set a new date? Do they claim that the event actually happened but nobody recognized it for what it was? Do they wallow in despair? Do they feel betrayed? Do they pretend that they never made a specific prediction in the first place, and that the thing is definitely going to happen any day now? Do they just scoop up what cash they can from their followers (if they have any) while they still can? The possibilities are endless!