"Are you worried about the rapture?"
"Only if they learn to open doors"
"That's raptors."
I spent the last week hearing from students asking if judgment day was coming on Saturday. I told them I would be disappointed if the world ended before the anime series "Naruto" reached its conclusion.
They constantly discuss this on the Jamaican news like it's news. Droves of people are panicking and getting baptized with the charismatics... who cough politely and remark that even more merit comes from making donations. It's taking advantage of people's fear and its kinda sad.
In seriousness, I let the students know that scripture is very clear, "we know neither the minute nor the hour". So everytime some jerk comes on TV asking for your money and giving you dates, you know at least it won't be then.
Oh well, it would be pretty hilarious if the rapture did happen on Saturday... then I'd look a right fool :>
I can't get the "Dead Like Me" version of the rapture out of my head. I guess we in "America" take for granted that we get one of these major prophesies about once a year. It does make you ask yourself, "Am I ready."
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