# For Believers: article on Rapture. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 24, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090 "2014-02-24T12:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/1 "2014-02-24T12:26:38Z")
Is Rapture just a symbol ? If no, then when will it occur ? [http://www.wordwatcher.net/rapture.htm](http://www.wordwatcher.net/rapture.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/2 "2014-02-24T12:37:22Z")
I don’t think taking advice from [this hate group](http://www.wordwatcher.net/) is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Latro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@Latro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latro)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/3 "2014-02-24T12:38:30Z")
No, it’s not a symbol. I’ts made up shit. No, it’s not going to happen ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/4 "2014-02-24T12:38:44Z")
Why don’t you tell us what you think?.. in your own words. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/5 "2014-02-24T12:41:02Z")
It’s like someone read “You Can Live Forever In Paradise On Earth” and decided they could do sooo much better… ETA; researching which, led me to [this hilarious site](http://www.watchtowerlies.com/subliminal_images_in_the_watchtower_publications.html) ---
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/6 "2014-02-24T12:43:49Z")
Can’t edit now, sorry. I translated this text from Polish (I’m not the author though) and I agree with the statements from the article that Rapture will occur before Great Tribulation. For me it’s all obviously logical and consistent. ---
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/7 "2014-02-24T12:47:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t think taking advice from [this hate group](http://www.wordwatcher.net/) is a good idea. Hate towards whom ? The evil world ? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/8 "2014-02-24T12:51:35Z")
Why don’t you tell us which parts of the world you think are evil. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/9 "2014-02-24T12:51:42Z")
> [@karol](#): > > Hate towards whom ? The evil world ? Your little hate group believes that the Catholics, the Jews and many more are involved in a “Satanic conspiracy against Christian white civilization”. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/10 "2014-02-24T12:52:12Z")
> [@karol](#): > > Can’t edit now, sorry. > I translated this text from Polish (I’m not the author though) and I agree with the statements from the article that Rapture will occur before Great Tribulation. For me it’s all obviously logical and consistent. Sounds like you’ve got it all figured out. Why are you asking for opinions from random strangers on a message board? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/11 "2014-02-24T12:52:15Z")
Just from a skim, it seems to be a hate group against Catholics, Jews, and possibly all non-white people. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/12 "2014-02-24T12:55:21Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Just from a skim, it seems to be a hate group against Catholics, Jews, and possibly all non-white people. …homosexuals, atheists, Gypsies, Mormons, pro-choice people, women…the usual list, really. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/13 "2014-02-24T13:01:57Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > …homosexuals, atheists, Gypsies, Mormons, pro-choice people, women…the usual list, really. Everyone but the super seekrit _white_ Jews she/he thinks she/he is a part of. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/14 "2014-02-24T13:09:43Z")
I can feel the ignorant hate-filled screed being copied and pasted furiously by the OP as we speak. Wait for it… wait… ---
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/15 "2014-02-24T13:13:12Z")
So far all the hate is towards me and you can’t even stick to the subject. Moderators: please close this thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/16 "2014-02-24T13:14:30Z")
> [@karol](#): > > So far all the hate is towards me and you can’t even stick to the subject. Moderators: please close this thread 🙂 The subject is the source of your information, which is a hate group. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/17 "2014-02-24T13:16:14Z")
We don’t even have a subject yet. You are supposed to present us with an opinion, and then everyone can debate it. Still waiting. ---
**Author:** ![karol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/977dab/32.png) [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/18 "2014-02-24T13:18:34Z")
> [@campp](#): > > We don’t even have a subject yet. > > You are supposed to present us with an opinion, and then everyone can debate it. > > Still waiting. The article is the subject. To debate you need to…read it. Then you can express whether you agree or not, whether you disagree utterly or only on certain points. And…WHY. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/19 "2014-02-24T13:21:54Z")
> [@karol](#): > > The article is the subject. To debate you need to…read it. Then you can express whether you agree or not, whether you disagree utterly or only on certain points. And…WHY. I read your hate-filled website, and I think it’s a hate-filled website. edited to add: Why? Because it is filled with hate. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090/20 "2014-02-24T13:25:44Z")
> [@karol](#): > > The article is the subject. To debate you need to…read it. Then you can express whether you agree or not, whether you disagree utterly or only on certain points. And…WHY. I disagree utterly because it’s based on ignorance. On what basis do you find it, “obviously logical and consistant”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-believers-article-on-rapture/682090.md?page=2)