
| Anonymous #64024 1 year ago |
Eyup, May 21st. |
| PonyRIG #64069 1 year ago |
ORLY? |
| Anonymous #64122 1 year ago |
"have you heard the awesome news? the end of the world begins may 21'st! the bible guarantees it!"
I hate those billboards, lol |
| Anonymous #64138 1 year ago |
Why May 21st? |
| Anonymous #64149 1 year ago |
^
Because people still base "scientific" eschatological predictions on texts written before people even knew the world was round. |
| Anonymous #64211 1 year ago |
My 23rd is my birthday... |
| Anonymous #64212 1 year ago |
may* |
| Anonymous #64215 1 year ago |
people have never seriously thought the world wasn't round . . . well except a few fringe nutjobs, like the ones who think the world is going to end on may 21st |
| zgrillo2004 #64221 1 year ago |
Id say its going to be 2012 |
| Anonymous #64229 1 year ago |
You've got to be careful tossing around the word never, A7. All of the earliest cultures in the world believed the world was flat. It wasn't until the 6th century BC that the Greeks suggested a spherical Earth, and it wasn't empirically demonstrated until the 4th century BC. The Old Testament of the Bible predates this. |
| Skipta #64259 1 year ago |
^ Also the idea that "people" didn't think so after the greeks showed that it actually was round is a falsehood propagated by Catholic apologists. Yes, many Scholars, sailors and the upper class didn't think it flat anymore, but that says nothing about the rest of the population who would never have recieved education on such matters. |
| Anonymous #64281 1 year ago |
I thought the joke was that the series is going to to enter discussions about continuation on May 21st (there are rumors that season 2 may be delayed).
Anon 8: Well, actually the Hebrews may have not believed in a flat earth per se. The idea that they did came from poetic verses praising God (such as "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world"). But that's the thing: it's poetic verse, a tribute using colorful language. As you can see, to infer that as being a literal statement is well, not in line with ANE literature studies that's for sure.. |
| Anonymous #64296 1 year ago |
Skipta: Not really. Actually, the Catholic Church (and I hate to admit it as an Agnostic myself) reliably taught that the earth was round (even as fairly basic education). In fact, one guy who tried to teach "flat earth" ideas (Cosmas Indicopleustes) found himself publicly censured by the church for doing so.
I recommend "Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians" by Jeffrey Russell. |
| Anonymous #64307 1 year ago |
Anon 4? I agree with you, but weren't the Mayan calendars stone blocks...not texts? |
| CranialHeartache #64321 1 year ago |
I think it's going to be 2014, you know, when the solar or whatever eclipses take place. |
| Anonymous #64327 1 year ago |
Nah, 2101 AD. Why? Because SOMEONE set up us the bomb. |
| Anonymous #64353 1 year ago |
There are some fundies that are actually saying that the Armageddon is coming May 21st of this year. A guy on the street corner gave me a pamphlet explaining the biblical justification for this belief. Suffice it to say that the logic is flimsy at best, even if you believed in the Bible as the infallible word of God. A lot of it is based on taking expressions that are clearly figurative/symbolic and taking them literally. |
| Anonymous #64366 1 year ago |
^Those guys again? Never really figured them out. As a Christian myself, I always wondered what part of "You will not know the day nor the hour" they didn't get. It's embarrassing. |
| Anonymous #64369 1 year ago |
Wait...I get it! The end of the world is NEIGH. NEIGH is the kill phrase which sets off the planet cracker! Shit, nobody say the word NE--*signal lost* |
| CranialHeartache #64394 1 year ago |
^
^Expect it every day of your life and you'll be a wreck, but it'll also never happen. |
| Anonymous #64403 1 year ago |
^Yeah, but then you'll have to prepare for every eventuality and doomsday scenario. Personally? I think the end will come in a way that'll surprise us, killed by something we didn't expect. I just hope isn't embarrassing. The last thing I need is to be killed by a massive flood....of marshmallows. |
| Anonymous #64425 1 year ago |
^Marshmallow Peep stampede? |
| Anonymous #64428 1 year ago |
I think people are missing (what I think) the joke is: some people are making the end of the current MLP:FiM season sound like the end of the world, even though season 2 will start later this year (plus, you know, you're still alive and all.) |
| Anonymous #64429 1 year ago |
^^No, see THAT would probably kill me and I would expect it to do so. I fucking hate Peeps |
| Anonymous #64431 1 year ago |
^^I concur. Besides, there's always fanfics. |
| Anonymous #64433 1 year ago |
^^In fact, I am yet to meet a single soul who actually likes Peeps outside of Peep Jousting. |
| Anonymous #64459 1 year ago |
^they take on an interesting texture if you roast them over a fire - sort of a carmelized glaze. |
| Anonymous #64463 1 year ago |
^I dont know...I tried that and they tasted really funny. Not funny "ha ha" or funny "hey this is interesting" but more like funny "so this is what rubber tires taste like covered in sugar". |
| your_waifu #64497 1 year ago |
i honestly wouldn't mind being alive to see the end of the world. i think it would be pretty neat.
i mean, i'm a coward and i would be scared shitless, but a part of me, the part that likes interesting things, would be loving it. |
| Anonymous #64511 1 year ago |
Ceiling cat is not here, so no. |
| CranialHeartache #64524 1 year ago |
I'm so afraid of the end of the world you just don't even. |
| Anonymous #64532 1 year ago |
Nothing to be scared of. When the end comes it'll be a mighty crash and then...silence. Peace and quiet at last.
No more cars. No more talk shows. No more arguing couples at 4:00 AM. No more alarm clocks. No more crappy pop music. Just silence. Beautiful silence. |
| your_waifu #64535 1 year ago |
^god i hope not. after all the shit we have to put up with the universe could at least give us a good show |
| Anonymous #64586 1 year ago |
And so, Catholic propaganda starts trying to bleach history even here. Yes, Greeks discovered Earth was round, but the Church _Destroyed_ the sum of Greek knowledge!
Apologists, if the Earth being round was common knowledge, then why Copernicus book stating so was published after his death? Why Galileo spent 14 years in house prison? Because Inquisition punished everyone who said Earth was round! By burning them at a stake! Just ask Giordano Bruno - he was burned for heresy of saying Earth was round and one of many worlds! Because Bible plainly said Earth was flat and had corners, and everyone who didin't took it literally was _burned_, like many scientists and theologists - Jan Hus, amoung others. You make me sick, your sick fantasy book written by goat herders killed millions, and now you pretend nothing really happened and the thousand years of darkness, oppression and purging of knowledge between fall of Rome and Enlightenment were but a moment! :/ |
| your_waifu #64594 1 year ago |
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| Anonymous #64607 1 year ago |
By the way - Cosmas Indicopleustes was scorned by Eastern/Orthodox Church, not the Roman branch. So, that is not a proof of what they though in Europe, non sequitur. You want better proof of what was thought then?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Flammarion.jpg Picture of Earth from the period. Yup, artist with the best education available then drawn totally round Earth, that flat plane and celestial sphere you can touch are totally unimportant details :P |
| Anonymous #64621 1 year ago |
Just for the record, this was really aimed more at all the doomsayers do seemed to think the end of the season was the end of the world. |
| Anonymous #64713 1 year ago |
Anon?
*ahem* 1. Galileo's main problem was that his argumentation was weak (http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100305/full/news.2010.105.html) and he pissed off all his patrons (http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/10/gods-philosophers-how-medieval-world.html). The latter of which is why he was brought up charges in the first place. Heliocentrism itself was not a heresy. Even then he could have taught heliocentrism as a theory until he came up with better argumentation. Given that Kepler managed to do this and the church accepted it (mind you he was a contemporary of Galileo) with minimal fuss, it's obvious that they were willing to back it if the argumentation was solid. 2. Bruno was not killed for science. He wasn't even scientist. He was a new age kook who espoused hermetic magic and pantheism. The later two are what got him killed. Cruel? Of course. But not a case of the church oppressing science. (I suggest you read "Galileo goes to Jail" by Ron Numbers, who by the way is an agnostic like yours truly, as it points out how wrong your argument is) 3. Since the time of Augustine of Hippo, the church's position was that the creation narrative was NOT literal and that there was a difference between poetic verse and statement. The point? The church never taught that the Earth was flat. 4. Jan Hus was executed for heresy (mostly against the Eucharist), not science. 5. Cosmas was scorned by Christians in the RCC (http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2009/02/boxed-in.html). Better yet, read "Inventing the Flat Earth" by Russell 6. Oh please, that's an Illumination for a book, not a map or a globe. Nice try. 7. "and now you pretend nothing really happened and the thousand years of darkness, oppression and purging of knowledge "...Stop yourself. Really now it's just getting embarrassing watching you rant. The only darkness we saw was from barbarian invasions and the disruption of Latin as a language. In reality (and as much as I hate admitting it) The Catholic Church and Islamic Scholars were actually the ones to not only rescue the works of the ancients, but also translate, distribute and advance their works. The idea of the "Dark Age that was dispelled by the renaissance" is a myth. A meta narrative that no longer stands to scrutiny (a myth that has it's roots in religious squabbles between Protestants and Catholics). The fact is, the Middle Ages saw the birth of Modern Science, The University System and virtually we take for granted today. Read Hannam's "Genesis of Science" Read Numbers' "Galileo Goes to Jail" Read Lindberg's "The Beginnings of Western Science" This is all attested to by historical evidence. This is the consensus of scholars in the field (religious and non-religious). Look, I'm an Agnostic. I have issues with Christianity and there is alot stuff that the Church did that are horrific. But this caricature that you have created? That is not reality. What you are doing is a disservice to non-religious people everywhere. We are bound by facts and what the record shows. Beyond personal prejudice or bias. The fact is the Catholic Church is not the monolithic force of evil you made it out to be. In fact, it was instrumental in saving Western Civilization. Please, read the books I have listed and educate yourself. |
| Dark_Horst #64738 1 year ago |
how i would like to spend the end of the world? grab a beer, some pocorn, an armored atv and go sightseeing... fiery chaos. |
| Anonymous #64777 1 year ago |
An ARMORED atv? Those things are rough enough to handle without armor. I certainly hope your Armageddon comes complete with straight roads... |
| Dark_Horst #64899 1 year ago |
good point. maybe i'll settle for a bicycle |
| Anonymous #64916 1 year ago |
^...or a go-ped. Nothing say "Badass survivor of the wasteland like a leather jacket, an eyepatch, "Peter Frampton Come Alive" in your Ipod and a go-ped. |
| Anonymous #64941 1 year ago |
When doomsday comes we better have hovertrains as easily-accessed engines of sheer party and awesome. Or else my plans of how I want to spend it are not going as well as I hope it might. |
| Anonymous #65025 1 year ago |
How would I spend the end? I way I lived: watching ponies.
From the beginning: Friendship To the end: Friendship |
| fixman88 #65940 1 year ago |
^This. |
| Anonymous #66069 1 year ago |
oh god I had a good laugh, your_waifu. Have an internet cookie. |
| Anonymous #74746 1 year ago |
I'm so fucking tired of people talking about that end of the world bullshit! |
| Anonymous #76321 1 year ago |
^You do realize that this pic is about fans overreacting to the end of Season 1, right? |
| Anonymous #82538 1 year ago |
Anon 26/27: You are a historical illiterate. Heliocentrism has nothing to do with how round the earth is. It's about how the Earth isn't the center of the universe. The Catholics never taught that the Earth was flat (quite the opposite actually). Anon 29 wrecked your argument (if you can call it that) completely, but I just had to give an extra boot at your complete lack of understanding of even basic terms that would arise in viewing the Middle Ages. |
| Anonymous #168014 1 year ago |
Yeah, im so intelligent blah blah blah historical illiterate... and im not even mad...
and the catholics never killed people o hate homosexuals or be a fuckin shit for steal money from the stupid people for old men in white expensive clothes and marmol graves... ... and im not even mad... |
| Anonymous #327981 1 year ago |
^
So much butthurt. So much ungrammatical, badly spelled butthurt. "never killed people o hate homosexuals or be a fuckin shit for steal money from the stupid people for old men in white expensive clothes" You mean like these guys?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_H%C3%A9bert ;) |
| Anonymous #327983 1 year ago |
October. We just have to make it until October.
*rocks back and forth* |