i find it hard to focus on school. my grades have slipped unfortunately but i really dont see much of a point anymore. I wanted to be an architect but im not sure if i'll be on this earth long enough to graduate HS anymore, which doesnt bother me much considerign i'd be graduating life in a way :P...i think that i probably need to get my act together and still do well in school but its extremely difficult when all these things are going on around me, all i want to do is go home and sit down in front of the comp and read rapture ready into the wee hours of the morning while reading my bible.
personally, i dont think i have a need for planning that far into the future given my stance on the end times which i cant say here because it would be date setting (i think, oh well), but for me i dont see a point, i know it would make me look stupid if none of the things that i think are going to happen happen and i end up living to be an old man, but even in that scenario i put my trust and my faith in God and i know he'll pull me through whatever challenges i encounter.
Basically no, i dont think we need long-term planning at this stage, maybe long term for other people, as a guide, but not for christians.
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I can't wait to see this person 50 years from now, when he's homeless and unable to support himself at all...and still waiting for the Rapture.
If you're going to wait for the Second Coming, then get your spiritual life in order, but don't let the rest of you suffer.
Well, I am glad to know there will be some bum to pick up my trash in 20 years, because, with bad grades and a non-chalant attitude toward life, the best job you are going to get is janitor. Or vagrant-with-a-sign.
I agree with Blurb. This is at least as saddening as it is funny. True, some of it may be just an original way to try to rationalize not wanting to do homework, but it mostly sounds like an obsessive personality with clinical depression. (Not that I'm a psychologist, but I have had personal experience with this sort of problem -- just not with a fundie orientation.) I hope this kid gets something to help shake off this funk soon, whether it's Zoloft, a girlfriend, or whatever.
~David D.G.
I kinda feel sorry for Mocha, and to some extent, I feel some affinity with him/her. Unfortunately, if Mocha doesn't sit up, and make a plan b, just in case Jesus doesn't show up (which is the likely case),then the world might chew him/her up, leaving a deeply unsatisfied/rueful adult.
I don't think religion is the real culprit here. About a year ago, when my depression as at its worst, I felt similarly, except that I was reading palaeontology and gaming websites.
This guy/girl needs therapy and/or medication.
I hadn't considered depression, but it does sound very plausible. The problem is that mocha might be so convinced of the Rapture that he thinks why bother getting medical help? Jebus is coming back any minute now! Any minute, I tell you!
It might be depression... But it's hard to say. I know that some people would decide "the bible says the world is ending this day- so it'll end" and just give up on everything but prayers.
Then again, they're in highschool. Meh. If it is depression, I'd say it's really a shame that people will use religion as a loophole. If you believe in it- you might as well use it to help yourself get a better life in some way.
That's exactly how I felt when I was a kid ... when I was, hell, 8 or 10 maybe, I'd saved my allowance for a whole summer to buy a used Atari 2600 and some games, and the night before I was gonna get it, I was just terrified that I wasn't going to get a chance to play all the games before the end of the world ...
Fuck, I'm glad I dropped Christianity.
I don't feel pity for this guy at all. Matter of fact, this is the kind of person that scares the living shit out of me. This is the guy that wakes up one day and wonders why they keep faking it "with the end so near". This is the kind of guy that would probably slobber at the opportunity to become a martyr. This is the kind of guy that might just decide to score a few brownie points with God by taking out a few "atheists" and "sinners" with him.
Nah, I don't think so...he doesn't seem at all violent to me. No one will be hurt except himself in this case, I figure.
At least they're not all whacked: The second poster down from this post warns him about that attitude.
(Reporter) : Sir, You were the killers neighbor, was there any indication that he go on such a rampage and kill so many people?
(Stunned Neighbor) : No. He was just a regular guy. Kinda quiet and polite ... used to wave at me when I would come home from work ...
Sound familiar?
Yea, I agree with rick, what if one day he wakes up and realizes that his interpretation (which he thinks is gods law)means kill as many non-christians as possible? He as already shown that he is devoted enough to his cause that he will throw his life away.
It's depression. I used to feel exactly the same way as this kid. Meds may help, but then, he also may get more out of finding an occupation where he can help other people and make a contribution to society instead of throwing his hands up in the air and pronouncing it all pointless. Some of us need reasons to go on, regardless of religion or lack thereof.
If 'God' made you smart enough to be an architech, show him how bloody thankful you are.
Im not a Christian any more, but make the most of what you've got, because life does not sort itself out for you.
That's right. Just raise your hands, sit back, and wait, wait and once again wait. Meanwhile, we carry on with society. I could even deliver the necessities you need, just as a good gesture if you just lay low and be quiet.
EDIT: and since this is 6 years old post(!) i'll even wipe off the cobwebs for ya!
Actually, KR; now is a perfect time to dust it off, considering that the idiots are now taking money out for billboards for the May 21 non-happening.
[url "http://www.wecantknow.com/ "]116 days and counting[/url]
2nd Thessalonians disagrees with you Mocha. The author (an imposter who is writing in Paul's name) notes that there are people who are neglecting their shops and their fields in expectation of the return of Jesus, "soon." As a result, these people are becoming a burden on the community. The author is quite clear on how such people are to be dealt with: no work means no food. As a side note, the ultra-conservatives whom the RR crowd insists on voting into power year after year tend to follow this notion as well. You may want to consider that in your plans.
If you are depressed (as I suspect you and most of the RR crowd are), I suggest that you find a competent mental health clinician and seek help. If you are merely lazy, you have no biblical support for your lack of planning and effort. In either case, staying away from RR would do you a world of good. It is clearly not helping you in any way.
Nine years, wow took me a long time to help mocha out here.
Probably too late now but,,
Mocha, had you got your architect credentials you could have become a Creationist-scientest ministry leader and talked shit for profit like so many before you have done.
You'd even appear on many "Top Scientists Who Believe In Creation" lists all over Retardoweb and have so much more money than honest wageslaves like me.
Too bad I didn't notice this one earlier, yes, I will have fries with that.
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