{"id":2717,"date":"2011-05-20T00:45:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T07:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2011-05-20T01:23:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T08:23:43","slug":"7-quick-takes-friday-positives-if-apocalypse-happens-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=2717","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Friday — Positives If Apocalypse Happens Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"7<\/p>\n

According to Harold Camping at Family Radio, the world is ending tomorrow. With my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, here are the positives of the apocalypse if it does indeed happen tomorrow.<\/p>\n

–1–<\/center>
\nNo campaigning for the Republican ticket in 2012.<\/strong> The election isn’t until next November. I don’t give a rat’s butt about who is running and who isn’t. And seriously, I don’t think the Republican Party can put forth a candidate that I’ll actually *like*.<\/p>\n

–2–<\/center>
\nNo more “Real Housewives of ______”.<\/strong> The mere teasers for the shows make me turn off the TV and run screaming. I’m looking forward to less botox, less hair-pulling, and less DRAMA in heaven. <\/p>\n

–3–<\/center>
\nGetting to see my deceased loved ones again.<\/strong> I am missing my grandfather (who is in the picture in the frame holding my hand when I was five years old) a lot and the Rapture would mean that I’d get to see him. There are some other people I’d be excited to see as well.<\/p>\n

–4–<\/center>
\nNo more fibromyalgia pain.<\/strong> I’m not going to lie — Revelation 22 describing no more pain and suffering is really tempting when random parts of your body start hurting at bizarre times.<\/p>\n

–5–<\/center>
\nNo more church politics.<\/strong> I’m getting kind of sick of churches splitting left and right and hearing how ________ aren’t Christians or how ________ are deluded. C’mon people! We love Jesus. Let’s focus on that!<\/p>\n

–6–<\/center>
\nNo more Fox News and Bill O’Reilly and all the talking heads.<\/strong> Enough said.<\/p>\n

–7–<\/center>
\nIt’s giving Christians a chance to laugh at ourselves and joke about things.<\/strong> I can’t think of anyone in my Christian circle of friends who believes that the world is going to end tomorrow. However, it doesn’t mean that we’re not enjoying the opportunity to laugh at ourselves a bit while feeling embarrassed about being associated with the Family Radio crowd. It was actually one of my pastor friends who alerted me to the post-Rapture looting plans<\/a> on Facebook<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

(For more of this, head to Conversion Diary<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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