The second coming

It can happen fast enough

Published on December 20, 2004 By InfoGeek In Religion

I was listening in church last Sunday and the priest mentioned the second coming, and I started thinking, why is the second coming a good thing? I mean yes, we will all see heaven and God and be eternally happy. But what is “happy”. Being happy means different things to different people. For LW, happiness is a riding crop and vampire gloves, for Brad – Michael Moore with a perpetual case of the trots and code that compiles without errors.

But let’s assume that there is some sort of universal “Happy”, Why would you want it to get here? I am very comfortable here. Yes, there are things in my life that suck and there are things in the world that Hoover could not compete with, but there is so many things I would miss.

Carrot cake, seeing a movie with my wife, those running hugs from my kids, Starbucks, digital cable, shoveling snow (yes it’s a pain in the dupa, but just the feel of the snow, the feeling of the shovel lifting, your body responding, sure, not as well as it did last year, that sense of accomplishment in a shoveled path,).

And may other things that I don’t want to loose right now. I know eventually I will “cross over” but I don’t want to hurry my leaving. Or His coming.

IG

Comments

Danny Bassette

on Dec 20, 2004

Then it's probably a good thing you cant control when he comes back

Until he does, enjoy your life as best as you can, you'll find out what he has in store for you when he's good and ready

InfoGeek

on Dec 20, 2004

I know, it just seems that there are some denominations out there who want it tomorrow, and I have a wife date next week.

IG

Phoenixboi

on Dec 20, 2004

Do you really think that Jesus will come down on a cloud and be followed by a herald of angels and that everything will suddenly be ok?

InfoGeek

on Dec 20, 2004

No, not anything that literal from Revelations, but i do believe that there may be an ending of the world; maybe not a bang but a whimper, that God could initiate, one big "Anti-genesis, or perhaps we cold do it ourselves. A Pandora's box scenario. We could create something with unforseen consequences. I know too Twilight Zone.

My main thought was that they wanted it now, and I really don't want to leave.

IG

Phoenixboi

on Dec 20, 2004

Why do they want it now IG?

Do you think there is such a disharmony on the planet right now that people really want it all to end? And their excuse rather than suicide is that Jesus is going to come save them from it all? Who created it in the first place? Shouldnt we be looking to save ourselves?

Just some thoughts IG

InfoGeek

on Dec 20, 2004

From the shows I've heard it seems that they think that the next place is paradise and want to go there, and since suicide is verboten, the only other step, is the Rapture. I 'm sure they like it here, it's just that they like there more.

IG

lindadoster

on Dec 20, 2004

I like my life here now and im not really ready to leave. I think ive been good enought,but the un-known is scary. I see fields of souls in robes singing the kind of music that I dont really like. Standing in single file lines staring up at a Image that kinda scares me. To me this would'nt be paradise. I hear people talk of the second coming often,and I think to myself" they must know something I dont'. Maybe I watch to many shows as a child about this subject,and know one took the time to explain it to me. I do beleive in Life-after-death,Im just not sure what to expect

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