Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda: End Of The World Is Nigh (Again) (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/jose-luis-de-jesus-miranda-end-of-the-world_n_1472686.html)
QuoteMark your calendars.
It's going to be a busy year for end-of-the-world aficionados, now that Jose De Jesus Miranda has weighed in.
The U.S.-based religious leader is penciling in June 30 for the end of days, nudging out Mayan Doomsday enthusiasts who have have earmarked December 21, 2012 for humanity's last gasp.
"An earthquake is coming," Miranda proclaimed in an April 25 ministry broadcast.
"It is getting closer and we will see the catastrophes. What you have seen is nothing. What is coming is cities falling."
But Miranda is bringing his own unique twist to the Apocalypse-faithful. While promising the "complete destruction of the bad seed," the minister promises that he will emerge as a sort of superhero -- with the power to fly and even walk through walls.
Mr. Doomsday, if you will. Or, as his followers call him, 'Dad'.
What we do know of Miranda is that he was, in fact, born mortal -- in Puerto Rico in 1946. By his own account, Miranda was visited by Jesus in 1973 -- apparently the Messiah walked up to him and entered his body.
Hence, De Jesus.
From there, his pronouncements have only gotten more interesting.
In 1988, Miranda disclosed that he was actually the Apostle Paul. Not long after that, Miranda took it to the next level, calling himself both Jesus Christ and the Anti-Christ -- a one-stop shop for all your Reckoning needs.
How do these whack jobs get airtime!!!
How do they get airtime? Because humans are unable to look away from a train wreck when they see it happening.
Quote from: philosoraptor on May 05, 2012, 09:18:36 PM
How do they get airtime? Because humans are unable to look away from a train wreck when they see it happening.
How true :(
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2012, 09:20:11 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on May 05, 2012, 09:18:36 PM
How do they get airtime? Because humans are unable to look away from a train wreck when they see it happening.
How true :(
Far too true. :(
Easy money too, for those with some charisma and imagination.
Every time someone announces the end of the world, I have an MiB flashback:
There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!
Damn Hollywood.
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Nobody f's with De Jesus Miranda!
One day one of these people is going to be right. Pity he/she won't be around to reap the credit.
I don't understand why these religious types are so hung up" on the whole "End of Days" scenario. Presumably they believe that they'll all be Raptured or whatever when it happens anyway, so what's the deal with getting all het up about it?
Quote from: En_Route on May 06, 2012, 02:11:35 PM
One day one of these people is going to be right. Pity he/she won't be around to reap the credit.
Probably not in our lifetime. And all that would do would be to confirm the truth of the Texas Sharpshooter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy) fallacy.
Quote from: Ali on May 06, 2012, 03:26:28 PM
I don't understand why these religious types are so hung up" on the whole "End of Days" scenario. Presumably they believe that they'll all be Raptured or whatever when it happens anyway, so what's the deal with getting all het up about it?
I don't understand it either. But then I, like you, are not in the thrall of an Institutionalised Superstition.
This guy is definitely a more colourful character than that one who failed just a while back.
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Nobody f's with De Jesus Miranda!
I wouldn't talk back to a suit that purple, no.
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2012, 07:58:57 PM
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda: End Of The World Is Nigh (Again) (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/jose-luis-de-jesus-miranda-end-of-the-world_n_1472686.html)
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Miranda was visited by Jesus in 1973 -- apparently the Messiah walked up to him and entered his body.
Sodomy or Oral?
Quote from: Stevil on May 06, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2012, 07:58:57 PM
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda: End Of The World Is Nigh (Again) (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/jose-luis-de-jesus-miranda-end-of-the-world_n_1472686.html)
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Miranda was visited by Jesus in 1973 -- apparently the Messiah walked up to him and entered his body.
Sodomy or Oral?
I think anal would make a more lasting impact.
Quote from: Ali on May 06, 2012, 03:26:28 PM
I don't understand why these religious types are so hung up" on the whole "End of Days" scenario. Presumably they believe that they'll all be Raptured or whatever when it happens anyway, so what's the deal with getting all het up about it?
People want meaning in their lives. It's why random events that occur over billions of years that lead to human beings with self awareness is not a good enough answer for how things came to be for most people on Earth. They want to believe there is a higher meaning or purpose, therefore a higher power that created us and has some sort of plan or design on it all. There is a tendency to believe that we're special; that grand events will happen during our lifetime. It's all very egotistical. Somehow the times we are living in now are more important than any other time past or future. Humans are very self-centered.
Quote from: Stevil on May 06, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2012, 07:58:57 PM
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda: End Of The World Is Nigh (Again) (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/jose-luis-de-jesus-miranda-end-of-the-world_n_1472686.html)
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Miranda was visited by Jesus in 1973 -- apparently the Messiah walked up to him and entered his body.
Sodomy or Oral?
Did he at least buy him dinner afterwards? ;D
Quote from: Stevil on May 06, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2012, 07:58:57 PM
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda: End Of The World Is Nigh (Again) (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/jose-luis-de-jesus-miranda-end-of-the-world_n_1472686.html)
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Miranda was visited by Jesus in 1973 -- apparently the Messiah walked up to him and entered his body.
Sodomy or Oral?
Jesus must have missed the "no means no" campaign.
Quote from: Stevil on May 06, 2012, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 05, 2012, 07:58:57 PM
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda: End Of The World Is Nigh (Again) (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/02/jose-luis-de-jesus-miranda-end-of-the-world_n_1472686.html)
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Miranda was visited by Jesus in 1973 -- apparently the Messiah walked up to him and entered his body.
Sodomy or Oral?
Oi, tits first, Jesus. I'm not a slag...!
I think I first saw this guy in Bill Mahr's Religulous. I can't remember for certain though, but if it is the same guy, he came off as bat-shit crazy in that. Or it's just an act to get peoples money.
Quote from: Tank on May 06, 2012, 03:32:03 PM
Quote from: En_Route on May 06, 2012, 02:11:35 PM
One day one of these people is going to be right. Pity he/she won't be around to reap the credit.
Probably not in our lifetime. And all that would do would be to confirm the truth of the Texas Sharpshooter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy) fallacy.
It might well be ended by a Texas sharpshooter.
Quote from: En_Route on May 06, 2012, 11:33:47 PM
It might well be ended by a Texas sharpshooter.
Christianity is full of modern day "prophets." Like members of Congress, they all have a record. Look at all their "prophecies" and see how many of them have failed. You are sure to find many. This guy has now gone out on a limb and named a date, which will be a failed prophecy. He just needs to be held accountable for this glitch in his prophetic powers. Most "prophets" keep their "prophecies" general and vague, so there is plenty of wiggle room. That's hard to do when you specify a particular date. This should be the end of his "ministry," but it probably won't be. For whatever reason, people eat this stuff up.
By the way, my two week vacation begins on June 30. I'm not canceling it.
It is odd. Harold Camping (the guy who's name escaped me) has quite the record, but there are still those who would sell all their belongings to "sound the trumpets" and whatnot.
Intriguing.
He looks like guido sarduchi from saturday night live. Remember him?... He used to say, ''believe me now, talk to me later.''
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Quote from: Tank on May 06, 2012, 03:32:03 PM
Quote from: En_Route on May 06, 2012, 02:11:35 PM
One day one of these people is going to be right. Pity he/she won't be around to reap the credit.
Probably not in our lifetime. And all that would do would be to confirm the truth of the Texas Sharpshooter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy) fallacy.
It might well be ended by a Texas sharpshooter.
PICK ME!!! PICK ME!!!
Hmmm...Aparrently I am a cult leader and I didn't know it!
Now that's power. ;D