From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-12 10:30, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 1/12/26 12:56 PM, Mike wrote:   
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   >> A literal rapture fails not because the   
   >> Earth is spherical, but because global   
   >> simultaneity does not exist. On a rotating   
   >> planet with time zones and no universal   
   >> “now” (per relativity), an event happening   
   >> everywhere at once cannot be a normal   
   >> physical occurrence.   
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   > This is stupid. It's not just "Wrong" it's stupid.   
      
      
   That's what I thought too. I was just testing   
   to see if it would get past Steven's discerning   
   mind.   
      
      
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   > "Universal" is irrelevant. You can, right NOW, talk   
   > to someone anywhere on the planet and you will both   
   > exist in that exact same moment.   
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   >        ...via internet or satellite phone, for example.   
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   > YES 12am in Boston is 9pm in L.A. but people in those   
   > cities can both jump up & down at the exact same   
   > moment, talk to each other on the phone... live feeds...   
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   > Secondly, and more importantly, IT WOULDN'T BE A   
   > NORMAL PHYSICAL OCCURRENCE. It would be an act of God.   
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   > The fundies aren't claiming a normal physical   
   > occurrence, they're claiming that God would make these   
   > things happen. That, they are abnormal. They don't   
   > happen every day. THEY NEVER HAPPENED!   
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   > Disclaimer:  I dismiss the whole "Rapture" business as   
   > Protestant fundy snuff porn.   
      
   I don't totally dismiss the idea, but can't see   
   Steven being one of the select few.   
      
      
      
      
      
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