Deadly earthquake hits central Chile

[Murphy]

Ok hold on a second. To believe that the end times are coming because of the state of society sounds just as absurd as if it was because of earthquakes. How am I to know one's a joke and the other's not?

One was obviously a joke. I didn't bring up the other until you decided to take me seriously.

What do you think people thought in 410 when Rome was sacked... or in 476 when the empire collapsed!?

You can go back to the months after Christ ascended into Heaven to sit t the right hand of the Father. The early Church thought that the End Times were just weeks or days away.

It is true, at all times when society is near collapse, Christians have believed the End Times were upon us. I simply feel it is near time. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But in the end, Christ will come again whether it is tomorrow, next year, ten years from now or another thousand.

[Hrolf Kraki]

But in the end, Christ will come again whether it is tomorrow, next year, ten years from now or another thousand.

Oh yeah... Now I remember why I had you on ignore.

[Murphy]

Oh yeah... Now I remember why I had you on ignore.

A favourite tactic of your Mr Dawkins.

[Baron Samedi]

One was obviously a joke. I didn't bring up the other until you decided to take me seriously.



You can go back to the months after Christ ascended into Heaven to sit t the right hand of the Father. The early Church thought that the End Times were just weeks or days away.

It is true, at all times when society is near collapse, Christians have believed the End Times were upon us. I simply feel it is near time. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But in the end, Christ will come again whether it is tomorrow, next year, ten years from now or another thousand.

I personally hope you are correct, Papist.

[Lenny]

So was there a tsunami or not?

A friend of mine informs me that Australian beaches have been closed off and all people forced away.

[Hrolf Kraki]

So was there a tsunami or not?

A friend of mine informs me that Australian beaches have been closed off and all people forced away.

I don't think so. Hawaii sure dodged a bullet!

There were some other more long-term consequences, however:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...rths-days.html

[Psychonaut]

I don't think so. Hawaii sure dodged a bullet

I guess so. They evacuated the coastal areas early that morning, but not a damn thing happened.

[Brynhild]

So was there a tsunami or not?

A friend of mine informs me that Australian beaches have been closed off and all people forced away.

In a word, No. Aside from a rip forming, that was about it.

[Lenny]

I don't think so. Hawaii sure dodged a bullet!

There were some other more long-term consequences, however:

shortened the length of an Earth day by about 1.26 microseconds (a microsecond is one millionth of a second).

So if we just have 60,000,000 more of these earthquakes, Earth days will be one minute shorter

[Hrolf Kraki]

So if we just have 60,000,000 more of these earthquakes, Earth days will be one minute shorter

Shit we might have to start altering calendars soon!