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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they implying that being raptured would somehow leave that image on the chair? Because that doesn't make sense even given how silly the idea of the rapture is.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the reality where people can be raptured, what is logically incoherent about rapture causing slight discoloration of furniture? For me, if there’s difficulty in suspension of disbelief, it’s in the former part, not the latter.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because rapturing doesn't stain leather. It's just a ridiculous notion.

[–] GrimSheeper@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a licensed rapturologist I can verify that rapture events do leave stains on organic material. It's the same miraculo-chemical process that burns Jesus' face into the toast of true believers.

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Evidence: Shroud of Turin

Checkmate Atheists

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Unironically this is a pretty good piece of "evidence" - don't get me wrong rapturing isn't real, but we're talking about internal consistency here, not reality - if rapturing is real, then the Shroud of Turin is real, which means that the marks left on it must be typical for divine dissappearing acts 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the Shroud was genuine, someone from the UK would have put baked beans on it.

Checkmate, theists

[–] bremen15@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's a joke about how religious people keep claiming to see Jesus' face on toast and how baked beans on toast is the UK equivalent of a PB&J sandwich

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

Why not? It’s like saying, “Witches don’t exist, but if they did, it’s ridiculous to think that they can make love potions.” I would even go so far as to say leaving “shadows” behind is a standard part of rapture lore.

I guess I’m just a lot less confident about how rapture physics works than some folks.