Opinions on end of days, 'Illuminati' get man fired

[Busshianic]

The Knoxville general manager of Knology Inc. was fired after he repeatedly appeared in local media espousing his belief in a coming apocalypse and a shadowy, all-powerful secret organization called the "Illuminati."

John Gilmore, 34, has worked for the West Point, Ga.-based cable television and Internet access provider for the past five years.

In a column published Tuesday in The Knoxville News Sentinel and in subsequent interviews on local television stations, Gilmore said the number 11 holds significance: the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred exactly 11 years after President George H.W. Bush said the words "New World Order" in a speech to Congress.

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[VegasWolf]

1. The Apocalypse is coming AGAIN? Didn't we have one every year

for the last two hundred years?

:sarcasm:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. at least he didn't convince his neighbors to climb trees

and wait for the Second Coming like the Millerites did in the nineteenth century--not once, but twice, I might add.

[Imagine My Surprise]

10. and we still got the Seventh Day Adventists from THAT fiasco

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[smirkymonkey]

7. Oh, but this time it's REAL!

Jesus told me so.

[Protagoras]

12. Did Jesus appear to you in the form of a Dog this time?

Or a chicken-salad sandwich?

I think Jesus is appearing to me on my Pita bread but I haven't figured out what he's telling me to do yet.

[crankybubba]

13. He told me

he wants you to be a golf pro.

[Victimerican]

18. uh oh...

I ate a chicken salad sandwich the other day.

I think I just ate the seventh sign!

[Dogmudgeon]

3. You're in for it now

That kind of thing isn't permitted here by our crack teams of Issues Police. Be prepared to be regaled with ridicule and compared to Hitler, Falwell, and Bozo the Clown.

By the way, September 11th is often the Muslim New Year, as it was in 2001. In addition, a lot of terrorists from all backgrounds tend to be superstitious. It seems to go along with the territory. No wonder "magic numbers" abound in terrorism.

--p!

[pokercat999]

23. superstitious = religious = superstitious

There is more evidence to support alien (as in men from mars) life than any religion that I'm familiar with.

[Aimah]

4. I've always wondered about that.

99% of the machinery at my job says Diebold on it. They oversee our security systems. How would my company react if they saw me on TV talking about their faulty voting machines.

[baldguy]

9. But, Diebold voting machines aren't "faulty".

They work perfectly, doing exactly what they're made to do.

[al bupp]

5. Doesn't Mr. Gilmore know anything?

It's the Law of Fives which governs the Illuminati.

23 skidoo!

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

14. Have you seen this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4385215

[al bupp]

17. Heard of it, but haven't seen it yet.

Thanks for the heads up, I'm looking forward to checking it out asap.

[nashville_brook]

6. he talks to god

"I was pretty much told that I'd be leaving at some point. ... Our heavenly Father told me that. I didn't know a time or anything, but it just worked out this week," he said.

eek. hubby works with an end-times guy. he's got 10 kids. his committee of the apocalypse must be re-population.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Actually, that's an interesting phenomenon....

Why do so many of the rapture/end-time freaks spawn like rabbits? I mean, having children is kind of optimistic, isn't it?

Or maybe they just want company once they make it to the promised land.

[Bongo Prophet]

11. It is a direct commandment

Breed much, and fatten thy children. For the voyage is long between Heaven and Earth, and when I return, I'm liable to be verrry hungry.

so sayeth the Lord.

[Zenlitened]

15. *snort*

:rofl:

[Giant Robot]

16. fnord

[Barrett808]

21. Hail Eris. n/t

[judaspriestess]

19. why is it so hard to believe there is this secret

organization called the illuminati???

I believe that it exist its fucking weird and sick but its real.

[Busshianic]

22. Because it means we're responsible to do something about it :)

Liberty means responsibility... That is why most men dread it. - George Bernard Shaw

The question which needs to be asked is...

If I believe this organization does not exist... Does that make it so?

[norml]

20. We got him.

[AnnieBW]

24. Apocalypse?

Been there, done that.

- Buffy Summers