I think you misunderstood the post at #18. Read it again. There is no meanness or condescension there. Just another Freeper's way of describing reality as he sees it.
no. it's typical of the doomsayers. i've grown up in a household that threatened the end of the world every other day. for myself, i cannot live that way. God will do what He will do: i have faith in Him. i also happen to believe in joy.