The End of Days: 21/5/2011

Crapaud

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/science-explains-the-end-of-the-world/2011/05/10/AFaLvBiG_blog.html]The Washington Post[/url] wrote:

Family Radio evangelist Harold Camping believes that he has calculated the exact date of the rapture: May 21, 2011. While many are laughing at the suggestion, Camping’s followers are taking him seriously, bringing his message of impending doom to billboards and public spaces around the country. What does your tradition teach about the end of the world? How does end time theology impact real world behavior?

Richard Dawkins' response:

Why is a serious newspaper like the Washington Post giving space to a raving loon? ...

Go Richard, go!

See you all on the 22nd.

Frank the tank

Awwwwe! It was going to be my birthday on the 23rd.

daviesee

Damn and blast!

I have paid in advance for a holiday beginning on the 21st.
Will insurance pay out I wonder?

tlw1

will I notice?

Moontrane

Frank the tank wrote:

Awwwwe! It was going to be my birthday on the 23rd.

Ah, my late Padre's birthday. Mine's the 21st.

Moontrane

matthew h wrote:

will I notice?

You most assuredly will not. Nothing to see here; move along.

tlw1

Moontrane wrote:

matthew h wrote:

will I notice?

You most assuredly will not. Nothing to see here; move along.

More importantly - will the wife notice?

Crapaud

matthew h wrote:

will I notice?

You will if you're sitting on the pan and suddenly raise up bodily into heaven. They don't tell you about that in Revelations/

MattC59

US preacher warns end of the world is nigh: 21 May, around 6pm, to be precise

Harold Camping said:
"He says the world will end on 21 May, because that will be 722,500 days from 1 April AD33, which he believes was the day of the Crucifixion. The figure of 722,500 is important because you get it by multiplying three holy numbers (five, 10 and 17) together twice. "When I found this out, I tell you, it blew my mind," he said."

ah, well............ must be true then !!

F*cking nutter !!!

buddha

MattC59 wrote:

...Harold Camping said:
"He says the world will end on 21 May, because that will be 722,500 days from 1 April AD33, which he believes was the day of the Crucifixion. The figure of 722,500 is important because you get it by multiplying three holy numbers (five, 10 and 17) together twice. "When I found this out, I tell you, it blew my mind," he said."...]

Who's the fool then?

One Man And His Bike

daviesee wrote:

Damn and blast!

I have paid in advance for a holiday beginning on the 21st.
Will insurance pay out I wonder?

Act of "God", insurance computer says NO!... *smirk*

deptfordmarmoset

Apparently Rome was supposed to have an earthquake yesterday ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Bendandi ) and all that happened was that lots of people took the day off work and headed for the countryside. Sounds like a cunning ruse for an extra May holiday to me.

Cressers

No dopubt this prediction will be as wide of the mark as the expected earthquake in Rome yesterday.

One Man And His Bike

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Apparently Rome was supposed to have an earthquake yesterday ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Bendandi )

Spain just got hit with one? Spooky or just bad geography skills? I mean maps back in those days were hardly OS standards and it's a bit before Garmin times...

Crapaud

One Man And His Bike wrote:

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Apparently Rome was supposed to have an earthquake yesterday ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Bendandi )

Spain just got hit with one? Spooky or just bad geography skills? I mean maps back in those days were hardly OS standards and it's a bit before Garmin times...

Are you suggesting that the rapture might miss the US and hit, say, the atlantic?

I blame Save the Whale (or Wiggle)

One Man And His Bike

Crapaud wrote:

One Man And His Bike wrote:

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Apparently Rome was supposed to have an earthquake yesterday ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Bendandi )

Spain just got hit with one? Spooky or just bad geography skills? I mean maps back in those days were hardly OS standards and it's a bit before Garmin times...

Are you suggesting that the rapture might miss the US and hit, say, the atlantic?

I blame Save the Whale (or Wiggle)

I'm a devout sarcastic atheist, I don't believe in none of this fairytale sh1t, Rapture to me was a good vocal dance track by IIO.

OffTheBackAdam

I'll hold off buying the wife's birthday prezzy, that's on the 22nd.
Mine's Sunday, so I'm OK!

daviesee

One Man And His Bike wrote:

daviesee wrote:

Damn and blast!

I have paid in advance for a holiday beginning on the 21st.
Will insurance pay out I wonder?

Act of "God", insurance computer says NO!... *smirk*

But I am a Hindu*. How does that work?





* or maybe not. Quite possibly an aethiest though so "God" does not apply.

Bozman

Are Labour taking over from the coalition on the 21st?

Stewie Griffin

I have just signed for HD for a year :evil:

schlepcycling

Damn!.....it's my wedding anniversary and in a departure from previous years I've already bought my wife's present :roll:

Aggieboy

All the Maggie haters can have a party. Oh, wait a minute........................

-spider-

MattC59 wrote:

Harold Camping said:
The figure of 722,500 is important because you get it by multiplying three holy numbers (five, 10 and 17) together twice. "When I found this out, I tell you, it blew my mind," he said."

ah, well............ must be true then !!

F*cking nutter !!!

Why multiply twice? Or has the world ended already and this is just a peplay of an old event?

Drysuitdiver

5, 10 and 17 ????

now 3 12 and 40 as holy numbers i could see but the first l;ot ??/ and why twice??


if it does happen i will be annoyed as i will have just finished decorating the living room and dining room.

freehub

Honestly I can't believe these idiots, it's clearly obvious the world has ended already we're in the bloody Matrix!

dvdfoz

Don't forget, all ends tomorrow, so have a few and don't worry about the hangover

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13468131

taking candy from a baby wrote:

He has more than 250 clients who are paying up to $135 (£83) to have their pets picked up and cared for after the rapture.

They would be disappointed twice, he told the Wall Street Journal. "Once because they weren't raptured and again because I don't do refunds."

-spider-

Should I feed the cat?

Crapaud

-spider- wrote:

Should I feed the cat?

Yes.

It seems it's not quite as simple as I'd suspected.

[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/us/20rapture.html?_r=3&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23]The New York Times[/url] wrote:

... Nonbelievers will endure five months of plagues, quakes, wars, famine and general torment before the planet’s total destruction in October. ...

finchy

Moontrane wrote:

matthew h wrote:

will I notice?

You most assuredly will not. Nothing to see here; move along.

Ha! Actually he will notice, because tomorrow is only going to be the rapture when Jesus takes the true believers to heaven. The atheists aren't going to be killed off until October.

So now how looks stupid?

Frank the tank

Well, I don't know about you lot but I'm going to put a £100 on it all ending. If it comes up I'll be able to buy a new bike.

Aggieboy

johnfinch wrote:

Moontrane wrote:

matthew h wrote:

will I notice?

You most assuredly will not. Nothing to see here; move along.

Ha! Actually he will notice, because tomorrow is only going to be the rapture when Jesus takes the true believers to heaven. The atheists aren't going to be killed off until October.
So now how looks stupid?

Us atheists don't care........ Ohhhhhhh, God!!!!! (clicky)