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Thoughtful Christian response also spotted on Huffpo:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-l-skinner/apocalypse-now-or-later-o_b_839878.html

Aha, so now it's May, not December? I really must update my apocalypse planning. On a serious note though, what a lot of people have already written here: "No one knows the day or hour"... and most people who claim to have their own agendas.

The latest issue of the Fortean Times has a little article about this, mainly remarking how odd it is that this particular definitive statement of THE END TIMES has received such widespread mainstream media coverage.

Given the genteleman's previous utterances to do with the world ending in 1994 ( a miscalcualtion apparently. Still, an easy mistake to make I guess.) not really looking all that solid... ( aforementioned Transformers 3 point aside of course), I am somewhat bemused.

It doesn't seem as if he is hoping or trying to make $s out of this ( AFAIK anyway), and some other people have really taken this to heart. US veteran Marie Exley, has spent large sums of money hiring billboards and the like and is/was travelling the world to spread the message. In Feb. she was, apparently, in Turkey and planning to travel to Iraq ( where she'd served) to spread the message. She has no plans to come home.

Apparently a recent caller to Mr. Camping's radio show asked if come May 22nd nothing happened, would he refund money to listeners who had cashed in their savings/similar to help the station spread the message. To which he replied that the caller was talking nonsense and went onto say " The 22nd of May will be day two Judgement Day. I don't know if there will stil be a radio station. It will be a day of horror and millions will die."

Typically this is going to happen on a Sunday. What bastard luck that is eh ?

There are quite a few websites and people who, quietly, are busy shooting down Mr. Camping's "work", such as http://refutecamping.com/ which does a fine job of using the same materials he does and showing the flaws in his work/readings.

"It will be a day of horror and millions will die."

I say that for every Christmas I don't get a Lite brite or a Teddy Rucksban Talking doll.

All I know is when the end of the world comes I am going to be sitting on a lawn chair, on my roof, with a front row seat!

I want to see the meteor/rogue planet slam into my face!

Well if one guys says so, then it's gotta be true.

Seriously. I'm Catholic but it doesn't necessitate that I stand out on my front lawn arms stretched towards the heavens everytime someone proclaims Judgement Day. His "followers" should think the same.

Monster Rain wrote:When you're out driving around, keep your eyes peeled for this:



Nice of them to let us know, huh? Wouldn't want Judgment Day to creep up on me and not have a present for the wife. I still haven't lived it down from last year.

I love these. I happen to be a Christian, and this kinda thing annoys the (curse word of choice) out of me.
I remember something exactly like this about 2 years ago. And, now that I think about it, if the "experts" in my religion are correct, the world should have ended about 15 times since I was born back in the early 90's.

There are about 200 dates like May 21st that have come and gone in the past 250 years. This is just another marketing racket.

_Tim?




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Cybronx wrote:Well if one guys says so, then it's gotta be true.

Seriously. I'm Catholic but it doesn't necessitate that I stand out on my front lawn arms stretched towards the heavens everytime someone proclaims Judgement Day. His "followers" should think the same.

So true, Cybronx. If these people where genuine about this "date", they would not advertise. They would just live life as all Christians are called to, I.E. as if every day is your last on earth.

_Tim?

I thought Catholics like myself were supposed to live our lives as if it was the last one before confession?

As an atheist, I find the source material used to "calculate" such things to be less than concrete. Indeed, the entire premise is, from my point of view, flawed.

Talk about building a house on sand...

Funnily enough we got the point that you didnt beleive in the source material when you opened with 'as an atheist'.

Continue with your beach hut.

Seriously guys, where are you finding all of this beach front property? I want a piece of the action!

Dude! Sweet! I might never reach 31!

Or this is yet another group of religious peeps about to look stupid.

haha.

Its almost cute and sad at the same time.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Mathew 25:13

And the day of the lord cometh-- as a thief in the night.