The world is going to end this Saturday!??!
But... I have to stay alive and write this article before I die!!!
Boss would have got me fired otherwise!!
False prophet Harold Camping last predicted the end of the world in 1994. Camping is now predicting May 21, 2011 at exactly 6pm (sunset in Jerusalem).
Okay, I take it back. This is not an American-only thing. I mean, sunset in Jerusalem, this is about as accurate as it gets. We're all going to die.
/edit: Oh, wait, wait, wait!!
Camping has gained recent notoriety due to his prediction that the Christian Rapture will take place on May 21, 2011 and that the end of the world will take place five months later on October 21, 2011.
Whew. The world is not ending this Saturday. It's just that all the Christians will rise up into the air, circling annoyingly, to have a nice chat with Jesus. We can have that for five months before the world actually ends.
edit 2: Wait, wait, there's more!
Camping has gained recent notoriety due to his prediction that the Christian Rapture will take place on May 21, 2011 and that the end of the world will take place five months later on October 21, 2011. Followers of Camping claim that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) will be raptured. As for the remainder of the human population, Camping himself believes in annihilationism, which is the view that those who are not saved will simply cease to be conscious rather than spend eternity in Hell. Those who were "unsaved" and died prior to May 21 will not be affected by or experience the Rapture or the end of the world.
If consciousness is a criterion, maybe the apocalypse has actually already taken place?
Yeah but. The guy did some math. So. You know... he's clearly correct. Never mind the fact that the same guy already predicted the end of the world in the early 90's.
As for me, I'm pretty bummed that the world is going to end before The Walking Dead game and second TV season come out. And I really wanted to see how Assassin's Creed was going to end, darn.
yeah, me and my friends had a party for his first prediction, it was september 6th, 1994. we determined that the world did indeed come to an end that day but was instantly replaced by an exact duplicate so no one noticed. i'm figuring the same thing will happen this time as well.
The Biblical evidence is too overwhelming and specific to be wrong. Christ's people can look with great confidence to this date because God promises His "beloved" He will not come upon them as a thief in the night.
God in His mercy has revealed the vital information needed to know the day. Judgment Day on May 21, 2011 will occur because the bible declares it. Anyone whom God has not saved will arrive at that day with no hope for salvation. God warns simply the "door will be shut."
Essentially, it says "Well what if you're wrong?" and the answer is "I'm not."
lol. Really needs a follow up "Yeah but just humor me, what if you are?"
The Biblical evidence is too overwhelming and specific to be wrong.
I hate this sentence. I wish I could hate it to death. The bible specifically says you can't predict it. The bible specifically said that not even Jesus knows, only god does.
I hate this sentence. I wish I could hate it to death. The bible specifically says you can't predict it. The bible specifically said that not even Jesus knows, only god does.
I'm not christian and I know this!
So in other words, even the bible is against his claim, and this is a Christian claim, lolz. Maybe its him that needs to check up on the Bible(which ironicaly is the most shoplifted book in the world)
Also, I wonder if I were to go to church on Sunday, what would the pasture say, he always was a bit of a comedian.
So in other words, even the bible is against his claim, and this is a Christian claim, lolz. Maybe its him that needs to check up on the Bible(which ironicaly is the most shoplifted book in the world)
Also, I wonder if I were to go to church on Sunday, what would the pasture say, he always was a bit of a comedian.
Probably that he'd wish that the rancher would keep the cows off him.
I'd like to note that you can take anything from the bible and make it support your claim.
“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
The fact that someone says they know it will be on May 21st, that means that it will not.
The fact that someone says they know it will be on May 21st, that means that it will not.
I think I suddenly see what this is all about. This brave, brave man. He's actually SAVING the world, don't you see? He predicts the end of the world continuously in order that it will not end SIMPLY BECAUSE HE PREDICTED IT WOULD.
He is now my personal hero. And I don't even know who he is.
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Technically, it is next Saturday that is the day in question. The thread title just had poor word choice prior to yesterday.
Third time lucky.
But... I have to stay alive and write this article before I die!!!
Boss would have got me fired otherwise!!
lol i am okay with that
I'd feel quite the fool if I messed up the timezones and missed it.
There was a decent little essay by John Gorenfeld I read recently, suggesting that failed prophecies strengthen a following.
Idiots flocking to a false prophet like moths to a flame.
http://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm
How does he know what the last 220 prophets didn't?
Brilliant!
Okay, I take it back. This is not an American-only thing. I mean, sunset in Jerusalem, this is about as accurate as it gets. We're all going to die.
/edit: Oh, wait, wait, wait!!
Whew. The world is not ending this Saturday. It's just that all the Christians will rise up into the air, circling annoyingly, to have a nice chat with Jesus. We can have that for five months before the world actually ends.
edit 2: Wait, wait, there's more!
If consciousness is a criterion, maybe the apocalypse has actually already taken place?
yeah, me and my friends had a party for his first prediction, it was september 6th, 1994. we determined that the world did indeed come to an end that day but was instantly replaced by an exact duplicate so no one noticed. i'm figuring the same thing will happen this time as well.
:eek:
You waited until I'd smoked a J to say that, didn't you?
there are people here who don't smoke? :eek:
Kids and bible thumpers cover your eyes!
I didn't smoke for 33 years,
didn't drink for 17 years and
didn't drive for 13...
... I am so going to have that conversation with Jesus on Saturday.
Essentially, it says "Well what if you're wrong?" and the answer is "I'm not."
lol. Really needs a follow up "Yeah but just humor me, what if you are?"
OMG please don't even say that!again...
I hate this sentence. I wish I could hate it to death. The bible specifically says you can't predict it. The bible specifically said that not even Jesus knows, only god does.
I'm not christian and I know this!
I refuse to think of the children.
So in other words, even the bible is against his claim, and this is a Christian claim, lolz. Maybe its him that needs to check up on the Bible(which ironicaly is the most shoplifted book in the world)
Also, I wonder if I were to go to church on Sunday, what would the pasture say, he always was a bit of a comedian.
Probably that he'd wish that the rancher would keep the cows off him.
I'd like to note that you can take anything from the bible and make it support your claim.
Stupid spelling skills.
The fact that someone says they know it will be on May 21st, that means that it will not.
That is what makes it funny, has that person even shown his explaination for that.
I think I suddenly see what this is all about. This brave, brave man. He's actually SAVING the world, don't you see? He predicts the end of the world continuously in order that it will not end SIMPLY BECAUSE HE PREDICTED IT WOULD.
He is now my personal hero. And I don't even know who he is.