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Madigan
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 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:00 am Post subject: The End is Nearer than we Thought? (21May2011) |
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Not meant as a spoof of Actionjackson's thread in the CE forum, but this is what came to mind when I saw his thread title. To wit:
A church in California is convinced that we are at the end of days and that the second coming of Jesus will be on May 21, 2011. From the HuffPo:
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By Kathleen O'Brien
Religion News Service
(RNS) Give these billboards credit: They don't hedge their bet.
Judgment Day is coming May 21, 2011 -- not sometime this decade, not sometime this year, but precisely on May 21.
The hundreds of billboards warning unrepentant commuters of their impending doom are courtesy of a California radio station led by 89-year-old Harold Camping, who initially predicted the world would end in 1994.
In New Jersey, about 30 believers paid to erect the signs in hopes of warning and saving their neighbors, said Bob James, a Morristown electrical engineer who organized the grassroots effort.
"Seven billion people are facing their death! What else could I do?" said James, who views the billboards as a message of hope. "When you have this information, with my love for my fellow man, I wanted to tell people."
Warnings of "end times" are cropping up all over. Along Route 15 in Rockaway Township, a handmade sign has a litany of upheaval that could double as a CNN news crawl: earthquakes, tsunamis and war.
"Pray! Pray! Get right. The signs of his coming are here," urges the anonymous prophecy.
Throw in buzz about the Mayan calendar's purported lights-out date of 2012 and it makes for jittery times. |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/25/believers-warn-neighbors_n_853505.html
Here is some information on the church's leader.
At least there is a bright side should this guy be right. Your student loans will not be as much as previously thought. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:29 am Post subject: |
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"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (When the End comes.)
Matthew 24:36 |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Two friends of mine are getting married (to each other) on that day. I wonder if they know! |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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May 21, 2011? But what time of day? I'm a busy man.
Sheesh, these inconsiderate end-of-worlders. It's like waiting for people who hook up your cable or fix your washing machine. I want efficiency, dammit: "the world will end on May 21, 2011 at 1:36 MST." That way I can plan my day around it.  |
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RangerMcGreggor
Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Location: Somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Damnit, can't it wait like another week? Atleast give me time to blow all my money in one giant hedonist craze to celebrate Armageddon |
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Some of the Mothers Said
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Radius wrote: |
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (When the End comes.)
Matthew 24:36 |
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SOFTWARE PATCH RAPT777.EXE."
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WadRUG'naDoo
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
May 21, 2011? But what time of day? I'm a busy man.
Sheesh, these inconsiderate end-of-worlders. It's like waiting for people who hook up your cable or fix your washing machine. I want efficiency, dammit: "the world will end on May 21, 2011 at 1:36 MST." That way I can plan my day around it. |
Around it? What are you going to do ... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K34JNMBNL.jpg |
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