As you know, the people of Earth have been notified by our wisest prophets that the world will end tomorrow, May 21, 2011, at 6PM (your local time). Earthquakes, apparently traveling from east to west at whatever speed is necessary to cross each time zone at 6PM, will devastate much of the planet while the true believing Christians will be Raptured out of harm’s way. The pathetic survivors on Earth will then endure months of hard times until October 21 when final Armageddon will occur. Or something like that.
Like all unbelievers, I have no chance at being Raptured but I will be standing by to move into nicer digs if any of the local rich folk do get called up. Since the rich are revered by conservatives, I’m guessing there will be plenty of awesome choices available. That is, if I don’t get killed in the earthquakes.
On a serious note, I feel very sorry for all the poor deluded folk who have given up their jobs, their homes, and their life savings to join con artist Harold Camping to spread the word of this non-event. He may actually believe this nonsense, but he’s rich and won’t go hungry come May 22. That’s not the case for many of the deluded people he’s gotten to follow him. They have a nasty awakening coming on Sunday.
As for the rest of you Christians who are embarrassed by all this, here’s the thing. While you may scoff at these deluded folks for putting a date on the Apocalypse, if you also believe we live in “End Times” and that Jesus is coming back, your beliefs are just as ridiculous and indefensible. You may be one step removed from crazy, but you’re still living in the neighborhood of crazy.
Like all unbelievers, I have no chance at being Raptured but I will be standing by to move into nicer digs if any of the local rich folk do get called up. Since the rich are revered by conservatives, I’m guessing there will be plenty of awesome choices available. That is, if I don’t get killed in the earthquakes.
On a serious note, I feel very sorry for all the poor deluded folk who have given up their jobs, their homes, and their life savings to join con artist Harold Camping to spread the word of this non-event. He may actually believe this nonsense, but he’s rich and won’t go hungry come May 22. That’s not the case for many of the deluded people he’s gotten to follow him. They have a nasty awakening coming on Sunday.
As for the rest of you Christians who are embarrassed by all this, here’s the thing. While you may scoff at these deluded folks for putting a date on the Apocalypse, if you also believe we live in “End Times” and that Jesus is coming back, your beliefs are just as ridiculous and indefensible. You may be one step removed from crazy, but you’re still living in the neighborhood of crazy.
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