May 21 countdown

[campgottagopee]

I heard a story recently (likely on NPR) about rapture believers so convinced that they not only needed to believe the end is nigh but also having to act it out and really live like it was, that they really had made bad financial decisions. Truly a terrible thing, it is really quite sad. Folks that literally lived like there was no tomorrow, spent all their money, and planned on having nothing left financially by today... perhaps as a show of their faith. I hope all you folks making fun don't have any questionable beliefs of your own. Just sayin'...

That's too bad, sad and very stupid of them to do that.

 

[wa-loaf]

Still here.

 

[legalskier]

I heard a story recently about rapture believers so convinced that they not only needed to believe the end is nigh but also having to act it out and really live like it was, that they really had made bad financial decisions. Truly a terrible thing, it is really quite sad. Folks that literally lived like there was no tomorrow, spent all their money, and planned on having nothing left financially by today...

And much of that cash went to a former civil engineer turned prophet:
http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/storysupplement/family_radio/?iid=EL

I mean, why be a CE working on projects that benefit the community when one can fear monger one's way into a vast fortune?
Please understand- I for one am not making fun of his victims, just the conman taking advantage of them.

 

[o3jeff]

Still here.

Isn't it 6 pm tonight?

 

[bvibert]

Isn't it 6 pm tonight?

Yes.

 

[bigbog]

Not much has changed up here, just more rain...;-) Four hours, a little more than forty minutes to go......

 

[o3jeff]

Last hour and a half, anyone doing anything special?

 

[gmcunni]

6:06 PM.. i'm still here. does this mean i didn't make the cut?

 

[wa-loaf]

Last hour and a half, anyone doing anything special?

Heading out for some rapture.

 

[legalskier]

People are making end of the world jokes like there's no tomorrow.

 

[bvibert]

I'm very disappointed by the world not ending this past weekend. I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to go back to work, but here I am... :-?

 

[ctenidae]

Arre there any interviews yet with full on Rapturists to see WTF they were thinking?

 

[gmcunni]

Arre there any interviews yet with full on Rapturists to see WTF they were thinking?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_apocalypse_saturday

 

[bvibert]

Arre there any interviews yet with full on Rapturists to see WTF they were thinking?

I've been wondering what that christian radio guy, that was so sure he was right (this time), is saying... Not enough to actually look for anything though.

 

[Puck it]

I guess everyone was not worth saving, so we are left to spend the remaining 4-5 months in hell

 

[wa-loaf]

I guess everyone was not worth saving, so we are left to spend the remaining 4-5 months in hell

They promised us zombies, I'm waiting for the Zombies!

 

[legalskier]

I've been wondering what that christian radio guy, that was so sure he was right (this time), is saying...

He's "a little bewildered."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/apocalypse-quietly-harold-camping-mystified/story?id=13659311

I wonder how bewildered he'll be when his followers start demanding refunds.

 

[ctenidae]

They promised us zombies, I'm waiting for the Zombies!

I've been preparing my whole life for the Zombie Apocalypse. I'm going to be really pissed if it happens 1) when I'm not watching or b) after I'm a zombie.

 

[legalskier]

They promised us zombies, I'm waiting for the Zombies!

I've been preparing my whole life for the Zombie Apocalypse. I'm going to be really pissed if it happens 1) when I'm not watching or b) after I'm a zombie.

No problem- the CDC's got your back:

If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. ***

Link: http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

 

[bvibert]

He's "a little bewildered."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/apocalypse-quietly-harold-camping-mystified/story?id=13659311

I wonder how bewildered he'll be when his followers start demanding refunds.

...or start suing him??

If he was smart he would have faked being taken by the rapture, and then hid for the rest of his life.