The End Is Nigh!

I think I missed a few pages, especially as I don't live in the States.

Why would people give up everything in anticipation of the Rapture? Or "donate" money to that guy? What lies did he feed them about that?

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."

Eh, this end of the world thing is getting postponed more than Duke Nukem Forever.

Not that I am complaining about this, of course.

edited 24th May '11 1:06:15 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

Good lord, when will that idiot learn? Another claim of miscalculation. I doubt there are still people believing his crazy rambling by now.

The end of the world has been postponed for a few thousands years now, hasn't it? It better be exciting when it finally decides to happen.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

You'd be surprised, I think. Once you have committed yourself so much, what is going to be easier to say? "I was an idiot, I trusted a quack and and I wasted a huge chunk of my resources", or "Camping made another mistake — that's annoying, but after all they must be very difficult calculations?"

One requires admitting that you made a big mistake, the other requires admitting that someone else made a relatively small (because really, what are a few more months?) one.

edited 24th May '11 1:18:35 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

I really hope that after this fuss, the people who believed Camping and his peers will learn their lesson and not end up destroying their own life over a stupid prophecy again.

edited 24th May '11 1:19:44 AM by Nightwire

"There is no Plan B."

"This is guranteed to happen."

"100 Percent true."

And this guy backpedals and says it'll happen on Oct. 21. And expects people to believe them.

Brb, laughing forever.

Is it selfish that I'm happy as we pass the setting sun?

He's just taking the piss now.

What about the people who sold all of their possessions and quit their jobs? What will they do for the next five months? Will they be able to get themselves sorted out?

He's just desperate at this point. I know he and others said Judgement Day was May 21st and then the actual destruction of the world was October 21st. Since A never happened, looks like he is saying fuck it and skipping to B now. Face it, Harold, you destroyed faith people had and I'm sure you won't have as many people believing you now.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.

That's basically it. He's claiming the Rapture actually happened but was more of a "metaphysical event" than an actual taking of people to Heaven. We're still all doomed in October when the world goes kerblam.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

..so he basically backpedaled from fundamentalist literal biblical interpretations to semi-metaphorical interpretations to save face?

Well, to be fair to him, that's been the modus operandi of Christianity for the last 1500 years.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.

I think he gave two dates previously so that if date A didn't happen, he can then afford to make an excuse for it and fall back on date B.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.

I just wanted to say that this picture is Made Of Win and deserves to be seen by everyone.

—R.J.

Well, it's official, Camping is trying to prevent having Molotov Cocktails being thrown at his church.

Harold Camping, if you happen to be reading this, I have one thing to say: "Fool us once (1994), shame on you. Fool us twice (2011), shame on us."

Besides, he also said that a large-ass earthquake was to happen and for the next five months, it would be hell. Since that never happened...

Well, in this case, I'd say "fool us once, shame on us" too.

The reasons he gave for this prediction were pathetic; and has been already mentioned, the very possibility of making this sort of prediction is thoroughly Jossed by the same Book he used to make it.

edited 24th May '11 12:17:52 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

The best quotation I heard from the past weekend was a pro-Camping individual in Israel who said something to the effect of, "The Bible says we don't know the hour, but we do know the day."

Yeah, not much space for interpretation here .

They could try to guess the month, perhaps .

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

We definitely know the year, 2012 if the Mayans have anything to say.

Wait, they weren't Christian? What you sayin'?

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

The winner of this match, AND YOUR NEW SAVIOR!! MACHO MAN RANNNNDY SAVAAAAGE!!

Two things I thought about with Mr. Camping's October 21 prediction:

First of all, it may be that he was going for exactly 5 months after May 21 and he might be one of those Christians who doesn't like Halloween celebrations, but he might have an easier time scaring people into believing his prediction if he just moved it 10 days forward to Halloween. I mean, since that's supposed to be the day for scary monsters and things causing trouble. Not that I would necessarily believe it if he put it on Halloween (I'd probably think he was just using the spookiness of the holiday to scare people), but it's oddly close to Halloween, yet not quite there!

Another thought, more morbid, is what if he were to die on October 21 or around that date? Not that I wish for him to die, but it would be interesting considering he's already predicting that he would be dying that day anyway (as I assume "end of the world" means to him). If it was October 20 or so (like soon before the predicted date), his followers would see it as a sign, same as if it was on the date itself, but it would be rather ironic for him to survive October 21 to see that nothing happened and then to die soon afterwards.

Just got the bit where he stated that it'll be October 21st now.

...Think I heard mental vacuums imploding somewhere, that or his credibility going into the negatives.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

I just hope there isn't a major natural disaster of some sort on or around that date.

And if there is? Big deal. They happen when they happen. He can toss more darts at a calender, eventually he'll hit something.

Like: he could've said May 24th. ZOMG TORNADOES ERRRYWHERE RUUUUUUN

edited 24th May '11 6:41:58 PM by pvtnum11

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

It's because I wouldn't want something to happen that would give his predictions more credibility (or at least cause more people to think he was correct).

edited 24th May '11 7:13:20 PM by Rainbow