Laugh, Cry, Scream: These people believe that May 21st is the end of days.

[Paradoxical]

http://www.familyradio.com/index2.html



"The Bible guarantees it!





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You know, I'm wondering if I can somehow file a claim if the apocalypse doesn't happen on the 21st of May. I mean, it's guaranteed in the Bible. Is there a return department I can contact?

[Horse with no Name]

1. You know--if you throw new dates out there continually

eventually you are bound to get it right!

[JFN1]

2. Rec!!!!!!!

LOL!! Its too much!!

[Paradoxical]

3. These people were driving around campus today in a giant motorhome.

[SidDithers]

4. I only wish I knew some of them...

so I could ask them for their stuff on May 20.

Sid

[donheld]

16. I need a few to max out their credit cards May 20 for me

[MilesColtrane]

5. There's something not quite right about those folks.

[wtmusic]

6. Bad Spelers will Burn in Hell!

[fishwax]

7. the Bible guarantees it

Somehow, I doubt that.

[Paradoxical]

8. Not only that, it's because of the gays!!!

http://www.familyradio.com/PDFS/gay_pride.pdf

[fishwax]

11. how funny -- they say "Gay Pride was planned by God ..."

"The world-wide success of the Gay Pride/Same Sex Marriage movement is a dramatic sign provided by God to warn the world that the world is on the threshold of Judgment Day."

Sounds like God is helping out the gays. Doesn't that mean his followers should stop their bigoted opposition to the same? :rofl:

[qazplm]

9. That's the date Killface is firing up the Annihilatrix

of course, all it's going to do is cure Global Warming.

[Warpy]

10. May 21, a day of prayer as Judgment Day is supposed to arrive

May 22, Earl Scheib.

[glinda]

12. If they are going to die then they should volunteer in Japan at the reactors

trying to help fill them with water or to bury them. They have nothing to loose right?

[Paradoxical]

14. That might fall under "aiding" corrupt man.

But who knows. They'd probably weasel their way out of it.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Frankly, I Hope they all go and leave us in peace ...

meh...

[BuelahWitch]

17. And leave the keys in their cars

I sure could use a new ride...

[backscatter712]

15. I'm thinking of putting together a Facebook event, dated May 22, 2011.

Titled "Make fun of everyone who thought the world would end on May 21!"

Should I?

[Urban Prairie]

18. Why not?

In the extremely unlikely event that they are right, (although I will admit that the events and crisis unfolding @ Fukushima presently has me a bit worried and very concerned) how could you be called out on it?

[Scottybeamer70]

19. LOL

:rofl:

[eShirl]

23. +1

[dana_b]

24. please do it and provide the link here! n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

31. I'd join it

[originalpckelly]

36. Something I would join.

:P

[OHdem10]

20. Oh Dear and I thought they had all agreed on Dec2012. Has

anyone explained why the change??

[Mojorabbit]

21. Hey! That is hubby's birthday

I will let him know it should be a heck of a day.

[JohnnyRingo]

22. But don't let that stop the donations from flowing in.

They'll pass the plate on the Sunday before, guaranteed.

[Egnever]

25. Thread winner!

I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear

[ngant17]

26. dates based on the mythical Flood

"Because the year 2011 A.D. is exactly 7,000 years after 4990 B.C...mazingly, May 21, 2011 is the 17th day of the 2nd month of the Biblical calendar of our day. Remember, the flood waters also began on the 17th day of the 2nd month, in the year 4990 B.C."

Not sure how they accurately converted a (Genesis-based?) calendar into our standard Gregorian dates. They should have at least calculated everything in a Julian Day Number (JDN) for consistency and accuracy. I believe there was a lost 10 days in the conversion from Julian to Gregorian dates.

But they might tax their primitive minds too much.

[sofa king]

27. The fall of the house of cards of Ussher.

The age of the earth was "calculated" by a guy named James Ussher, a bishop from northern Ireland, in the 1600s. Because creative research is not exactly the forte of these kinds of people, they have been stealing Ussher's conjecture-and-error ridden work without citation for 400 years, always slightly reworking it for a short-term payoff. Science isn't exactly the sharpest tool in their bag, either, so Ussher and those who followed him largely based their work on the flawed Julian calendar.

Cult leaders, in turn, use the end of the world scheme as a way to solidify and enlarge their flocks of suckers. That's because it actually works better when the prediction is wrong. Decades of famous studies show that cult followers ride right along to the "end of the world" day, and become even more involved afterward, because the cult leaders always tell them that, thanks to their prayers, God (through the cult leader) has seen fit to temporarily avert disaster. Until the cult needs more members and money, that is.

[NYC Liberal]

34. "temporarily avert disaster" - but don't they actually look forward to it?

Whoops...there I go trying to apply logic to their delusions! :crazy:

[NuttyFluffers]

28. well, i was afraid to get wrinkles, so this could turn out good for me...

smile lines and crows feet or the sweet embrace of oblivion.
:dilemma: :hide:

[mwb970]

29. Try to imagine having the kind of mind that falls for such idiotic crap.

It's a real stretch to try to picture what would have to be wrong with you to make you become one of these deluded people. I wonder how the profound psychosis demonstrated here manifests itself in other areas of their lives. Can they tie their shoes?

[Vinee]

30. Judgement day falls on my 40th birthday? great. should I celebrate before or after the 21st?

I just don't know.

[PassingFair]

35. Your birthday? You must be the CHOSEN ONE!

Do you have a birthmark in the shape of Justin Bieber?

[hobbit709]

32. Ask them to sign over all their property to you on the 20th.

If any of them hesitate, ask them why.

[Jester Messiah]

33. Tell them to put their money where their mouths are.

"If you really believe it, sign all your stuff over to me, effective May 21st. You've got nothing to worry about if your faith is true, right?"

[LWolf]

37. If they disappear and leave the planet to the rest of us,

the world will be a better place. Instant population reduction, and removal of some of the ignorance that enables greed, fear, and hate to multiply.

[Kip Humphrey]

39. HEADLINE, May 22, 2011: Average US IQ Rate Jumps 27 Points.

[Javaman]

38. I'm wating for the peace and quiet on the 22nd. nt

[Zanzoobar]

40. The numbers work out. I double checked them.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-01/bay-area/17466332_1_east-bay-bay-area-first-time-camping

The number 5, Camping concluded, equals "atonement." Ten is "completeness." Seventeen means "heaven." Camping patiently explained how he reached his conclusion for May 21, 2011.

"Christ hung on the cross April 1, 33 A.D.," he began. "Now go to April 1 of 2011 A.D., and that's 1,978 years."

Camping then multiplied 1,978 by 365.2422 days - the number of days in each solar year, not to be confused with a calendar year.

Next, Camping noted that April 1 to May 21 encompasses 51 days. Add 51 to the sum of previous multiplication total, and it equals 722,500.

Camping realized that (5 x 10 x 17) x (5 x 10 x 17) = 722,500.

Or put into words: (Atonement x Completeness x Heaven), squared.

"Five times 10 times 17 is telling you a story," Camping said. "It's the story from the time Christ made payment for your sins until you're completely saved.

"I tell ya, I just about fell off my chair when I realized that," Camping said.

[Initech]

41. On May 22nd I will be laughing hysterically at these idiots.

:popcorn:

[Shagbark Hickory]

42. They may be on to something. The nukes could meltdown soon.