End of Days in May? Christian group spreads word.

[JonHCA]

Oh yeah, I read that this morning. How many of these crazies crop up every year? Way too many.

 

[birddog7]

Oh yeah, I read that this morning. How many of these crazies crop up every year? Way too many.

We can hope anyway...

 

[ChickenGuy]

Exley is part of a movement of Christians loosely organized by radio broadcasts and websites, independent of churches and convinced by their reading of the Bible that the end of the world will begin May 21, 2011.

^ And there you have their 'get-out clause.'

When nothing happens, all they will say is - "It has BEGUN, but it will take some more time to manifest itself."

Never underestimate the power of self-delusion amongst these people.

 

[ashonfire]

What does one wear on such an occasion? Smart-casual? Semi-formal? Is it a black tie affair? I'll have to do some shopping.

 

[CoolguyAT]

maybe it's coincidence since my Dad is getting remarried around that time - LOL.

 

[ashonfire]

Smart casual I'd say Ash. A nice pair of trousers, collared shirt and dress shoes. You want to be both stylish and comfortable if the universe explodes and you have to wear the same outfit for all eternity.

Helpful as always, Mr. Star.

I might also throw on a knitted V-neck; enough layers to keep me warm in Melbourne's winter but easy to remove when I'm thrown onto burning sand as fire rains down from the clouds above. Sorted.

 

[birddog7]

What does one wear on such an occasion? Smart-casual? Semi-formal? Is it a black tie affair? I'll have to do some shopping.

Red seersucker suit?

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

yep! darwin miss whole section he do he do

 

[DigitalFudge]

Pffft


Nothing that cool could ever happen here

This planet is boring as shit


We ain't got no aliens, no zombies, no robots to do our driving.


Now people are trying to say the end of the world is May 21, 2011?

I wish, I could do some real epic action movie stuff with those kind of scenarios. Save some people, watch people die, cry, and then make it in the end.......

Yeah.... Don't see any of that happening either.

 

[FanofFiction]

Where do they get these dates? I've read the Bible many times and never came across a particular "end game" date... Maybe I'm reading the wrong version.

 

[TheFireGod]

If I was a Christian, I'd say they're false prophets cause nobody is supposed to know when the end of the world is.

 

[ashonfire]

A knitted V-Neck is probably a good idea. You never know how the temperature in eternity is going to go. Of course, if we all get thrown down to Dante's Inferno, the hottest disco in hell, then you might want to wear a nice tank and some hotpants underneath the smart casual. Stuff it, I'll bring my backpack with a change of clothes just in case.

So many sodomites and so much time! BURN, BABY, BURN!!

See you on the dancefloor, mate.

 

[doctorsun]

Aren't they just a LITTLE worried that they're wrong and will be made to look like idiots come May 22? Don't they remember what happened to all of the other idiots on January 1, 2000?

I want to spend May 21 with them just to see their reactions.

By the way, this "news" was the top story on my phone this morning. The only time I want see the headline "Group predicts the End of Days" as the top story on my cell phone is when that "group" is NASA.

 

[Fire]

Aren't they just a LITTLE worried that they're wrong and will be made to look like idiots come May 22? Don't they remember what happened to all of the other idiots on January 1, 2000?

They can do what doomsday prophets have been doing since time immemorial: declare that God has spared the world for now (because of the righteousness of the sect, so they have time to save more sinners, etc.) and just push the date back.

 

[MindBlast]

The End Times wannabe's predict these cataclysms in contradiction of their own scriptures, which plainly state that "no man" shall know the hour of the coming of the end.

Fringe groups in any society are easy fodder.

*yawns*

The Cataclysm already came on December 7th 2010. A lot of people are playing it on their PC's right now!

 

[IllgetyouHackman]

^that made me laugh.

 

[voyager6]

LOL...aww crap...I thought I had 'til Dec. 2012.....

 

[healingduck]

I can't be bothered by any end of the world crap. When/if it happens, it will happen. I have yet to see any proof of any type of end of the world. The Mayan calendar thing does nothing for me. Most of the other stuff about 2012 either sounds like BS or can be disproved. Idk... if anything, I would have expected the world to end when it turned from 1999 to 2000.

 

[Willie Boy]

Where do they get these dates? I've read the Bible many times and never came across a particular "end game" date... Maybe I'm reading the wrong version.

Matthew 24:36-39.
36But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

In other words, they didn't get it from the Bible. They are just another misguided group at best, or a group of liars and deceivers at worst.

 

[walkingonsnow]

I can't wait!!!!