So is anyone keeping an eye on these 5/21/11 apocalypse nutters?

[HughBeaumont]

Or are they just a bunch of deluded crackpots not worth anyone's time?

They just drove a few vans around Cleveland that look like this:



Anyone else wonder if there's anything more sinister involved?

Or is it just a case of apophenia gone rampant?

Sorry, saw 12 Monkeys too many times . . .

[Drale]

1. Unfortunately these people are likened to the tea party in this

They are a group of people looking for a meaning in life, and they believe they found it through some crazy guys claims.

[JuniperLea]

2. I've seen a few billboards in Los Angeles...

I remember the first time I ever heard of such a thing; I was probably 10 or so. My cousin Julie and I were terrified! We were afraid to go to sleep that night... but we did, and hell's bells if we didn't wake up again the next morning just like we always had.

I consider this kind of lying using the Lord's name in vain. But what would a metal listening, blasphemous back-slider like me know? Clearly more than these asshats, but whatever!

:rofl:

[Ian David]

3. I wonder how hard it would be to use "the world is ending" argument to get them into bed? n/t

[Ken Burch]

10. You're the Ricky Gervais character in "The Invention of Lying", aren't you?

n/t.

[Incitatus]

53. That movie was hilarious.

I wonder how many fundies got pissed off and walked out of the theater.

[HughBeaumont]

27. Have you seen some of these people?

Not if they were the LAST End Times bag-o-donuts on this EARTH. :rofl:

[Warpy]

4. I keep telling ya, , May 21, the Apolcalypse. May 22, Earl Scheib

I just wonder how many of those nutters have already made appointments to get their vehicles repainted. Every auto paint shop in Florida should be booked for weeks.

[slackmaster]

5. My policy is to offer to buy their cars and houses at 50% of current market value, in cash

Oddly, I haven't had any takers yet.

They're not going to NEED those things after May 21, and think of the hookers and blow they could get with the cash!

:crazy:

[PassingFair]

11. I'm gonna have a Rapture Party! May 21st falls on a Saturday...

I'm asking all of my "blessed" friends to bring
their cars, titles and registration, along with
as many valuables they can pack.

...just in case.

[Turbineguy]

6. It BEGINS on May 21, 2011.

I think they are allowing some wiggle room. But it's guaranteed by the Bible. Does that mean I get something if it does not happen? I'll have to pay attention. But if my morning toast is burned....

[pipi_k]

26. Yep, I did a search...

According to the guy who thought this shit up, the Rapture begins May 21 when all the "chosen" people go to heaven or paradise or wherever they have reservations.

Then the rest of us poor slobs have to stay here and endure torment until time ends on October 21.

This was supposed to have occurred in 1994, but it appears this nut's calculations were a little...off...so now he's recalculated and it's this year "beyond a shadow of a doubt". His words.

I just wonder how many times he (and others) can pull this shit before the Believers wise up. I'm guessing probably infinitely....

:silly:

[DCKit]

32. I've got a couple of relatives I should probably be writing "goodbye" emails to.

But I guess, to avoid embarrassment, I'll just ignore this, then we can all pretend it didn't happen.

[Recovered Repug]

31. Why does the end of the world always happen

on a Friday or Saturday? If it ended on a Monday, it might not be so bad.

[DCKit]

7. They look awfully perky for a couple of gals who know it's all going to end in 31 days.

BTW, whose bright idea was it to move the timetable up a full year? That's not nearly enough time to get my Jesus on.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. You got time to get aquatinted with Kukulkan though

[DCKit]

33. That sounds like some crazy cult!!!!

I think I'll just join the Scientologists.

I wonder if, with no money, I can jump eight levels in a month. Hmmmm.

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. Oh com'on the feathered serpent is all kinds of fun!

And he WAS the primary god of the Maya... among many...

The Aztecs called him Quetzalcoatl and since we have not sacrificed a single human in the proper way the world of the Fifth Sun is coming to an end.

:-)

[DCKit]

38. Well, he DOES look kind of cuddly, in a Cluthu kind of way.

But I'm always hungry too... FSM is a serious contender for my affection.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Kukulkan or FSM

They are both cuddly.

In a chuthulu kind of a way.

On a serious note for the Mexican day of Independence parade they had BOTH superimposed in the parade, and it was fun. That is Quetzalcoatl and Kuluklan. What was even more fun is that Kukulkan was flying in and out of the National Cathedral... I am sure a few Grand Inquisitors were doing summersaults in their graves.

[Parker CA]

48. Hahahahaha!!! This made me laugh out loud! Awesome, DCKit!!

[Wait Wut]

8. Just the creepy guy on the corner with the sign.

He yells at people at the stoplight. Nothing says, "Jesus is taking me home" more than unwarranted verbal assault.

[dipsydoodle]

9. Will this wind......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJQ18S6aag&feature=related :)

[simonisme]

12. That's a shame.

I don't think i'll get to finish Oblivion on the PS3 before that date.:-(

[gratuitous]

14. But what if your idea of heaven is playing Oblivion?

You're set for eternity, and God doesn't even need to spare any angelic choirs for you. Duh, winning!

[simonisme]

18. You're right in some respect.

He won't be sparing angels for me because if it's all real i'm going to the "Other Place".

And i don't mean a return to Springfield Psychiatric Hospital again either.

[ladyVet]

36. you and me, both!

Quote: "He won't be sparing angels for me because if it's all real i'm going to the "Other Place".

And i don't mean a return to Springfield Psychiatric Hospital again either." End quote




Except I guess it would have been my family's wing at Dorothea Dix. :crazy:

Of course, as a pagan, I don't believe in any of that hogwash.

Blessed be, ya'll

:evilgrin:

[simonisme]

41. I don't know much.

I don't even know or remember aspects of the religion i was born into because my family never really pushed it on us accept on one or two occasion of tradition, besides, i have a very lazy mind and can't keep alot in it.
I like what Jesus apparently said sometimes but i can't believe in miracles.

But,isn't Paganism a religion of sorts? Thanks for the Christmas tree anyway.

[KatyMan]

44. "Thanks for the Christmas tree anyway" awesome line ;)

I wonder, tho, what exactly a "pagan" is and how belief in spirits or a spirit world of any kind is different from any given mainstream religion, other than in the particulars? Not disparaging, I'm genuinely curious.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. This happens like clockwork in the US

at times (see Mormonism) it even leads to a new religion or two. It is older than the country. This is the peak, I think, of the Third Great Revival. The other two died with great disappointments.

[truedelphi]

15. Nope, it doesn't affect me. But

I am celebrating my late December birthday in Nov of 2012, as the Mayan calendar end times date is Dec 23rd 2012. I sure would rather get my presents early, if they are indeed the last presents I am gonna get.

[tnlefty]

29. My anniversary is May 24th....

May they please be gone so that we can have a great 25th year party..please, please, please. I don't want presents, just fun.

[truedelphi]

40. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

And maybe you can suggest to any about to be raptured Christians you know, that you'd be glad to keep their car serviced or whatever while they are gone.

[tnlefty]

47. Heh, I'll just be glad if they're gone...

we could have a great party! Nah, I'll just request possession of their assets. :evilgrin:

[Mz Pip]

52. Mine too!

36 years for us. It will take them a couple of days to recalibrate and come up with a new date.

Just consider all of this free entertainment!

[tnlefty]

57. Well considering where I live, I want them to take themselves out...

My kids have been harassed in school for daring to ask questions.

Happy anniversary a little early! :toast:

[LanternWaste]

17. I put them in the same boat as...

I put them in the same boat as the dystopian apocalypsters who predict the (coming to a reality near you) regional dissolution/ civil wars of America, a nuclear tragedy that destroys the planet, etc.

I place all those scenarios on the same plane of likelihood.

[Catherine Vincent]

19. Why is it awesome news?

[simonisme]

20. Christ

I think it's awesome for them because it heralds the return of Jesus.

Note sure what they mean by "it begins". Hope it doesn't mean pain and suffering to the good people of the world.

[RandomKoolzip]

21. So the pain and suffering to us good people is just "beginning?!"

Now that's some shit.

[Bosonic]

23. We've (almost) survived the current eschatological event

And it was a lot more plausible than the May 21st one

TERMINATOR TIMELINE


4 August 1997: The date Skynet goes online according to the first Terminator film
29 August 1997: The first Terminator film claims this is when Skynet becomes self-aware and destroys human civilisation
25 July 2004: This is the date Judgement Day is pushed back to in Terminator 3 after the Skynet research is destroyed in Terminator 2
19 April 2011: The date Skynet goes online in the Sarah Connor Chronicles
21 April 2011: The date in the Sarah Connor Chronicles when Skynet launches its first missiles

[Veruca Salt]

46. It's been pushed back again.

Next date for Judgement Day is TBD. :-(

[OwnedByFerrets]

50. But, but, but...I thought Jesus lived in all of us....why does he need to "return"

:sarcasm:
OH, those good people deserve pain and suffering if they arent "taken". Doncha no nuttin? :rofl:

[RagAss]

22. Hey, it's a hobby. Beats the shit out of stamp collecting.

[RKP5637]

24. Bunch of losers in my book! n/t

[kentuck]

25. Why is Jesus still so controversial 2011 years after his death?

Why do people still talk about him? Some people still worship him.

Why do people fight and die for him? What made him different from you and I? Do you think people will be talking about us 2000 years after we die?

Or do you think he was simply a mythical character? If so, what keeps the myth alive?

Why would he come back as a signal to the end of the world? Why would he not signal the beginning of a new world?

[HughBeaumont]

28. Seems to me that the need to fear someone or something is a basic human need.

For some it's Satan. For others, it's God and the only begotten son.

It's led far too many people to refute facts and science to believe a story, whatever that story may be.

[tnlefty]

30. Nope. I've been laughing since I first saw this, that my wedding

anniversary, the 24th of the month, and the 25th year, is after their date of doom. I hope they're gone as we can have a blast without them.:toast:

[mdmc]

34. 12 monkeys kept me up for nights..

I've seen these folk too - at the Thrall Library in Middletown NY - about 20 of them..

[OwnedByFerrets]

51. That is such a wonderful movie. I hope its not prophetic...

and as far as I'm concerned, its Brads very best performance.

[Lisa0825]

37. I am going to an atheist Rapture Party on 5/21

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1587866351/efblike

[Erose999]

42. Well they say "it begins" on 5/21. So they could point to any current disaster that is going on

on 5/21 and use that as a validation. Revolution is Syria? That's the work of the Four Horsemen. Owner of the LA Dodgers declares bankruptcy? Surely that's the seventh seal being opened. Now we're in for "seven years of trials and tribulations". As if any time is not a time of "trials and tribulations".

Heart, be still. The end is nigh!!1!

[GeorgeGist]

43. If it doesn't happen ...

will they burn their bibles?

[RebelOne]

45. To sum it up, they are total crackpots,

just like the Rapture Ready idiots who think that Jesus is going to beam them up to heaven any day now.

[tnlefty]

49. Personally, I'll just be glad when they're gone...raptured

or by their taking themselves out when it doesn't happen. My 25th anniversary is on the 24th of May, and we'll have a party with or without them, but without would be better.

I've grown tired of the 'religious' fucknuttery around here.

[Warren DeMontague]

54. The Heavens Gate crazies removed their own testicles.

Now THAT is dedication.

[scarletwoman]

55. Ask me on May 22. I wanna see who they trot out as the returned Jesus. nt

[KurtNYC]

62. Trump

just ask him, he'll tell you.

[quaker bill]

56. I recently read that it starts at 6 pm

but no one has told me which time zone. So my dinner plans are still up in the air. Perhaps I will barbeque...

[Mz Pip]

58. Barbecue is good

but maybe some freeze dried packets that you've been saving for the apocalypse would be appropriate.

[quaker bill]

70. From what I hear, they don't do very well in the grill

what sort of wine goes with an apocalypse? It boggles the mind. Perhaps a red.

[TalkingDog]

59. I've still got my souvenir T-shirt from the 1987 rapture.

Permanent sharpie marker

"I Survived the RAPTURE"

I had christians walking up to me and telling me they would pray for me..... just lovely.

[upi402]

60. Saw some outside an Ozzie concert

I bet there was more Christ-like behavior inside the concert than behind their bedroom doors.

[sarcasmo]

61. 12 monkeys, great flick.

[Initech]

63. If those bumper stickers prove to be true...

There's gonna be a lot of nice free cars to choose from on May 22nd.

[jtuck004]

64. I hope they get the rental trucks back b4 they go. Unless they bought the extra insurance. eom

[demwing]

67. Lol, what happens if they done get gone?

Where do you forward the bill?

[jtuck004]

69. I want to read the claim from the rental. Customer (and our truck) taken in Rapture." eom

[kestrel91316]

65. Well it's 9 PM on the 22nd and I am still here. Had a decent day at the office.

No sign of apocalypse in my neighborhood.

[demwing]

66. You got to the party a month early

May.

It all ends in May (4 days before my 48th Bday. Maybe I can get my gifts early?)

[demwing]

68. You know, you could "Disappear" a lot of people on that day, claim it was the rapture

and as long as no one ever found the bodies, walk away from it all free as a bird...

Please don't do that, BTW. I was just saying stuff...