To the left are a few of my favorite #rapture tweets. #rapture you ask?
89-year-old Californian preacher, Harold Camping, prophesied the Rapture would begin at 6pm in each of the world’s time zones. Those “saved” by Jesus would ascend to heaven, and the non-believers would be wiped out by an earthquake rolling from city to city across the planet.
Of course, it didn’t happen. I tried to get my son to photograph one of the “Judgment Day: May 21, 2011 – Cry mightily unto God. THE BIBLE GUARANTEES IT!” billboards in the Indy area, but that didn’t happen either.
The believers who spent their life savings to ‘save’ others by May 11th and who are now financially devastated? Sad. Those who paid atheists to care for their pets after being pulled to the heavens (raised from $110 to $130 as time grew near)? Hmmm…I simply can’t post my opinion, as Libby and Gracie probably subscribe to the RSS feed for whatifitdid.com. Those who didn’t question WHY Family Radio Worldwide filed a tax extension to delay payment that wasn’t even due until after the May 11th date? C’mon people…
I wonder what Harold Camping is thinking today and what he plans to tell all those followers. I wonder how those dedicated followers will be able to pay their mortgages, and put food on the table for their children. He claimed a mathematical error when he predicted this same thing in 1994. What this time? I’m not holding my breath for a world apology or anything. Ooops? Maybe.