What will you be doing on May 22?

[azmouse]

Quote:The unexpected and potentially rotten news that the world will end on May 21 rolled into the District on Thursday morning, plastered on a caravan of five recreational vehicles that parked near the Washington Monument.

“Have you heard the awesome news?” the side of the RVs asked, in big bold letters. “The End of the World is Almost Here!”

As if the message weren’t scary enough, the dozen or so occupants of the RVs — vanguard of a national campaign funded by a fundamentalist Christian radio network and fueled by bus ads and Internet buzz — wore highlighter-bright yellow shirts that said “Earthquake So Mighty, So Great.” They offered pedestrians handouts saying there was “ marvelous proof” that “Holy God will bring judgment day on May 21, 2011.”

The Rapture, they warned, is upon us.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/doom...story.html

I've always wondered at the fascination some people have about the end of the world. Why are they so eager for it to happen?
I'm enjoying myself way too much to want it to end.

[RoyGBiv]

(05-07-2011 03:23 PM)azmouse Wrote:  I've always wondered at the fascination some people have about the end of the world. Why are they so eager for it to happen?
I'm enjoying myself way too much to want it to end.

In my kinder moments, I look at this stuff for what it almost certainly is -- a sense of powerlessness in a chaotic universe manifesting in a philosophy that asserts ultimate order and control. Many people are incapable of dealing with "not knowing" and are drawn toward ideas that claim to have answers. The answers don't even really have to make sense. For some, it's better that they don't because what makes sense is often not all that comforting, e.g. at some point in the life of the universe, the Earth will cease to exist, and every momento of our existence on this planet will be turned to cosmic dust.

In my less kind moments, I just think these fuckers are crazy.

[There Is No Spoon]

(05-07-2011 03:57 PM)RoyGBiv Wrote:  

(05-07-2011 03:23 PM)azmouse Wrote:  I've always wondered at the fascination some people have about the end of the world. Why are they so eager for it to happen?
I'm enjoying myself way too much to want it to end.

In my kinder moments, I look at this stuff for what it almost certainly is -- a sense of powerlessness in a chaotic universe manifesting in a philosophy that asserts ultimate order and control. Many people are incapable of dealing with "not knowing" and are drawn toward ideas that claim to have answers. The answers don't even really have to make sense. For some, it's better that they don't because what makes sense is often not all that comforting, e.g. at some point in the life of the universe, the Earth will cease to exist, and every momento of our existence on this planet will be turned to cosmic dust.

In my lest kind moments, I just think these fuckers are crazy.

"Life is a terminal disease. Every second that passes is one second closer to your ultimate death."

"You may or may not have a soul, but you won't know 'till your dead. Assuming you have a soul, do you really think anybody will care what your religious views (which mostly center around the fear of death) when you get to heaven? (assuming the "hang out" even has a name.) If we all die at once in a worldwide calamity, is it safe to assume that all x billion souls think they're the "special" one?"

"Oh, and unless your body is cremated, it will be consumed by bacteria. Well, unless you're eaten my sharks or another carnivorous creature."

[azmouse]

(05-07-2011 05:31 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  ["Life is a terminal disease. Every second that passes is one second closer to your ultimate death."

"You may or may not have a soul, but you won't know 'till your dead. Assuming you have a soul, do you really think anybody will care what your religious views (which mostly center around the fear of death) when you get to heaven? (assuming the "hang out" even has a name.) If we all die at once in a worldwide calamity, is it safe to assume that all x billion souls think they're the "special" one?"

"Oh, and unless your body is cremated, it will be consumed by bacteria. Well, unless you're eaten my sharks or another carnivorous creature."

Or as one of my fav comic strips says it:

Pearls Before Swine

[There Is No Spoon]

(05-07-2011 06:26 PM)azmouse Wrote:  Or as one of my fav comic strips says it:

Pearls Before Swine

Mmmmm, Donuts.

Mmmmm, Morons.

[janedrake]

Not sure exactly what I'll be doing, but have a feeling a glass of red wine will be involved. (Seriously, though - what will these folk do when May 21st comes and goes, and their rents are still due?)

[Treestar]

I always have.

As a teen I recall hearing how Jean Dixon predicted the world would end on such and such a date.

I recall accepting a friend's invitation to a bowling night with her church. The minister informed us 13 year old we would not live to be 30.

I'm 51 now bitch!

hate these people! They are the ultimate in negativity!

[nofurylike]

i will be laughing at these people who would sooner see the whole world end than share it with all the EQUAL peoples of the world. they are so eager because their dominance is over, or ending.