Judgment Day - May 21st, 2011 at Participating Universes

[Eticket]

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/136053...ow-soon-enough

Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough

by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
May 7, 2011

Brian Haubert grabs some pamphlets and marches toward the flea market in Palmyra, N.J. Armed with a poster that trumpets Judgment Day on May 21, 2011, he braces for rejection. Announcing God's wrath is not always a popular message.

"I've been called a heretic," says Haubert, a 33-year-old actuary. "I've been told I read the wrong Bible. And then there's the occasional person who seems to be genuinely interested," he says.

His friend and fellow believer, Kevin Brown, uses a gentler approach, not confronting people or engaging in conversation, just politely handing out Judgment Day pamphlets.

Brown, who owns his own nutrition and wellness business, is soft-spoken and polished, not someone you'd imagine giving away doomsday tracts. But he says the clock is ticking.

"People need to know," Brown says, "and God commands us to share the Gospel about the end of the world. He says if we do not share the Gospel then their blood will be on our hands, whether they believe or not. God's been moving me to do this."

Spreading The Word

Haubert and Brown are two of a small — or not so small, who knows? — army of Christians sounding the alarm. They drive caravans and put up billboards, hand out tracts and try to convince friends and family that Judgment Day is upon us. Brown says this message is laced throughout the Bible, but only some can decode it. It will happen this way:
Brian Haubert (right) and Kevin Brown hand out Judgment Day pamphlets in Palmyra, N.J.

On May 21, "starting in the Pacific Rim at around the 6 p.m. local time hour, in each time zone, there will be a great earthquake, such as has never been in the history of the Earth," he says. The true Christian believers — he hopes he's one of them — will be "raptured": They'll fly upward to heaven. And for the rest?

"It's just the horror of horror stories," he says, "and on top of all that, there's no more salvation at that point. And then the Bible says it will be 153 days later that the entire universe and planet Earth will be destroyed forever."

Most Bible scholars note that even Jesus said he had no idea when Judgment Day would come. But May 21 believers like Haubert are unfazed.

"I've crunched the numbers, and it's going to happen," he says.

Haubert says the Bible contains coded "proofs" that reveal the timing. For example, he says, from the time of Noah's flood to May 21, 2011, is exactly 7,000 years. Revelations like this have changed his life.

"I no longer think about 401(k)s and retirement," he says. "I'm not stressed about losing my job, which a lot of other people are in this economy. I'm just a lot less stressed, and in a way I'm more carefree."

He's tried to warn his friends and family — they think he's crazy. And that saddens him.

"Oh, it's very hard," he says. "I worry about friends and family and loved ones. But I guess more recently, I'm just really looking forward to it."

Haubert is 33 and single. Brown is married with several young children, and none of them shares his beliefs. It's caused a rift with his wife — but he says that, too, was predicted in the Bible.

"God says, 'Do you love husband or wife over me? Do you love son or daughter over me?' There is a test. There is a trial here that the believers are going through. It's a fiery trial."

As May 21 nears, Brown says he feels as if he's on a "roller coaster." What if he is raptured but his family is left behind?

"I'm crying over my loved ones one minute; I'm elated the next minute," he says. "It's all over the place."

No one knows how many people believe Judgment Day is right around the corner. But it appears that many became believers in 2009 after turning on Family Radio, a Christian network worth more than $100 million.

Harold Camping, the network's 89-year-old founder, has been interpreting the Bible on the air for years. He says that everyone knows there would be a judgment day at some point.

"We just happen to be in that time in history," he said in an interview. "And whether we like it or not, we're here."

Camping's predictions have inspired other groups to rally behind the May 21 date. People have quit their jobs and left their families to get the message out.

"Knowing the date of the end of the world changes all your future plans," says 27-year-old Adrienne Martinez.

She thought she'd go to medical school, until she began tuning in to Family Radio. She and her husband, Joel, lived and worked in New York City. But a year ago, they decided they wanted to spend their remaining time on Earth with their infant daughter.

"My mentality was, why are we going to work for more money? It just seemed kind of greedy to me. And unnecessary," she says.

And so, her husband adds, "God just made it possible — he opened doors. He allowed us to quit our jobs, and we just moved, and here we are."

Now they are in Orlando, in a rented house, passing out tracts and reading the Bible. Their daughter is 2 years old, and their second child is due in June. Joel says they're spending the last of their savings. They don't see a need for one more dollar.

"You know, you think about retirement and stuff like that," he says. "What's the point of having some money just sitting there?"

"We budgeted everything so that, on May 21, we won't have anything left," Adrienne adds.

Nothing, except for the fervent hope that all of them will be raptured.

'There Is No Plan B'

Camping is not the first person to fix a date for the end of the world. There have been dozens of such prophets, and so far, they've all been wrong.

Camping himself has had to do some recalculation. He first predicted the end would come Sept. 6, 1994. He now explains that he had not completed his biblical research.

"For example, I at that time had not gone through the Book of Jeremiah," he explains, "which is a big book in the Bible that has a whole lot to say about the end of the world."

So he's not planning for May 22?

"Absolutely not," Camping says. "It is going to happen. There is no Plan B."

I've asked a dozen of Camping's followers the same question. Everyone said even entertaining the possibility that May 21 would come and go without event is an offense to God. They all hope they'll be raptured. Some worry about being left behind.

"If I'm here on May 22, and I wake up, I'm going to be in hell," says Brown. "And that's where I don't want to be. So there is going to be a May 22, and we don't want to be here."

On the other hand, he will presumably have lots of company.

Edit: damn I always get that extra e in there, but hey, guess I won't have to worry about it anymore.

[tyven]

WELL SHIT

[Mizango]

Millerites '11. Sell some ascension robes, sell all of your worldly belongings and sit back as others laugh at your silly predictions...again.

Hopefully some people will get impatient and simply kill themselves before the 21st.

[ronin sparthos]

Least God offering D2s before the universe goes to shit.

Camping has done this shit before, why people think he'll get it right this time is beyond me.

[Correction]

[Eticket]

The only part that really boggles my mind, is the family that is so adamant it will happen that they have budgeted to run out of money on that day, yet they have a baby due in June.

[Correction]

Well clearly god will provide for the baby, since they won't be able to.

[ronin sparthos]

What's important is what Pat Robertson has to say about this.

If there's one guy that knows about fire, brimstone and hell - it's him.

[Pirian]

Well at least we won't have to hear about this shit for years like the 2012 bullshit

[greenhills]

http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011...=cmg_cntnt_rss

News To Me with George Mathis
Going to Heaven May 21? Atheists offer to take care of your pets

4:13 pm May 10, 2011, by George Mathis

As you are doubtless aware, the Second Coming is scheduled for May 21.

Needless to say, it’s time to get your worldly affairs in order, and this includes finding a longterm pet sitter.

Heaven will look nothing like Piedmont Park, atheists say.

The neighbor or brother-in-law won’t be able to help this time. They may be going to heaven too.

Fortunately, a reporter for The Washington Post has found a company to turn to in these End Times of need.

The services of Eternal Earth-Bound Pets USA are available to help master-less pets in 26 states, and since the company is staffed by atheists, chances are they won’t be going to that heavenly place they don’t believe exists.

The company was founded in 2009 by Bart Centre, which sounds like a San Francisco sports venue but is actually the name of a Godless person.

Since cash will soon be worthless, the $135 fee seems reasonable. Additional pets cost $20, so if you’re hoarding pets like an animal shelter you may want to tap into the 401(k) early.

Centre, the author of such unread non-classics as “The Atheist Camel Chronicles,” says he has 250 clients. Most are from the Bible Belt, which holds up the moral fabric in the Southern United States. Georgia, of course, is included in the coverage area, but only for traditional pets.Those with horses, camels, llamas and donkeys will want to quickly move to New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho or Montana to take advantage of Eternal’s expanded services.

The folks that will tend to Christians’ four-legged friends are Centre’s chosen ones. They love animals and don’t love Jesus.

“These are people not likely to be Raptured under any circumstances,” Bart said in The Washington Post. “Not that we think anybody is going anywhere anyway, which we make perfectly clear on our website.”

Business isn’t exactly booming, but he does get a lot of phone calls from atheists looking for work and Christians who say Jesus would never make the devout leave their pets behind.

“God didn’t take care of the animals during the flood,” says Centre, who does not believe in God or Biblical floods.

wish i had thought of it first

[Bregor]

http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-ima...r2thumbsup.jpg

[Mizango]

What's important is what Pat Robertson has to say about this.

If there's one guy that knows about fire, brimstone and hell - it's him.

Oh god lol.

Well at least we won't have to hear about this shit for years like the 2012 bullshit

Ignorance is a beautiful thang. As much as you'd like to gloat when it turns out to be just another day you cant because there have been thousands of recorded "This is its" and "According to the Bible.." and its been wrong 100% of the time, for all time. Remember the bunkers and wood burning stoves because "God only promised us 2000 years, etc" OMG Y2K?

Hopefully some of these folks will off themselves and just get a jump start on the cleansing.

[Acturus]

Guys, he's crunched the numbers!

[Acevalefor]

I've read the bible....how come I don't get to be one of those special people that can decode the timeline for judgment day?

[kuronosan]

Dan Quayle must have taught you all how to spell judgment.

[Alleya]

People ask me if I'm racist, and I tell them yes. I'm racist against white people. White people fucking scare me. Exhibit A: OP.

[Not Kuno]

I was sick of this shit back when it was the year 2000. At least that had a cool number. Who the fuck cares about may 21st, 2011?

[Eticket]

Dan Quayle must have taught you all how to spell judgment.

To be fair... I pointed that out in the first post.

I don't know what's sadder... that I screwed that up or that the Quayle thing is from 18 years ago now. I feel old.

[BadKarma]

I can recite NTfrom memory pretty much.(10 years of catholic ed.) And i dont recall jackshit about this. Im going to be getting head at 5:59 est on may 21st, looks like im meeting jesus with my pants down.

Totally sent from a PC. Srsly.

[Eticket]

http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011...=cmg_cntnt_rss



wish i had thought of it first

http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/

Notice of Rate Increase: Due to the increased activity associated with the May 21, 2011 Rapture prophesy we have increased our service rates for all new contracts submitted as of 1/13/11.

April 1, 2011: Illinois and Iowa have now been added to our service area.

Awesome.