All this fuss about who is signing who is not is pretty pointless now.
A Christian group in the US has claimed to have deciphered the Bible and is warning the world is going to end on May 21.
The man behind the campaign is the owner of Family Radio, Howard Camping. He says there are no doubts about when the apocalypse will happen.
"On May 21, there's going to be a terrific earthquake way, way greater than anything else the earth has ever experienced and that will be the beginning of judgment day."
Camping says on judgment day, believers will be raptured - or automatically go to heaven - while non-believers will face five months of misery on earth, finishing with the end of the world in October.
"It is going to happen...God has just given us so much information about this."
That information is in the eyes of the beholder, or the interpreter, in this case. Camping said he determined May 21 as the day of judgment by cobbling together various dates and numbers listed from past events, starting with the great flood which he calculated happened in 4990 BC, and using various multipliers paired with the Hebrew calendar.
It is not the first time Camping has made an apocalyptic prediction. He said the exact same thing would happen in 1994 - something he now blames on a miscalculation.
Not surprisingly, Camping has come under ridicule for his prediction - from both the mainstream public and members of various churches. But he said, the criticism is, and always was expected.
"That's exactly what the Bible teaches; that the lion's share of the world does not accept the Bible as the authority and only a very tiny percentage of the world does, and so the Bible indicates that when we teach this, we will be mocked, the Bible will be mocked and scoffed at and people will be in denial."
So what will Camping be doing on his, potentially, last day on Earth? He said he will be watching the destruction unfold on TV and praying for his non-believing friends and family.
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FFS!
I've just ordered the De Gale fight.
If it does happen ill be extremely pissed off having spent the last couple of months studying and quitting smoking 6 months ago.
Remember being on a bus in Liverpool on the way to see us at Goodison and two young evertonians in the seats in front of me were arguing that the world was gonna end the following week culminating in one of them (in all seriousness) chirping "I bet you £10 it does la".
of misery on earth, finishing with the end of the world in October."
We've just had our 5 months of misery, supporting Charlton this season.
You can count me as a friend!
Strange that because I've been feeling tremors all day.
Chicken & beans for dinner last night.
Contortionist, nope - only mentally twisted these days. Sorry.
Mind you, if you do find someone young enough to exhaust you - who will be keeping your very attractive wife company?
;o)