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Post by Anarchist86ed on May 24, 2011 8:16:57 GMT -6
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Woll
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Post by Woll on May 24, 2011 11:47:43 GMT -6
There is no real significance. Harold Camping is a crazy radio/televangelist who's run a Christian radio show for 50+ years, and spends his time trying to decode the bible. Using the biblical story of Noah and the nonsense of numerology he came up with a convoluted equation that supposedly leads to the rapture. Back in 1992 he said that the rapture and the end would come on September 6, 1994. When that failed he said there was a miscalculation, so he tried to decode some more. He set the new date for May 21, 2011, the rapture would come that day, followed by five months of earthquakes, fires, and general doom until October 21 when the universe would be destroyed by fire alone. His many followers donated money and used it to buy billboards, RVs, national newspaper ads, etc.; some were so convinced that the rapture was coming that they spent all of their money and sold their possessions. Well, when May 22 came around the end had not come, and Harold scrambled to decode even more. He ended up settling by saying the rapture did happen, only spiritually, and that the end is still coming on the 21st of October.
He's just a senile old man who longs to see the world and his fellow man destroyed while he and the rest of "God's elect" would go safely to heaven.
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Post by Tweek on May 24, 2011 18:43:19 GMT -6
Funny he should pick THAT date...
*nudge nudge wink wink*
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Post by bw.asylum on Jun 7, 2011 14:26:49 GMT -6
Funny he should pick THAT date... *nudge nudge wink wink* You have me curious. Anything you can share?
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Post by Tweek on Jun 8, 2011 6:18:25 GMT -6
October 21st is the date that certain film students went into the woods near Burkittsville MD to shoot a documentary...
... and never returned.
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Post by bw.asylum on Jun 8, 2011 13:26:30 GMT -6
How did I not pick up on that... Was reading older posts about you knowin some Blair stuff. Was hoping it was anything like that my bad.
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Post by Sz on Jun 9, 2011 4:08:02 GMT -6
Sounds interesting
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Post by captainspalding on Jul 22, 2011 17:16:14 GMT -6
Oh come on! Everyone knows that the word ends December 21, 2021 or 12. 21.21
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Post by captainspalding on Jul 22, 2011 17:25:57 GMT -6
Seriously though I think this old guy needs a hobby or something. He looks like he's 100 years old, maybe he knows that he doesn't have much time left and wants to be remembered for something.
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Post by twana on Aug 20, 2011 23:04:28 GMT -6
12-21-2012
Ain't gonna happen.
Yeah! 10-21 is the annual Blair Witch Project Day!
But I always thought of 10-20 as the BWP Day because that's the first day they climbed into the car together and headed to Burkittsville.
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Post by jacksonwitee on Sept 8, 2011 1:32:17 GMT -6
2021. The Maya calender may give this approximate date , but it is not sure so.......enjoy up to what happen!!!, well we dont know about the next day..............itself... Cegonsoft
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Jib
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Post by Jib on Sept 15, 2011 20:27:22 GMT -6
There is no real significance. Harold Camping is a crazy radio/televangelist who's run a Christian radio show for 50+ years, and spends his time trying to decode the bible. Using the biblical story of Noah and the nonsense of numerology he came up with a convoluted equation that supposedly leads to the rapture. Back in 1992 he said that the rapture and the end would come on September 6, 1994. When that failed he said there was a miscalculation, so he tried to decode some more. He set the new date for May 21, 2011, the rapture would come that day, followed by five months of earthquakes, fires, and general doom until October 21 when the universe would be destroyed by fire alone. His many followers donated money and used it to buy billboards, RVs, national newspaper ads, etc.; some were so convinced that the rapture was coming that they spent all of their money and sold their possessions. Well, when May 22 came around the end had not come, and Harold scrambled to decode even more. He ended up settling by saying the rapture did happen, only spiritually, and that the end is still coming on the 21st of October. He's just a senile old man who longs to see the world and his fellow man destroyed while he and the rest of "God's elect" would go safely to heaven. Well put! Harold Camping is a deluded senile old man who really needs help. He is stirring up too much trouble with these dates and needs to realize that Jesus said that no one other than God will know when the end of the world will commence. He WILL be proven wrong once again when October 21st comes and goes without any incident. October 21st is the date that certain film students went into the woods near Burkittsville MD to shoot a documentary... ... and never returned. Ah, yes! Quite an interesting coincidence. But didn't they go into Rustin Parr's house on October 28th or something? Oh come on! Everyone knows that the world ends December 21, 2021 or 12.21.12 Actually, contrary to popular belief, that date didn't originally mark the end of the world but the end of the 13th b'aktun of the Mayan Long Count Calendar (as well as the Age of the Fifth Sun marked by these past thirteen b'aktuns). Though whether anything other than the Long Count starting a new age occurs or not, we will just have to wait and see. Most people believe nothing will happen, but some think something may happen (whether it be an apocalypse, a mass spiritual awakening, or some sort of world changing event). I already have thread/poll on this, and by the results of the poll, it appears that we do have a couple of 2012 believers among our ranks. Thankfully, they didn't vote for the world ending next year, but God help anyone who seriously believes that. Also, since I mentioned October 28th, Mayanist Carl Johan Calleman believes that date of next month is the "actual" end-date of the Mayan Long Count Calendar and that it will mark a spiritual awakening. Of course, I can assure you, he going to be totally wrong with his prediction, just like Camping will be an exact week prior.
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Post by twana on Sept 20, 2011 20:17:32 GMT -6
yeah .. but I bet a part of you is still waiting and watching ..
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Jib
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Post by Jib on Sept 21, 2011 11:53:35 GMT -6
yeah .. but I bet a part of you is still waiting and watching .. For those three dates? I guess so, especially since once October 21st and 28th are out of the way, then the path will be clear for 12/21/12! I hope to be in the ancient Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala that day, even though I can't be certain that I will be. Otherwise I will throw big party at my house, go up to Mt. Hood or Mt. St. Helens, or go out to the desert and wait for God (like in the movie The Rapture) but not really expect him to show up (though I would like to see something super cool like a nocturnal rainbow or a comet). So those are my plans for the Mayan "end-date." Say, have you voted on the 2012 poll yet, Twana?
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Post by twana on Sept 21, 2011 16:17:47 GMT -6
no.. where?
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Jib
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Post by Jib on Sept 22, 2011 12:55:55 GMT -6
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Oct 19, 2011 14:18:26 GMT -6
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Post by captainspalding on Oct 19, 2011 19:57:02 GMT -6
The world will end Febuary 2, 2022. 2-2-22.
Or not.
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Post by Anarchist86ed on Oct 19, 2011 20:01:32 GMT -6
October 23rd, 2077. I once had this weird dream about a nuclear war on that day. Then I was 200 years in the future and spent months looking for blue soda bottles...
weird.
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Post by Tweek on Oct 23, 2011 13:30:12 GMT -6
The world is still here. Must have gotten the date wrong. Again.
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Post by twana on Oct 28, 2011 14:16:24 GMT -6
that sucks
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