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Apocalypse believers await end, skeptics carry on
Topic Started: May 21 2011, 03:36 PM (1,159 Views)
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OAKLAND, Calif. — They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away earthly belongings or draining their savings accounts. And so they waited, vigilantly, on Saturday for the appointed hour to arrive.

When 6 p.m. came and went across the United States and various spots around the globe, and no extraordinary cataclysm occurred, some believers expressed confusion, while others reassured each of their faith. Still, some others took it in stride.

"I had some skepticism but I was trying to push the skepticism away because I believe in God," said Keith Bauer _ who hopped in his minivan in Maryland and drove his family 3,000 miles to California for the Rapture.

He started his day in the bright morning sun outside the gated Oakland headquarters of Family Radio International, whose founder, Harold Camping, has been broadcasting the apocalyptic prediction for years.

"I was hoping for it because I think heaven would be a lot better than this earth," said Bauer, a tractor-trailer driver, who began the voyage west last week, figuring that if he "worked last week, I wouldn't have gotten paid anyway, if the Rapture did happen."

The May 21 doomsday message was sent far and wide via broadcasts and websites by Camping, an 89-year-old retired civil engineer who has built a multi-million-dollar Christian media empire that publicizes his apocalyptic prediction. According to Camping, the destruction was likely to have begun its worldwide march as it became 6 p.m. in the various time zones, although some believers said Saturday the exact timing was never written in stone.

In New York's Times Square, Robert Fitzpatrick, of Staten Island, said he was surprised when the six o'clock hour simply came and went. He had spent his own money to put up advertising about the end of the world.

"I can't tell you what I feel right now," he said, surrounded by tourists. "Obviously, I haven't understood it correctly because we're still here."

Many followers said the delay was a further test from God to persevere in their faith.

"It's still May 21 and God's going to bring it," said Family Radio's special projects coordinator Michael Garcia, who spent Saturday morning praying and drinking two last cups of coffee with his wife at home in Alameda. "When you say something and it doesn't happen, your pride is what's hurt. But who needs pride? God said he resists the proud and gives grace to the humble."


:waiting: this was just ridiculous to me.....anyone who knows anything about the Bible knows that is says no one will know when the rapture will happen.......anyone claiming to know the date/time, etc is just tryin to create madness
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Roger that, Stormy!

It's sad how some people let themselves be beguiled this way by crazy leaders.
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my thoughts exactly Max!
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Now I guess this idiotic "leader" said he was just off by 5 months. WTF? I hope his followers ignore him.
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i know.....i was like, are you serious? idiot.
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I'm not even sure there is Scripture supporting the Rapture - I can't find any.

If anybody can quote the Bible verse/s that cover the Rapture, please post it here and I'll take a look. :)
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this is what i could find Max:

In Christian eschatology, the Rapture is a reference to the being caught up referred to in the Biblical passage 1 Thess 4:17, when in the End Times the Christians of the world will be gathered together in the air to meet Jesus Christ.[1]

The primary passage used to support the idea of the Rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:15–7, in which Paul cites "the word of the Lord" about the return of Christ to gather his saints.

...and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.1 Thess 4
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Thanks Stormy - those passages do seem to support the Rapture. Doesn't the End Times prophecy require the re-building of the Temple in Jerusalem first?

In other words, I don't think we are in the End of Times yet. As you said "no man shall know the hour".
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The vast majority, assuming a life after death, wil wake up and state: "Damn it, it weren't suposed to be like this!"
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not sure there Max.......i'm not as versed and knowledgable as i'd like to be when it comes to the Bible
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Neither am I, I'm afraid.

The prophecy parts of the Bible are the hardest for me to understand.
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Yeah, Max. The Temple comes first. The problem is that there is a mosque on that site now (The Dome of the Rock) and it is just as holy a place for Islam as it is for Judao-Christianity. The original Temple of Solomon was destroyed a looong time ago (around 587, I think...by Nebuchadnezzar). The destruction of the Dome and rebuilding of Solomon's Temple is supposed to herald the end times.

If you believe that sort of thing.

I just hope that the next wave of end times nutjobs decides to liquidate their assets and throw ME a bone. Daddy could use some walkin-around money.
Edited by GreatWhiteHorse, Jun 1 2011, 02:45 PM.
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Thanks for the confirmation,GWH. Since the Temple has to go where the Dome of the Rock is, that means war, of course. Nasty.


And yeah, there oughtta be a way to capitalize on this hysteria.
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good to see ya back around GWH, i agree with the nutjob thing for sure, pass some green my way
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GWH hey babe great to see you..... :yahoo:
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