The End of the World Today

[the_bob_delusion]

http://www.theage.com.au/national/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it--apparently-20151007-gk3kt9...

If you wake on the morning of October 8, then you should consider yourself lucky – you survived a would-be apocalypse.

An American cult, the eBible Fellowship, had predicted with glee that October 7 would see the world "pass away" in a ball of fire.

This is despite an earlier deathly prediction that the world would end on May 21, 2011. In case you are aware, the world is still hanging around.

The Philadelphia-based group had come up with the prediction based on the interpretation of the Bible by its leader, Chris McCann. On its website, it's claimed October 7 this year would be the end of the world because it was when the world had reached "10,000 overall days of judgment" and also because it is the last day of the "Feast of Tabernacles".

Goodbye, I'll see some of you in heaven:)

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@cmcoins2000 wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

So did we all die and go to heaven? Because if this is what heaven looks like  I want my money back.

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But think on the bright side She E.

We are all still together.

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Well that's a relief, I was afraid you were all just figments of my imagination.

[cmcoins2000]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@cmcoins2000 wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

So did we all die and go to heaven? Because if this is what heaven looks like  I want my money back.

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But think on the bright side She E.

We are all still together.

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Well that's a relief, I was afraid you were all just figments of my imagination.

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Afraid not - possum.

We are all stuck with each other.

[ecar3483]

2030? That's not really convenient for me.

It's just that the coin in the slot actuarial diviner machine at the mall (the one next to the mega claw "win a giant novelty stuffed toy! Try your skill, try your luck!" machine) told me I'd live until 2041, and I don't want to feel like I've wasted a whole dollar on a dud prediction.

But well, if it's all going to go belly up in 2030 I suppose there's no point in complaining, it's just I could have given that money to a busker.

Sometimes I wonder exactly how much planning has gone into the Apocalypse, don't the apocalytes (is that the right name for them?) ever take other people into account?

[ecar3483]

The asteroid May hit the Earth, or it May sweep past it.

If it's all the same, I'd prefer not to rely on apophis-rical* conjecture.

*(that's supposed to be a clever and witty play on 'apocryphal', but it doesn't look like it worked too well).

[tasfleur]

It May indeed do either ... 

Either way, it will be spectacular ... 

[ecar3483]

Scientists have predicted that the aftermath of a giant comet impact on the Earth would be a landscape similar to that of Canberra, in the 1980's on a Saturday night.  

[tasfleur]

[ecar3483]

Apocalypse predictions, here, asteroids ending the World, there, it all becomes a bit ordinary after a while.

Doomsayers might think they can scare me with their dire predictions, but they're little better than amateurs.

I have known true fear.

When I was a child, all it took to freeze my heart was the words "Mum's going to kill you if she finds out".

[tasfleur]

All it took to freeze my heart were the words "it isn't going to snow today" .... 

[ecar3483]

And you moved here, where people say "It isn't likely to snow within your lifetime".