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English forum => Small talk => The Chat Lounge => Topic started by: Captain Best on May 19, 2011, 18:33:38
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So... Once again there's a "WORLD IS GOING UNDER" discussion.... And this comes from Harold Camping.
Harold Camping, 89, is the head of Christian radio network Family Stations Inc, heard on 66 U.S. stations and affiliates from Taiwan to Russia.
He previously made a failed prediction that Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994. But this time, despite having numerous skeptics even among mainstream churches, the broadcaster trained as a civil engineer says he is sure about his May 21 pronouncement.
Like his last prediction, Camping said this one is based on his reading of the Bible and a timeline that dates back to ancient events, such as the Biblical flood survived by Noah.
His organization and allies have posted about 2,200 billboards around the United States warning of a May 21 judgment day, said spokesman Tom Evans.
Dozens of followers crossed the United States in caravans of recreational vehicles to spread the news.
As for Camping, his precise plans are uncertain, but the broadcaster from Alameda, in northern California, intends to be with his wife that day.
"I'll probably try to be very near a TV or a radio or something," Camping told Reuters. "Because I'll be interested in what's happening on the other side of the world as this begins."
Camping said an earthquake will shake the Earth, and that true believers will be swept to heaven, while others will remain behind for the world's destruction in coming months.
"We know without any shadow of a doubt it is going to happen," he said.
T-SHIRTS AND MUGS
If May 21 is occasion for prayers among Camping and his followers, it's cause for humor and money-making for others.
At online retailer Zazzle.com, hip entrepreneurs are selling everything from t-shirts to coffee mugs and mouse pads emblazoned with the May 21 date and such slogans as "I survived Judgment Day" and "I survived the rapture."
Camping's prediction of a specific date for the apocalypse puts him outside the Christian mainstream, said university professors who study end-times belief.
But his contention that the souls of believers will leave their bodies and enter heaven in a rapture is a central tenet within many Christian churches in America.
"Christian believers who follow the rapture doctrine might be very surprised to learn it is entirely an invention, an innovation in Christian teaching, since the 19th century," said Stephen O'Leary, a communication professor at the University of Southern California, and an expert on millennial belief.
The idea can be traced back to John Nelson Darby, a Christian evangelist active in England and Ireland, he said.
Barbara Rossing, professor of New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, is the author of a book called "The Rapture Exposed."
"There's an enormous end-times prophecy industry; video games, board games, books and evangelists on TV and radio ... they gain a huge following, and it's very appealing to people," Rossing said.
Evans, the spokesman for Camping, said at least several tens of thousands of people listen to Family Radio's message.
One of those is Allison Warden, 29, of Raleigh, North Carolina, who most recently worked as a payroll clerk for an Ohio company and now runs the end-times website Wecanknow.com.
"My boss does not agree with this but has been very understanding and supportive," she said. "He thinks next week I'll be back to work like normal."
What do you think?
Me personal think that this is just a lie :doh:
Watch video here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-apocalypse-prediction-idUSTRE74I3KS20110519
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Homer Simpson got there first... :doh:
(http://jasonbrooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/simpsons-760668.jpg?w=300&h=225)
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Oh noes!!!!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8H24jJsV70Y/SX2DMaibd-I/AAAAAAAABVE/McyWrIVkm4A/s320/the+end+is+not+near.jpg)
you have a sign saying the world is near...i have a sign saying it isn't!!!
What's going to happen to us all?? are we all going to die!!!!
I hope not...i have to cancel my free trial of McAffe soon otherwise they will charge me for it!
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end of the world
*bursts out laughing*
the world ends in 2012....pffffffffffff....people with stupid ideas and thoughts
My joghurt expires in 2013 :evil:
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WOW! that is one long dated yogurt!!! my yogurts only last 2-3 weeks!!!
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"T-SHIRTS AND MUGS" Especially mugs I think!
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I stopped reading at: Harold Camping, 89, is the head of Christian radio network Family Stations Inc
People do anything for attention these days for example a group of religious people thought the world was going to end so they took a cruise to Bermuda with RCCL to warn everyone about it...
But the end never came so they all sailed back to New york :doh:
Maybe everyone should do that :thumbs:
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110412/NEWS/704129931/-1/news
Oh wait, I realized they also say it's going to end on May 21 :o ...
As always keep your eye on this map for anythig unusual...
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
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THE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO END!! :doh:
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I agree with Matthew. I also started to doubt when I read the word 'religious'. ::)
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todays forecast is actually
Mostly Cloudy, 34 °C, 982.05 mb and steady, Humidity: 79 %, Visibility: 9.99 km, Wind: WNW 3.22 km/h,
sunset: 6:17 PM
no end of the wolrld here and actually quite pleasant weather
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Of course there is always a possibility of Earth being hit by an asteroid, like in the time of the dinosaurs..
The chances of that happening are small (and unpredictable).. :)
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But what is predicted for today is a mass earthquake ::)
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Still waiting ::)
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the end of the world is not today. and not for a very long time. it was guessed to be at 6:00 PM. but its 6pm somewhere and has the earth shook violently(or has an earthquake occurred yet)? no!
reasons to belive the world won't end today
- Harold Camping predicted the end of the world in 1994 and nothing happened
- there could be a flaw in his math
- just because something bad happened 7000
years ago today doesn't mean something bad will
happen today
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Well, i'm dissapointed. They promised me the end of the world, and what do i get? nothing... :doh:
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Technically there has been 7 earthquakes today...
6 yesterday...
10 the day before...
7 the day before that...
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I'm glad the worlds not going to end for 2 reasons...
1. I havn't finished my GCSE's yet and i don't want the effort to go waste
2. Doctor who is on at 6:45
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I'm glad the worlds not going to end for 2 reasons...
1. I havn't finished my GCSE's yet and i don't want the effort to go waste
2. Doctor who is on at 6:45
:doh:
I haven;'t seen th Spirit of Britain yet
or the Cap Finstere
thus the world cannot end yet... 8)
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And I stll need to photograph some upcoming ships which will come to Rotterdam. ::)
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Fear not brethren, even Peter Cook and co predicted the end of the world....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJQ18S6aag
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So by the GMT... we have... 29 minutes to live... :o
Well off to Dover SSE MP ;D
Edit: 23minutes
to go...
but the workd has already ended... NO DOVER SERVER I CAN GO ON :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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well, if i'm going to die, i'm going to do it the same way i lived... Playing SSE :angel:
Edit :
I would make one, but i'm away from home so I don't want to go pushing loads of data through this connection
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbgmsAlSVCQ
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Can that be set to count 11 mins? ;D
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Its begun.... slightly...
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0003knu.php
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Except, they happen daily :P
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AAARRRGGHHHH!!!!
My House is shaking!!!!!!!
oh wait! that's just the Red Eagle telling a boat to get out the way ::)
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Except, they happen daily :P
oh I know I know :doh:
one minute in.... nothing happens...
well keep that way - I'm ordering Pizza
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I can enjoy doctor who in peace now...well in 45 mins
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I'm ordering Pizza
:D :lol:
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*Gasp*
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*Gasp*
You can breath now.... 11 minutes has past... and we are still here...
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Except...isn't the 'prediction' in American time? :doh: :doh:
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Except...isn't the 'prediction' in American time? :doh: :doh:
Who knows... :doh:
*Wake me when it gets here... :doh:
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.......
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I'll believe it when I see it..
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Same!...apart from the fact that i've seen this before...
(http://www.realwallpapers.eu/data/media/15/2012%20Movie%20Cover%20Wallpaper.jpg)
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it'll be alright
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Did you steal that from Gareth or did he steal it from you? he always says that
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Did you steal that from Gareth or did he steal it from you? he always says that
he stole it from me
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I believe Harold's prediction is 6PM EST but I do not believe the world will end. When 6 comes around and goes around and nothing goes awry, I would just go on with my schedule.
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So how long until 6PM EST?
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4 and a bit hours?
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Ahhh...
Should have my pizza by then
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Enjoy your 'final' pizza
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The world will end in.. (http://www.7is7.com/otto/countdown.html?year=2011&month=05&date=21&hrs=23&ts=12&tz=local&min=0&sec=0&lang=en&show=dhms&mode=t&cdir=down&bgcolor=%23CCFFFF&fgcolor=%23000000&title=The%20world%20will%20end)
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It's way past 6pm in New Zealand (the thought to be first earthquake zone) in fact it's Sunday there! Don't you get it? The world will not end! Harold Camping has predicted the end of the world to be in 1994 and nothing happened. All he wants is money. That's why he wrote a book about it
To any moderators please do not edit this I'm trying to prove a point.
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You're wrong the World must be about to end
how else do you explain my lack of pizza arriving... :doh:
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Yeah they probably have people quiting because they think the the world will end today. But the truth is The world won't end today and 2012 will not happen. But the movie was good :doh:
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Disaster averted - the pizza has arrived ;D
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I did find an article that contradicts the prediction:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/may-21-2011-why-the-world-will-not-end-and-there-will-be-no-secret-rapture/
This should help know that the world will not end today. And I'm contradicting my own though of 6PM. It was 6PM in some areas and Sunday in most of them. If the world was going to end, it would have to hit these areas first then the rest, but here we are, that side of the world is still intact.
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TFM what time is it over there?
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21:43
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Just another hour till 6:00PM EST for the alleged "beginning of the end of the world"
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its bu*****t.
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1 hour till doomsday :doh:
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We're doomed.... DOOOOOOOOOOOMED :doh:
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Ok, the timer has runned out now. Still no flooding or earthquakes of any kind. ::)
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Alright I'm gonna order some pizza because I haven't had anything to eat in about 9 hours.
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Pizza - always a good post-apocalypse meal
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Quite a large Earthquake in New Zealand :/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0003kw5.php
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Hmm..
Animals sense stuff first.. Got the cat next to me, if she does something odd I'll expect something..
But that wont happen :P
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Another one... north of Australia... :o
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0003kwv.php
Good idea TM !:)
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Just a few coincidences with these earthquakes, but hope they aren't the beginning of the end
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Just a few coincidences with these earthquakes, but hope they aren't the beginning of the end
Course not - there has been ~990 since the 15th March
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We I'd be damned, nothing happened.
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it was post to end at 6pm in UK time well im still here at 23:09pm lol :2thumbs:
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6:12 PM here an no great earthquake. It was a fake-out. We are only getting rain here.
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its bu*****t.
Look who was right all along eh.. ::)
:P
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I didn't know they had the Ship Sim Forum in heaven! :D
Chillin' with my friend Mr. Jesus.
Night! ;D
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Night Jack...
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I love how people make themselves look like fools in front of the camera. :D
If the world would've end, I would've hijacked a plane, flown it high over the Atlantic, and jump without a parachute in a happy expression. But there's no need for that...
(http://i56.tinypic.com/wbbdxu.jpg)
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The world will end in.. (http://www.7is7.com/otto/countdown.html?year=2011&month=05&date=21&hrs=23&ts=12&tz=local&min=0&sec=0&lang=en&show=dhms&mode=t&cdir=down&bgcolor=%23CCFFFF&fgcolor=%23000000&title=The%20world%20will%20end)
Hrmmmm... your timer now says 11:00pm EST. Thats in 2 hours 12 minutes.
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im glad it did not happen as i was watching Pirates of the Caribbean: on strangers tideds at 6pm local time
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Look lads (esp mr titanic1912)- if you want a fast way our when doomsday comes may I respectfully recommend a large bottle (or several if you're a hardened drinker) of Remy Martin Cognac.
I guarantee that if you drink enough of it no dinosaur/meteor/alien/volcano/earthquake/mutant star goat/darthvader/black hole/higgs bosun will be noticable.
What a way to go- Cognac'd to death :o
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Look lads (esp mr titanic1912)- if you want a fast way our when doomsday comes may I respectfully recommend a large bottle (or several if you're a hardened drinker) of Remy Martin Cognac.
Why are you specifically referring to me? *eats the (esp mr titanic1912) part* :)
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I would imagine if you jump out of an airplane without a parachute you would need an extra strong lemonade..
Especially if you hear in your helmet-speaker underway that the prediction turns out to be wrong.. ;D
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I would imagine if you jump out of an airplane without a parachute you would need an extra strong lemonade..
Especially if you hear in your helmet-speaker underway that the prediction turns out to be wrong.. ;D
Or Vodka without a helmet. :D
(http://i54.tinypic.com/fwrgg2.jpg)
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Not that i want to sound like I'm bragging or anything, but this is the fifth end of the world I've survived. :lol:
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Hmmm...I wonder where Mr Camping is. Apparently he's not appeared since last night :doh:
Looks as though he is the only one to get into heaven! :doh: :doh:
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If the world would've end, I would've hijacked a plane, flown it high over the Atlantic, and jump without a parachute in a happy expression. But there's no need for that...
Because you indicated that you are looking for a quick way to end it, that's all.Why are you specifically referring to me? *eats the (esp mr titanic1912) part* :)
It was not intended offensively.
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Hmmm...I wonder where Mr Camping is. Apparently he's not appeared since last night :doh:
Looks as though he is the only one to get into heaven! :doh: :doh:
I imagine that many people around the world, (oh god: of all nationalities, colours of skin, religious beliefs, and regardless of number of half £20 notes they have) are feeling like total utter idiots over this now.
Serves them right. The worst bit is some moron spends his life savings on this and instead of saying "ive been conned. I am an idiot" he says "its just tested my faith and I resolve to believe."
You can not help some people.
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if the world would end soon i would beat up everyone that brought me into this
hatefull world :evil:
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if the world would end soon i would beat up everyone that brought me into this
hatefull world :evil:
I am sure that you are quite aware as to who brought you into this world. It's your PA_ _ _ TS !! They certainly don't deserve the treatment you have in mind !
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I imagine that many people around the world, (oh god: of all nationalities, colours of skin, religious beliefs, and regardless of number of half £20 notes they have) are feeling like total utter idiots over this now.
Serves them right. The worst bit is some moron spends his life savings on this and instead of saying "ive been conned. I am an idiot" he says "its just tested my faith and I resolve to believe."
You can not help some people.
I wasn't being an idiot, for I have no faith in old, psychotic Christians :angel:... I hope I didn't offend some Ship Sim forum members... :-\
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I'll have a pint of whatever you've been on Mr Titanic!
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i hate the fact that i don't know anyone who believes in "the apocalypse" of 2012 or 2 days ago.
i would laugh at them so hard :D
maybe the world will go down in 2012, not because of nature's violence, but because the madness created by mankind.