Everyone still here? I'm not quite up to date with all things rapture related, but wasn't the rapture meant to have started by now, will I still have time to grab a few hours sleep before all hell freezes over and the zombies come for me? When i first heard about this story last week, I immediately thought there cant be a single person who believes this, that Jesus would come down to save all the true believers, then the rest of us would be left on earth for the next five months fighting off zombies trying to survive. But oh how wrong I was, like usual the Americans came in to save the day. To my surprise I found out that the American CDC have released a guide on how to prepare for a zombie Apocalypse, which includes a brief history on Zombies and checklist of essentials you will need around the house.
When you think of this rapture, do you think of yourself as one of the people leaving for heaven, or a person who'll be sticking round to hold the fort against the undead?? Weirdly, if it did happen, I would really like to be part of the humans left on Earth, so I could see what the world turns into, and help out with the zombie defense. If it did hypothetically happen, all I know is I wouldn't want to go without a fight, and I wouldn't give up on other people. I've definitely thought about this a bit too much today.
This doomsday prediction came about after Harold Camping; an 89 year old evangelical broadcaster, complied information within several biblical texts to come up with today's date. After finding out this date he then passed on this prediction to his radio followers, which eventually got the attention of the general press, however this isn't Harold Campings first doomsday prediction. Harold also made the same statement back in 1994, saying that the rapture would occur then, although when that date came and went, he along with his followers said that the 1994 date only referred to an intermediary stage, and the actual apocalypse would come later. From this change in story, I'm guessing Harold now has the correct date and so if we are all alive tomorrow, he will be out of excuses, and I'm assuming slightly embarrassed.
Would like to say, I'm not in anyway having a go at peoples beliefs, or saying whether God does or doesn't exist, I'm just trying to get my head around the fact that there are loads of people out there now, who have accepted that today is their last day, who are ready to be taken away, and are willing to leave neighbours, friends, maybe even members of their family behind. I know for the people that would be taken to heaven, it would be amazing and they would be saved, but if you were one of those people, would you not find it unfair that others are left behind??
Before I leave, I just want to leave you with this news clip from the BBC news website:
An Atheist and entrepreneur from New Hampshire, Bart Centre, is enjoying a boost in business for Eternal Earth-bound Pets, which he set up to look after the pets of those who believe they will be raptured.
He has more than 250 clients who are paying up to $135 (£83) to have their pets picked up and cared for after the rapture.
They would be disappointed twice, he told the Wall Street Journal. "Once because they weren't raptured and again because I don't do refunds."
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