Could this be how the world ends in 2012?

[Steely Dan]

Harold Camping's 21st May Doomsday prediction fails; No earthquake in New Zealand
By IB Times Staff Reporter | May 21, 2011 2:46 AM EDT

May 21 Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping's prediction has bombed, expectedly so. New Zealand’s Christmas Island was not hit by any earthquake even after the appointed time of the apocalypse passed the region.

It is official. It is Harold Camping, the leader of Christian radio network Family Radio, who ends with pie on the face. The LA Times reported that even after local time 6.P.M. passed the Christmas Island, no earthquake took place according to data from the U.S. Geological survey. Now atheists of the world can celebrate the busting of yet another end of the world prediction.

"As of 10:30 p.m. PDT -- 7:30 p.m. May 21 on Christmas Island, also known as Kiritimati -- no earthquakes had been reported within the last hour and a half, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which tracks seismic activity worldwide," the report said.

"New Zealand region yet to suffer destruction forecast by Oakland-based doomsday predictor," tweeted burntheartist Bernie B.

Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/149...nd-twitter-geological-surve.htm#ixzz1MyI1VrTU

He, he was wrong!! How could that be! :loser:

 

[Steely Dan]

Well, it's been an hour and a half since the great, religious earthquake was supposed to begin in New Zealand. Wonder how the sleepless Camping followers are feeling right about now.

BBM

Hopefully, really stupid. Unfortunately, they probably think he was just off a little bit. Does anyone feel a shaking?

 

[Melanie]

just curious: is one to assume to believe that the world will end on 12-12-12? If I have the date wrong, please forgive me. But if I look back, I don't see dates like this for any kind of catastrophe? Again, I could be wrong.

MOO

Mel

 

[Steely Dan]

just curious: is one to assume to believe that the world will end on 12-12-12? If I have the date wrong, please forgive me. But if I look back, I don't see dates like this for any kind of catastrophe? Again, I could be wrong.

MOO

Mel

No, it's supposed to be 12-21-2012 according to the Mayans and ancient Asians.

 

[gitana1]

I really, really hope that some sort of documentarian adequately documented the reaction of these people as their doomsday date came and went (yes, it's been May 22, 2011 for several hours now in many parts of the world).

In the past, when the Jehovah's doomsday came and went in 1975, and Campings other doomsday came and went in 1994, etc., no one has documented to my satisfaction, the reaction of the followers. I want cameras on these people and I want to see and hear how they justify giving up jobs, homes, their entire savings, for this, even after they admitted their family members called them "crazy". Are they going to admit that they were?

Nah. Cognitive dissonance will allow them to continue on without the realization that they are nuts. That annoys me.

It also annoys me that now the tax payer will have to foot the bill for many of these folks as they rendered themselves penniless in anticipation of the rapture. Eesh!

 

[gitana1]

For those who may not know, here's what cognitive dissonance is and why it will allow Camping's followers to mostly forge ahead unaffected:

Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_theory"][/ame]motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Dissonance is also reduced by justifying, blaming, and denying.

The most famous case in the early study of cognitive dissonance was described by Leon Festinger and others in the book [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails"][/ame]When Prophecy Fails. The authors infiltrated a group that was expecting the imminent end of the world on a certain date. When that prediction failed, the movement did not disintegrate, but grew instead. By sharing cult beliefs with others, they gained acceptance and thus reduced their own dissonance. [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance[/ame]

 

[sorrell skye]

Looks like the Vikings are getting raptured lol.

Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs 50 quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43121772

 

[Steely Dan]

Looks like the Vikings are getting raptured lol.

Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs 50 quakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43121772

Lucky Bastards!! :snooty:

 

[tlcya]

ah crap, its all still here!

 

[sorrell skye]

The world didn't end, but Jesus won the Preakness today.

 

[sorrell skye]

ah crap, its all still here!

I know! Now I HAVE to wash my car - it's filthy! Oh well, there's still 2012 to look forward to.

 

[Kat]

well shoot now I got to go ahead and pay the car payment. Phooey.

 

[mysteriew]

Others had risked a lot more on Camping's prediction, quitting jobs, abandoning relationships, volunteering months of their time to spread the word. Matt Tuter, the longtime producer of Camping's radio and television call-in show, said Saturday that he expected there to be "a lot of angry people" as reality proved Camping wrong.

Tuter said Family Radio's AM station in Sacramento had been "severely vandalized" Friday night or Saturday morning, with air conditioning units yanked out and $25,000 worth of copper stripped from the equipment. He thinks it must have been an angry listener. He was off Saturday but planned to drive past the headquarters "and make sure nothing's burning."

Camping himself, who has given innumerable interviews in recent months, was staying out of sight Saturday. No one answered the door at his Alameda home, though neighbors said he was there.


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rapture-20110522,0,5118540.story

 

[sorrell skye]

Lucky Bastards!! :snooty:

Oh well, who wants to go to Valhalla anyways?

I hear the weather's way better in the Elysian Fields.

 

[Sleuthie_lu]

Hello Sinners.
See the rapture really happened. I'm up here in heaven, (which has great wi fi) and you're all still down there.
Just to keep you updated.
Mother Teresa = here
Macho Man Randy Savage = not here
Ghandi = here
Princess Diana = not here
Liz Taylor = not here
Barbaro and Ruffian = here

So listen I gotta go. Orientation is about to start.
Can somebody water my plants?

 

[Steely Dan]

Hello Sinners.
See the rapture really happened. I'm up here in heaven, (which has great wi fi) and you're all still down there.
Just to keep you updated.
Mother Teresa = here
Macho Man Randy Savage = not here
Ghandi = here
Princess Diana = not here
Liz Taylor = not here
Barbaro and Ruffian = here

So listen I gotta go. Orientation is about to start.
Can somebody water my plants?

The real story is that the rapture happened the day Mother Theresa died. Nobody else made it.

 

[Fairy1]

Well Jeez. Here we still are. Guess I'll have to pay my bills this week. Bummer! I actually watched the movie "2012" today, just in case there were any survival pointers.

 

[Mariah]

Link

1) The Maya, as with almost all ancient world cultures, believed that the earth, as part of its natural cycle of being, lives through a series of successive ‘world ages’, each separated by sudden physical planetary upheaval.

2) According to modern day researchers, the Long Count calendar system was established by the Maya in ancient times to forecast or mark out the very transition points between world ages.

3) The primary recurring cycle of the Long Count calendar has been found to consist of precisely 1872000 solar days (approximately equal to 5125.36 years). And this period of time is held to be the very duration of each successive world age.

4) From the study of Long Count inscriptions found at various ancient Mayan settlements, evidence has been uncovered to suggest that the Maya believed the current world age began on 11 August 3114 BC - Gregorian calendar. (Or, under the older Julian calendar, 6 September 3114 BC).

5) If the researchers are correct in their reconstruction of the Long Count start-date, which would represent the end of the last world age and the beginning of the present age, then the addition of 1872000 days to the time of 11 August 3114 BC, will place the end of the current age at precisely: 21 December 2012 AD.

Thanks Steely for the very good info. You may have already answered this and I missed but what do you think the new world age will mean for us?

 

[Steely Dan]

Thanks Steely for the very good info. You may have already answered this and I missed but what do you think the new world age will mean for us?

War, Crime, Love, Hate, Work, Relaxation, Terrorism and all of the stuff that goes on today. JMO

 

[bessie]

I really, really hope that some sort of documentarian adequately documented the reaction of these people as their doomsday date came and went (yes, it's been May 22, 2011 for several hours now in many parts of the world).

In the past, when the Jehovah's doomsday came and went in 1975, and Campings other doomsday came and went in 1994, etc., no one has documented to my satisfaction, the reaction of the followers. I want cameras on these people and I want to see and hear how they justify giving up jobs, homes, their entire savings, for this, even after they admitted their family members called them "crazy". Are they going to admit that they were?

Nah. Cognitive dissonance will allow them to continue on without the realization that they are nuts. That annoys me.

It also annoys me that now the tax payer will have to foot the bill for many of these folks as they rendered themselves penniless in anticipation of the rapture. Eesh!

I was thinking about this today. It would've been so interesting to observe their anticipation in the moments leading up to the predicted doomsday hour, and then their reactions in the first anticlimactic moments afterward when time passed without an event, before they started to rationalize. What did they do? Did they check their watches? Make phone calls? Cry? Laugh? I'll bet more than a few were relieved. How much time passed before they resigned to the fact that it wasn't going to happen? And as they waited, did they cry? Pray? Become angry? Kick themselves in the butt?

As the anticlimax plays out in the next days and weeks, then Gitana, I will be very interested to hear their excuses and rationalizations. Some will denounce Campings as a fraud, and some will keep the blinders on. Others will feel duped, but won't admit it. Relationships formed around a shared belief in Campings' prophecy will fall apart as parties project their disappointment onto each other. And as you mentioned, there will be hell to pay for the irrational decisions when they find themselves homeless and unemployed. The ripples will spread wide.

This was an excellent opportunity for a writer or filmmaker interested in studying social phenomenon. Surely someone has a project underway that will carry us through the aftermath. And hopefully that someone has integrity and won't turn out a cheesy, "reality tv" film.