A fundamentalist Christian radio network is one of several groups that have pegged the end of days to a date coming right up — as in, about two weeks from now. May 21, they announce, will be the long prophesied Second Coming, and we had better all be ready. Although the group seems pretty confident, it might be prudent to hedge your bets, given that the gentleman at the head of this particular sect, Harold Camping, made a similar prediction in the early ’90s — he was betting back then that the world would end in 1994.
In case y’all might not have heard, the world is coming to an end in…uh, let’s see…carry the two…oh, yeah- 12 days. Apparently, the Lord God hath communicated this information to one Harold Camping, who has seen fit to disseminate this vital information to us lesser mortals. Personally, I have a problem with any prediction that pretends to know when the world will end…and yet can’t tell us when the Cubs will win the World Series. Of course, I’m not a Christian, so what do I know?
Here’s a question that no one seems willing to ask: why is it that the world’s ending on a Saturday? You’d have to think that the world ending on a Monday morning would allow believers to enjoy the weekend and then reap the benefit of not having to worry about showing up at work on Monday morning. A little planning might have gone a long way, no??
Then again, the good news, at least for Republicans, is that no one’s going to have to worry about things like unemployment, global climate change, or abortion. With the world coming to an end…well, who cares what the national unemployment rate is?
As you might imagine, not everyone is convinced the world will be ending a week from Saturday. As for me, I’m thinking that there’s no real reason for me to stop packing and getting ready to move. Besides, I don’t think the world’s going to end until the Cubs win the World Series.
