Lefties are far too sophisticated to accept end of the world theories, unless they are funded by taxpayer money. In which case they are gospel.
When the Harold Camping “Judgment Day” billboards started popping up around the Bay Area, I felt a mix of humor and disgust. I shook my head when I learned that Camping was a neighbor of mine in the East End of Alameda, and when Judgment Day passed without any visible judgment, I snickered as I walked past his tightly shuttered house.
Like many charismatic spiritual leaders before him, Camping convinced seekers to stake everything on what turned out to be his mistaken interpretation of the truth. According to his Family Radio broadcasts, the Rapture would take place on May 21, 2011 and approximately 2.8 percent of the population would immediately ascend to Heaven. The rest of us would live on Earth for a hellish five months of plagues and starvation before God finally wiped us off the map. Camping publicized the prediction in numerous countries and spent an estimated $5 million on advertising in 2011 (a fraction of the money his followers have donated since he started broadcasting in the late 1950s).
Of course, no Apocalyptic activity occurred on the predicted date, and Camping was left to defend all manner of accusations. But staying on Earth has worked out okay for him. He still lives on Gibbons Drive in Alameda, with a reported net worth of more than $75 million. His followers? Not so much. (Attempts to contact Camping and the organization were unsuccessful.)
Beyond belief: Doomsday religion | Local: In Alameda | an SFGate.com blog
How stupid. Only a moron would believe that end of the world nonsense.
Ralph Keeling, who runs another monitoring program at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said a continuing rise could be catastrophic. “It means we are quickly losing the possibility of keeping the climate below what people thought were possibly tolerable thresholds,” he said.
Harold Camping should have mentioned CO2 in his theory. He would probably have a million dollar government grant and be invited to the White House.
Heh. Thanks for the laughs this morning Steve. I needed that.
Now if we could only get those millions of “2012” vids deleted off YouBoob.. On the other hand, maybe we should leave them there as testament to Man’s insufferable religious stupidity. Not that we’ll learn anything from it because humans have such a short memory span.. Of course, the Messiah WILL return.. umm.. someday..