It's the end of the world as we know it and I FEEL FINE

REM said it perhaps not 1st but definitely with a toe tapping beat. There is talk, heated debate and sheer panic over "THE END". It's always nice to have a starting point or in this case an ending point and surprisingly we have more than a few. I will start us off with just some years. 1843/4, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1942, 1975, 1981, 

1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2011 and 2060. These are just Christian-based Rapture predictions. There are more from other cultures and religions. 
The current date(s) in contention are: 
 21 May 2011 - Christian Rapture. 
 21 October 2011 - End of the World.
There are billboards, print ads, vehicles covered in warnings, websites, tracts, radio broadcasts, YouTube videos - basically an anything goes campaign to get the "Word" out. With the beginning of the end starting 13 days from today I find it interesting that  the main promotors of this date: Family Radio & EBibleFellowship are still hawking products and requesting donations(not just one time but long-term giving as well). "Christian preacher Harold Camping believes that the Rapture (in Christian belief, the taking up into heaven of God's elect people) will take place on May 21, 2011 and that the end of the world as we know it will take place five months later on October 21, 2011. These predictions were made by Camping, president of the Family Radio Christian network, who claims the Bible as his source.
Camping's writings that detail the timing of the end include:

• Book
  • 1994? (1992 - predicts the End Times for September 4, 1994)
  • Time Has An End (2005 - discusses Camping's belief that 2011 is in all likelihood the end of the world)

 Jesus himself said in Matthew 24:36, 'Of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my father only.'" - Wikipedia 


Camping is on his 2nd attempt at End Times Prediction - 1994 was his 1st strike. It will be interesting to see his backtalk on the current date.