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[Darvi]

So me dad's skype account is online, but he doesn't respond to my messages. So there must have been some rapturing in either Russia or Belgium.

[jester]

Bunch of my friends are going around leaving piles of clothes and shoes on the footpaths about the place, rather impressed

[Grimshot]

If in 2 hours nothing happens, than This guy just raked in $8 million and ruined lives.

 I never realized religious nutjobs could be so profitable. Now I'm tempted to get in on the action 

[jester]

If in 2 hours nothing happens, than This guy just raked in $8 million and ruined lives.

 I never realized religious nutjobs could be so profitable. Now I'm tempted to get in on the action 

Tax free too, wonder if he gets to keep the tax free status on monday?

[RedKing]

Interestingly, no media outlets seem to have been able to reach Camping today, despite apparently knowing where in California it was he was planning to watch all this from. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about that. Like a "drank the cyanide-laced Kool-Aid" kind of feeling. 

Got this from a Reuters piece:

In New York, at least one of Camping's followers continued to hold out hope that Judgment Day would come.

Retired Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker Robert Fitzpatrick, 60, said he spent more than $140,000 of his savings on subway posters and bus shelter advertisements warning of the May 21 Judgment Day.

"God's people are commanded to sound the warning, to sound the trumpet so to speak so people know," Fitzpatrick said of his advertising blitz.

Fitzpatrick said Camping led him to believe Judgment Day would be May 21, but added that he disagreed with the broadcaster's prediction it would begin in Asia.

In Fitzpatrick's view, from his reading of the Bible, Judgment Day would begin around 6 p.m. Eastern Time. He said on Saturday that he still had no doubts Judgment Day would come this day.

"I wouldn't even entertain that question because there's too much proof from the Bible," he said.

Sad. Hope that guy didn't have kids who were looking forward to an inheritance.

[jester]

Interestingly, no media outlets seem to have been able to reach Camping today, despite apparently knowing where in California it was he was planning to watch all this from. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about that. Like a "drank the cyanide-laced Kool-Aid" kind of feeling. 

Got this from a Reuters piece:

In New York, at least one of Camping's followers continued to hold out hope that Judgment Day would come.

Retired Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker Robert Fitzpatrick, 60, said he spent more than $140,000 of his savings on subway posters and bus shelter advertisements warning of the May 21 Judgment Day.

"God's people are commanded to sound the warning, to sound the trumpet so to speak so people know," Fitzpatrick said of his advertising blitz.

Fitzpatrick said Camping led him to believe Judgment Day would be May 21, but added that he disagreed with the broadcaster's prediction it would begin in Asia.

In Fitzpatrick's view, from his reading of the Bible, Judgment Day would begin around 6 p.m. Eastern Time. He said on Saturday that he still had no doubts Judgment Day would come this day.

"I wouldn't even entertain that question because there's too much proof from the Bible," he said.

Sad. Hope that guy didn't have kids who were looking forward to an inheritance.

Ive been doing nothing but laugh about this until I read that.  Now i is sad

[Cthulhu]

He's still got two and a half hours.  I'm excited.

[Astral]

Is it weird that I'm likely to be more than a bit disappointed when the apocalypse doesn't happen?

http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/

Kinda for some of the reasons detailed in here. Especially #2.

[uber pye]

my thoughts about the end of the world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4

[Bdthemag]

Well since the world is ending in about 3 hours, im off to my end of the world bunker. See you guys later, hopefully.

[Leafsnail]

Are we gonna have a live broadcast of Camping awaiting the apocalypse?  Damn I hope so.

[de5me7]

by suggesting that the Bible guarantees something that it does not, and saying that something will happen that did not, could legal action be taken against him on false advertising grounds?

the guy behind the prediction, to my knowledge has spent alot on adverts saying that the bible guarantees the worlds destruction a few hours ago.

[freeformschooler]

by suggesting that the Bible guarantees something that it does not, and saying that something will happen that did not, could legal action be taken against him on false advertising grounds?

the guy behind the prediction, to my knowledge has spent alot on adverts saying that the bible guarantees the worlds destruction a few hours ago.

I believe he paid for the adverts and for followers to go and and spread dat word, but is not actually selling anything to anyone. So that might qualify it for not being false advertising.

[Sensei]

by suggesting that the Bible guarantees something that it does not, and saying that something will happen that did not, could legal action be taken against him on false advertising grounds?

Not unless he's selling tickets to get into Heaven or something.

Also, here in Seattle, our sunny streak ended and it went back to being cloudy. Which really is very disappointing.

[Dakk]

Spreading something thats considered "religious belief" isn't false advertising, even if he said something would happen on day X, so no. False advertising is like, selling something to people, saying it does X, except it doesn't.

Given how everything he claimed can be based off religious belief, despite how crazy and senseless it might be, whoever lost money by following him shared his beliefs. Can't fill a lawsuit against someone for claiming god would do something, and then nothing happens.