It’s The End of World as They Know It and Atheists Feel Fine May 21 2011 Capitalizing on the Predicted Rapture Christian Nightmares Presents Five Songs To Get You Ready... Stephen Colbert Is Prepared for [Video] A Friendly Reminder That World's Ending in Two Weeks [Guides] won’t be long now Religion Today Summaries April 26 is Judgment Day NonCelebrities Noah's Ark God Giraffes & Genocide

**By YONAT SHIMRON** _c. 2011 Religion News Service_ (RNS) Harold Camping's campaign to warn Christians that the rapture is coming on Saturday (May 21) may have won him a band of followers, especially among those who have reportedly quit jobs or used up their life savings. But Camping's acolytes may pale in comparison to the number of atheists and agnostics who are outraged -- and perhaps a little amused -- by the California radio evangelist's predictions that... Read the full post here » Opportunistic entrepreneurs have made the most of doomsayers' predictions and people's eagerness to believe them, although some of them have seen no bump in business. Family Radio can't imagine anyone operating a business amid the ruins of a post-apocalyptic world anyway. The Daily Swarm: > Welcome to Rapture Week 2011! As everyone knows by now, Saturday, May 21 is the beginning of the end of the world. That's right, this weekend all the Born Again Christians will be whisked up into Heaven to be with Jesus, while the rest of us have five months to party it up before God finally destroys the world on October 21, 2011. It's a fact. Harold Camping said so… Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com. We previously alerted you to the fact that, according to crazy Christian group Family Radio, the world will end when Christ returns on May 21. One person who isn't sweating the upcoming Rapture? Stephen Colbert, who explained his end- of-times excitement on tonight's _Report_. More » In-the-know Americans have been getting ready for May 21, when Jesus is going to return to Earth and kick off the Rapture--aka "Judgment Day." Hopefully you're prepared for all the excitement to come, yes? More » Don't say I didn't warn you. I first posted on the impending end of the world back in early January, bidding farewell to life as we know it and voicing a few concerns about an Associated Press story. Read more on It won't be long now… Easter Sunday Bombing near Baghdad Church Injures 7 _Rapture Believers Warn Neighbors of Impending Doom on May 21_ Hindu Extremists in India Beat Pastor Unconscious _Suspected Islamists Burn Down Two Homes in Ethiopia_ Tuesday, April 26, 2011 May 21, 2011 is Judgment Day, the Rapture will take place and those who are saved (celebrities) will be taken to Heaven like Elijah in a fiery tornado of opulence and divinity. The world ends on Oct 21 and all non-celebrities will be destroyed by fire. Contributor: Celebrity Gobbler Published: Mar 20, 2011 Yes...the childhood story we all loved is examined (aka: skewered) with a slightly more critical view. If you think the biblical account makes sense...think again. Noah's Ark is the name for a large boat that, according to the Book of Genesis (chapters 6-9) and the Quran (surah hud), was built by Noah at God's command to save himself, his family, and the world's animals from a worldwide deluge. This Great Flood was a response by the Abrahamic god to address his displeasure with the wickedness of man. However, after noticing that Noah was "righteous in his generation", the Abrahamic god makes an exception for him and his family and gives Noah detailed instructions to build the Ark. Noah's Ark is a religious myth that is part of the biblical canons of both Christianity and Judaism as well as being an important story in other traditional Abrahamic religions, especially Islam. As such, many scholars think that the Noah's Ark flood myth may in fact be derived from older Mesopotamian stories. Many biblical scholars interpret this story as metaphor, but biblical literalists are still digging up the mountains of Ararat, where the Bible claims the Ark came to ...
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