Writer's Block: Apocalypse now?

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We already had this question as a Writer's Block, it was just in reference to the world ending in 2012. And while I'm all for answering this hypothetically, as I did then (though my answer this time around doesn't really differ from the first one I gave?), even hypothetically I'm probably not pious enough to be have been (it's now 6:00!) at risk of being taken during the rapture anyway. Rapture =/= end of the world. The end of the world, according to Mr. Camping, won't transpire until October.

(Though apparently in Camping's universe, church-goers are in fact automatically barred from the rapture because all churches are now run by Satan?? Well, sheesh . . . in that case, maybe I had a fighting chance XD).

But anyway, 6:00 pm here in Japan and all is well. (Of course, Japan isn't a very Christian place, so maybe the people enraptured are so few I just have failed to notice). But I probably shouldn't be surprised to learn that Harold Camping also predicted the rapture in 1994. He's like a modern-day William Miller.* I just hope the people who made preparations based on his predictions are shown some mercy when they try to get all their stuff back /-:

*Note: If you want to begin a religious movement, it's generally a wise idea to avoid:
1) predicting your immortality
2) predicting the end of the world

Though in fairness, Miller's followers, the Millerites, did not subsequently dissolve but continued on to become Adventists, who number in the millions worldwide. Of course, none of the Adventists I know seem to have been too fussed over the predictions this time around . . .