Another 2009 Rapture Fantasy (um, Prophesy)

With less than three weeks left in 2009, Duncan Long dot com is not looking so hot as an accurate prognosticator.  Like many, this site also does the weasel words trick of a question mark in their claim; hence, they will say they never meant 2009 when nothing happens by New Year's Day, 2010.

Rapture by 14 December 2009?

Another amusing, bound-to-be-wrong, update at EVT:

I don't know about you, but I plan to be be around on the 14th, 15th, 16th, ...

I Survived Halloween!

Well, I survived Halloween!  It was a great night: a Saturday, an almost full moon, daylight savings for an extra hour of sleep afterwards, and a happy mixing of Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, and others (no, I didn't ask).  I did not see any Wiccans getting treed like they do over at Landover Baptist but one can't have everything now, can one?

I didn't get any of the so called witch-cursed candy that some bubbleheads like Kimberly Daniels apparently believe in.  My own view is that people like Daniels just do this to goose their own ratings; she is a pastor and we all know that clergy are ever in search of more gullible donors.

I Can Prove That God Exists

This is from www.2009-rapture.com.  Another site from a "prophet" thinking that 2009 might be the year of the Rapture (of course, no year is the year of the Rapture).  Wonderfully symbolic.  Here is the orginal:

Some Christians Worry that Harold Camping Makes Them Look Dumb

According to Harold Camping and Family Radio, the end is coming in May 2011

A number of Christians are upset with Harold Camping (see here and here for examples) because he has predicted the Rapture before and has always been wrong.  He is batting 1.000 - just in the wrong direction!  Other Christians worry, rightly in my view, that Harold Camping's highly public but failed predictions portray the entire religion in a bad light.

Harold Camping has always been wrong about predicting the Rapture (and always will be) because there is no chance that there has been a Rapture in the past, there is no Rapture happening now, nor will there ever be a Rapture in the future.  Only one simple reason is needed to account for this: there is no God.

Harold Camping's failed predictions are a stark reminder of the gullibility and superstition that underlie religion.  Without realizing it, he is doing the world a great favor.

We Need More Rapture Prophecies!

I did a quick search and here is another example for the 2009-2010 period:

Note the cagey text above from the site; "No one knows for certain" and "(2009-2010) is my guess".  This is a great hedge-your-bet strategy; especially useful if you have been wrong before!  The web site also has some cool (in a whacked-out sort of way) graphics about the Rapture.  Here is an exmple:

No Rature on 21 October 2009

As PZ Myers also pointed out on Pharyngula, the Rapture was supposed to happen yesterday.  We're still waiting!

Personally, I am not very surprised.  The "Rapture numerologists" never present any real evidence that their calculations work.  The whole edifice, including the very notion of the Rapture, is unsubstantiated.

I am sure that will not deter the next round of Rapture "prophets"!

21 October 2009 is Almost Gone

Less than an hour left here in the U.S. Pacific time zone.  For most of the world it is already 22 October 2009.  No Rapture in sight.  Oh, well.

Actually, the End of the World is October 21, 2011

Those other guys got suckered by Satan, no doubt.  According to this web site, the End of the World is actually going to happen on October 21, 2011 (Ignore the headline which says May 21, 2011)

It's so hard to know who to believe!

Did the Rapture happen yet?

There are prognosticators confidently predicting the Rapture all the time.  This poses a bit of a problem as they cannot all be correct, especially if they predicted a date in the past!  One solution to this dilemma is if the Rapture happened already but no one noticed.  Perhaps the saved souls all went to Heaven already?

Rapture in April or May 2009, anyone?  "The actual first fruits Rapture may happen anytime from April 11th through the day of Pentecost, May 31st...."  More at http://savvyinternetladies.com/blog/2009/03/april-may-2009-jewish-feastsholidays/

How about in May or June 2009?  "Both May 21/22, 2009 and June 6/7, 2009 have been proposed for Rapture Watches for the same reason..." More at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2009/tedp115.htm

Personally, I am holding out for tomorrow, 21 October 2009!  Check it out at http://home.flash.net/~evt/rapture.htm

Waiting for 21 October 2009

This is it! I am waiting for the Rapture to not arrive on 21 October 2009. It should be like shooting fish in a barrel.