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Harold Camping has already copped to the fact that his May 21 apocalypse prediction was incorrect. But while he confesses he got some of the particulars wrong, he hasn't given up completely; he now claims he made an error in his calculations, and that the apocalypse will come five months from now, on October 21. AP continues: It was not … Read More

Hey, I'm just passing this on: The study, which examined the hippocampus region of the brain, found that Protestants who did not have a "born again" experience had significantly more gray matter than either those who reported a life-changing religious experience, Catholics, or unaffiliated older adults. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Templeton Foundation, included at least two MRI measurements … Read More

ABC: Harold Camping is "mystified" and "a little bewildered" today that the Rapture did not go as he predicted, an associate of the California preacher told ABC News. Tom Evans, a board member of Camping's Family Radio International, said today that Camping's wife told him her husband is at their home in Oakland and has no intention to speak or issue any statement … Read More

The Atlantic magazine just spoke to Harold Camping, the guy heading up the Rapture tomorrow, to get clarification on the exact time of the Rapture: The end of the world will be at exactly 6 p.m. on May 21, 2011, says Camping, who along with his organization, Family Radio, are behind those billboards across the country forecasting the Rapture this Saturday. The … Read More

I saw this on the online version of the New York Times:   "From studying the Bible, we have come to the understanding, through God's mercy, that May 21, 2011 is the date of Christ's return. Knowing this, I ask you, would you continue business as usual?"   Abby H. Carson, MD I don't know.  But I know someone who … Read More

So, as some of you know, Christ is coming back on Saturday, and I thought it would be nice if we had a dinner party.  But apparently, he's coming back for the Rapture, which basically means that some of us are going to disappear and go floating upwards, while the rest of us stay on Earth and Hell. Or something like that. … Read More

As a concept, I'm having a lot of problems with the website That Was God. The point of the website is for people to enter their "moments when it was CLEAR: that was God".  So you get entries like this one from "Dee": Today I was driving to the store and a rabbit ran out in front of me. I swerved … Read More

Here it is: "Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in." Actually, schoolchildren know this, and it ain't a reason to be religious.

The only real question here is which of these three "openers" will be most creepy when put into practice by various impressionable Christian youths.  "Are you in a motorcycle gang?" strikes me as pretty creepy.