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Wyoming Bill Prepares for Doomsday

Lawmakers plan for nationwide economic meltdown

(Newser) - Wyoming lawmakers are ready for anything—even the apocalypse. House legislators advanced a bill Friday to prepare for a possible nationwide economic or political meltdown, the Casper Star-Tribune reports. The legislation would create a task force to consider steps such as issuing a state currency, drafting a statewide army, and...

NASA Astronomer Denies 2012 Mayan Apocalypse
 NASA Denies 
 2012 Apocalypse 
Dec 11, 2011 3:11 PM CST

NASA Denies 2012 Apocalypse

Astronomer criticizes list of doomsday 'Mayan' predictions

(Newser) - The Earth will not be destroyed or burned or gravitationally warped on Dec. 12, 2012, according to a NASA scientist, Space.com reports. Despite claims that the Mayan calendar predicts our planetary demise next year, astronomer Don Yeomans says we can "sleep well on Dec. 21 of next year....

Mayan Tablet Doesn't Predict 2012 Apocalypse: Expert

Dec. 21, 2012 is a big day ... but not for the reason you think

(Newser) - Cool your jets: The Mayans did not predict the world will end in 2012, or so says a German expert. Sven Gronemeyer yesterday shared his reading of a 1,300-year-old Mayan stone tablet that makes reference to 2012: He says the hieroglyphs describe the return of Bolon Yokte, the mysterious...

2nd Mayan Tablet Linked to 2012 Apocalypse

But some experts say: Don't worry about it

(Newser) - The bad news is that Mayan ruins make not one but two apparent references to a possible apocalypse in 2012 . The good news—maybe—is that Mexican archeologists say not to worry about it. Experts have finally confirmed that a second suspected reference to 2012 was found at the Comalcalco...

Harold Camping on Failed Rapture: Uh, 'Embarrassing'

But it's OK, God is in charge

(Newser) - "When it comes to trying to recognize the truth of prophecy, we're finding that it is very, very difficult," says Harold Camping in an audio message recently posted on his Family Radio website. Well, that’s one way of putting it: Camping has now twice predicted a...

Harold Camping: Doomsday Definitely Next Friday, October 21, 2011
Harold Camping: Doomsday
Is Definitely Friday
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 16, 2011 11:51 AM CDT

Harold Camping: Doomsday Is Definitely Friday

May 21 rapture was just misunderstood, he insists

(Newser) - The end is nigh—no, really this time!—but don’t bother repenting. That’s what Harold Camping, America’s favorite doomsday prophet , is preaching these days. In a message on his website spotted by USA Today , Camping says that Oct. 21, “at this point, looks like it...

Flee 2012 Apocalypse in Porn Studio's Luxe Bunker

Will include bar, performance spaces, and there's space for fans

(Newser) - If you’re paranoid that the Mayans might have been right about the Dec. 21, 2012 apocalypse, then maybe you should start sucking up to the people at Pink Visual. The LA-based porn studio says it’s building a lavish “post-apocalyptic” bunker, complete with fully-stocked bars, performance stages, and...

Non-Rapture Claims Another Victim

Victor Frasno, 25, died trying to swim to God

(Newser) - Some 20 minutes after Harold Camping said the first world-ending earthquake was to shake the planet, authorities pulled Victor Frasno's body from a lake in Antioch, Calif. The Florida man spent Friday evening talking to his brother and sister-in-law about God and quoting passages from the book of Ezekiel...

Camping: Oh, Wait. Rapture Is Actually Oct. 21

Rest assured, the earth will still be consumed by a fireball

(Newser) - Harold Camping's new favorite phrase: Better late than never. The California preacher has an easy explanation for why the rapture never came to pass on Saturday: He was five months off. Doh! The actual rapture will be Oct. 21. He had originally said that was the day on which...

Rapture Believers React to Still Being Here

Confusion, acceptance from those who thought world would end

(Newser) - So, how do rapture believers feel today, considering the fact that they’re still firmly on earth? A sampling of reactions from the Huffington Post , Reuters , the AP , and the Los Angeles Times :
  • John Ramsey, 25, quit his job, donated thousands of dollars to Camping’s Family Radio, and took
...

Camping 'Bewildered, Mystified' at Lack of Rapture

No official statement today, wife tells board member

(Newser) - Harold Camping came out of hiding briefly yesterday after his predicted rapture did not come to pass, appearing at the front door of his Alameda home to tell the San Francisco Chronicle he had "a really tough weekend." Nearly 18 hours after his May 21 rapture failed to...

As Rapture Fizzles, Camping Is AWOL

Preacher silent in the face of latest failed predictions

(Newser) - Now that another prophecy about the end of the world has has fizzled , attention is turning to the 89-year-old radio evangelist who made the prediction in the first place. Harold Camping has made no statement yet, his Family Radio website has yet to be updated, and the preacher is nowhere...

No Rapture: As Deadline Passes in Parts of the World, There's No Sign of Apocalypse

 No Sign of Rapture Yet 
update: still here
May 21, 2011 5:00 PM CDT

No Sign of Rapture Yet

Harold Camping's deadline arrives, but world goes on

(Newser) - Geez, it didn't even cloud over. Harold Camping's deadline of doomsday/Rapture has arrived on the East Coast without a peep, just as it did in the world's earlier time zones. "So far it hasn't interrupted my fish & chips," read a typical tweet from...

Family Drama: Mom Quit Job ... 'Cause Rapture Is Nigh

Because rapture is nigh

(Newser) - Preparing for the coming rapture ain’t easy—especially when your kids think you’re nuts. That’s the case in the Haddad Carson household, where college savings have been halted and mom has quit her job to spread the word with dad, but they can’t convince the three...

Post-Apocalypse Pet Care Business Booming

May 21 doomsday prediction boosts orders at atheist firm

(Newser) - Sales are up at a company that promises to look after believers' pets after the Rapture, and the founder of "Eternal Earth-Bound Pets" says he has Family Radio to thank. The religious organization has declared that Judgment Day will be this Saturday, and if it occurs, Bart Centre's...

Believers Spread the Word: World Ends Next Month

1,000 signs erected as May 21 approaches

(Newser) - Many already know not to plan anything for May 22; but for those who aren’t aware of the upcoming apocalypse, believers are spreading the news. Subscribers to Harold Camping’s school of thought have already erected some 1,000 billboards around the nation. “Seven billion people are facing...

'Horseman of the Apocalypse' Spotted in Egypt?

Egypt report goes viral thanks to mysterious green figure

(Newser) - Are the events unfolding in Egypt evidence of he coming apocalypse? The editors at FoxNation apparently think that possibility does exist. They’ve reposted, in its entirety, a WorldNet Daily entry that excitedly points out an “ethereal … pale green image that resembles an erect rider atop a horse”...

Mayan Calendar Doesn't Actually End in 2012


 Mayan Calendar 
 Doesn't Actually 
 End in 2012 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 24, 2010 2:35 PM CDT

Mayan Calendar Doesn't Actually End in 2012

Sorry, apocalypse watchers

(Newser) - Good news everyone: the world will (probably) not end in 2012! The millions of people no doubt living in abject fear of the end of the Mayan calendar can breathe a sigh of relief, because the conversion of dates from the Mayan calendar to our calendar could be off by...

Tim Lahaye: Obama Bringing the Apocalypse

We're 'living in the end times,' apparently

(Newser) - Did you know socialism is a leading cause of biblical annihilation? Neither did we, but then, we’re not Tim LaHaye, the novelist who wrote a whole pile of books about the end times. In this clip from a recent episode of Mike Huckabee's show, spotted by the Huffington Post...

40% of Americans Think Jesus Will Return by 2050

Poll: US in optimistic yet apocalyptic mood

(Newser) - More than 40% of Americans believe Jesus will return to earth by the year 2050, according to a Pew Research Center poll. The poll also found that Americans are optimistic about the future, but less so than a decade ago: 64% expect a rosy future for themselves and their families,...

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