Here's what I know: I was visiting with my 88-year-old mother, who has been reading Revelations lately, and she asked if I put any stock in the May 21st prediction. I knew nothing about it, but told her most predictions leave me pretty cold. So I Googled it and it seems that a number of people--I'm not sure how to spell wacko--believe that the rapture will occur on May 21, and that Armageddon will follow with the destruction complete in October. I only know what I learned through Google. Now, if I wake up on May 21 and there is nobody left, I'll know I was wrong.
Carol On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:45:09 -0700, Carol DeVolder wrote: > >Does that go along with the widespread fear of Judgment day on May 21? > >Followed by destruction of the world in October? > > Now, I admit that there are certain current events that I follow but > there are others that I avoid (e.g., I've never seen an episode of > "American Idol" or reality shows [unless forced to by someone I > was with who watched one like "Mob Wives"] or the series "Lost" > and so on). I have not been following the end of the world stuff > which explains why I was somewhat bewildered by Alan Kraut's > email this morning to APS members about the 2011 APS meeting > being the last meeting ever. But APS appears to be making an offer > to its members to attend this meeting that they can't refuse. Quoting > the email: > > |Come to the 23rd Annual APS Convention May 26-29, in Washington > |DC. Register in advance at our oh-so-reasonable rates. And if the > |world ends anytime between May 21 and the end of the Convention on > |May 29, we will refund EVERY PENNY you spent. No questions > |asked -- registration, airline ticket, all local transportation, all hotel > |costs (INCLUDING MINI-BAR CHARGES), a per diem of $55 a > |day (the going rate), plus a couple of happy hour beers. All on us. > |How can you beat it? You can't. > > It's too late to be an April's Fool joke but clearly some folks are > expecting the end of the world as we know it though I don't know > why. Does it have something do with Mayan Prophecy? Did > Nostrodamus predict it? Was there some End Times event that I > missed? Did someone see the image of the antichrist in a grilled > cheese sandwich? Alan Kraut mentions the End of World As We > Know It (EWOWKI!) is supposed to occur between May 21 > and October 21. So, what's backstory to this? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. I get a feeling that my spam filter is really effective. ;-) > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you don't follow the news in Italy, you're probably unaware that > > that Rome has been predicted to be utterly destroyed by a massive > > earthquake tomorrow, May 11, 2011. But don't take my word for > > it, consider this article in Science (yes, *that* Science): > > > > > http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/scientists-try-to-counter-rome-e.html > > > > A somewhat more mundane view of the events is provided by > > Discovery News; see: > > > > > http://news.discovery.com/earth/rome-earthquake-prophecy-sparks-anic-110510.html > > > > as well as a number of news outlets -- just search > http://news.google.com > > for "Rome" and "earthquake". > > > > So, what shall it be? Utter destruction or just another day in paradise? > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=10515 > or send a blank email to > leave-10515-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10517 or send a blank email to leave-10517-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
