We have a saying: "When the rapture comes, we get all their stuff." (Only the real one doesn't use "stuff," but rather a term probably not appropriate here.)
m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- ________________________________ From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Will There Be a Rome (Italy) on May 12? 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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