{"id":1159,"date":"2011-10-21T17:36:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2011-10-21T21:30:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T01:30:33","slug":"fun-friday-not-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/10\/fun-friday-not-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Not the End of the World As We Know It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s Oct. 21 —\u00a0Radio preacher Harold Camping’s thrice-revised prediction <\/a>for Judgment Day. And, as CNN’s Belief Blog optimistically observes<\/a>.\u00a0we’re all still here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Well, except for a certain Libyan dictator. In the words of entertainment journalist and my former coworker Chris Serico<\/a>: Oh Gaddafi. We hardly knew how to spell you.)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, there’s still some hours to go, especially here on the West Coast. My son has decided to skip his nap and stock up his supplies, just in case. Then again, he may just be preparing for Seattle’s\u00a0Alaskan Way Viaduct\u00a0closure, aka “ViaDoom” and “ViaConDios.” <\/a>Otherwise, I’m not sure how to break it\u00a0to him that Big Bird and Gymbo probably won’t be Raptured…<\/p>\n

What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n

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