{"id":716,"date":"2011-05-20T16:44:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=716"},"modified":"2011-05-21T00:59:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T04:59:55","slug":"fun-friday-ii-ready-for-the-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/05\/fun-friday-ii-ready-for-the-rapture.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday II: Ready for the Rapture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one thing not to take the world ending seriously&#8230; but most people, including reporters, seem to be using Harold Camping&#8217;s May 21 prediction as the chance to have some fun. (Especially since even <a href=\"http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~r\/Religion-TopStories\/~3\/ib1LMr3uHEU\/1\">Camping&#8217;s Family Radio ministry employees don&#8217;t seem to be taking the prediction seriously<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample of the stories from the lighter side of tomorrow&#8217;s apocalypse:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_APOCALYPSE_SATURDAY?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2011-05-18-14-57-16\">End of the world? How about a party instead?<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/opinion\/blogs\/wokkapedia\/taking-the-rapt-out-of-rapture-20110517-1eqze.html\">Taking the rapt out of Rapture<\/a> (Sydney Morning Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/05\/16\/judgment-day-may-21-pets_n_862580.html\">Judgment Day: How To Protect Your Pets From The May 21 Rapture<\/a> (Huffington Post &#8212; following up on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/07\/fun-friday-only-200-rapture-ready-christians-sign-up-for-atheist-pet-service.html\">a story I posted here last year<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/05\/20\/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-%e2%80%93-so-lets-go-dine\/\">It&#8217;s the end of the world as we know it &#8212; so let&#8217;s go dine<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, if you would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/marquee.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/05\/20\/doomsday-hits-an-end-of-the-world-soundtrack\/\">compile a playlist for the occasion,<\/a> here&#8217;s my top pick:<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"R.E.M. - It&#039;s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z0GFRcFm-aY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Last time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,2072748,00.html\">Harold Camping predicted the world was ending, in 1994,<\/a> I stayed up all night &#8212; just so I wouldn&#8217;t miss it, if anything apocalyptic actually happened! But, I was an insomniac back then &#8212; nowadays, not so much. Lucky for me, Camping&#8217;s current prediction is apparently set for 6 p.m. in every time zone, a rolling Rapture of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>So, where will you be at 6 p.m. tomorrow? I&#8217;ll be driving from a baby shower to an SPJ awards banquet&#8230; would I really be tempting faith by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct\">taking Seattle&#8217;s Alaskan Way viaduct?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat <\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to <\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief  Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one thing not to take the world ending seriously&#8230; but most people, including reporters, seem to be using Harold Camping&#8217;s May 21 prediction as the chance to have some fun. (Especially since even Camping&#8217;s Family Radio ministry employees don&#8217;t seem to be taking the prediction seriously.) 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