RDOs Amigos: The Rapture That Never Was

I’m going to be honest…I wasn’t prepared for today’s post. My theory was, if that crazy guy is right I wouldn’t want to regret planning something instead of having one final trip to IKEA/a crackshake.

I went with a breakfast crackshake to start my potentially final day. It was rapturous.

Anyway…back to the rapture. We have been bombarded with images and news stories of people proclaiming the latest doomsday prediction for the last week or so and I have to say, they made me sad. Not because I was convinced it was happening (I’m running with 2012 for my doomsday beliefs), but because these people were.

The people had sold everything, left marriages if their spouse disagreed with them and spent every cent they had to spread the word of the Rapture. Whilst some may call this crazy, it had a noble sentiment; they only wanted to help.

When questioned on the news they were so incensed by the questions that they simply couldn’t answer; to them it was the end of the world and that is that. It makes me sad thinking what is next for them. They have spent all of their money and thrown away everything in their lives. Where do they go to from here?

The man behind the prediction, Harold Camping really isn’t someone to trust, in my opinion. I mean, this isn’t his first end-of-days prediction; September 1994 came and went and he dismissed it as a “mathematical error”. The only error I see him having made this time is that of turning his religion into a joke

Anyway the Rapture hasn’t occurred…yet, which I’m pumped about because there are exciting times ahead. I have weddings to attend, babies being born, I'll presumably be working at The Weekly during production of the Christmas issue, and appearing on The Circle (I’ll explain this plan in more detail later).

In conclusion I would like to make the suggestion that next time old mate (Camping), mentions Rapture go out and listen to Blondie’s song of the same name and revel in the first single that reached number one in the US to feature rap. That or watch the American Dad episode entitled Rapture’s Delight…gold.

At the end of the day(s) if Rapture is to occur there really isn’t much we could do…live a good life, be nice, don’t be a jerk and you should be ok. Maybe I’ll try to be nicer to customers? That is highly unlikely. I really hope this post hasn’t jinxed us into Rapture. If it did/does, I apologise.

BREAKING: It may actually be the end of the world; I just had to watch Jennifer Hudson on Dancing with the “Stars”. Screw you Channel Seven.