This Saturday, May 21, 2010, is the End Of Days, according to Harold Camping of http://www.familyradio.com/facts/

There, he states:

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What will take place on May 21?

On May 21, 2011 two events will occur. These events could not be more opposite in nature, the one more wonderful than can be imagined; the other more horrific than can be…

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I was quite surprised at the level of response to the Hopi Indian response video which included messages from the family of the elder who created the statement.  What I find amazing is the level of anger towards me questioning the validity of prayer and asking people to donate instead.  Besides being called evil, narrow minded, one dimensional and a douche bag, this to me shows the level people are at when it comes to their so called… Continue

So reading a few posts made by friends on Facebook, I came across this:

A volcano has erupted in southern Japan.... SERIOUSLY?!?!!

Then, a few responses down:

Shit!! What the fuck did the japanese do to piss god or whatever u wanna say off?

 

Seriously? There has…

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Belief in a Just World



I was home sick when the news of the Japan earthquake came in. I could only hear the television from the other apartment talking about something huge, because the local reporters started referring to CNN, when normally the news would be comfortably confined to local political bickering and showbiz chutzpah. It was on Twitter when I later learned about the magnitude of the earthquake’s damage, and the extent of the tsunami reports, which have… Continue

last week i linked to the first news trickling out about a new paper by a NASA astrobiologist that purported to show that a meteorite contained fossilized bacteria. well, once people took a good look at the paper and its findings it became clear that the findings were absurd. lots of commentary on this one.

Matt, The Skeptical Teacher,…

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Sinami (n.) The wave of blame issued by the religious after a natural disaster as to why god caused said disaster.



Example: After the 8.2 earthquake killed 1042 people last month, a sinami occurred among priests and clergyman faulting abortion, homosexuality and scantily clad women as the reason for god's wrath.



We see this after many disasters, whether it be flood, drought, hurricane, tornado, volcanoes, earthquake or a tsunami. Some preacher will start ranting that we… Continue

It can happen to you. Take five minutes and watch my disaster preparedness seminar and arm yourself with the knowledge against the…

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Natural disasters, which came about before and as the result of man's fall, are a horrible reminder of what sin brought to our planet before we sinned. God in his infinite power could have set anything in motion for our transgressions. He could have created a monster to go around gobbling people up at random, or for people wanting the ground to swallow them up at embarrassing moments to get their wish. But in his infinite wisdom he chose things like…

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Here in Puerto Rico, there was an earthquake today at 1:30 am. It was a 5.7 on the Richter scale with the epicenter located to the north west of the island close to Añasco. I felt it all the way to my house on the opposite side of the island. My PC monitor started shaking and I thought it was my mind playing tricks but it kept moving for a while so of course it was something entirely different.

Typically and like anywhere else, the unreasonable and magical arguments started pouring… Continue

At a press conference held this morning, self-styled "creator of the universe" God provided disappointingly little new information as to his reasons for causing a devastating earthquake in the Caribbean country of Haiti.



Although the word of God is held by many to be a sacred and unambiguous message given to us directly by the almighty lord of all things, many commentators are expressing a growing frustration with the creator's vagueness on numerous policy issues, and unwillingness… Continue

If you take a look at some of the comments to the various news reports about the Samoan tsunami, the end-timers are out in full force. Even though Samoa is highly religious and almost all of them do not blame a god for what's going on, the "true" believers know what's really going on and must tell them so.



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