Rapture 2011

Apocalypse Means Never Having to Say You Are Sorry

Chip Berlet | Posted 07.23.2011

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Chip Berlet

No one ever lost money by betting against the apocalypse happening on a particular day. That's a joke among scholars of apocalypticism, and it was a c...

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Maddow Survives The Rapture!

Posted 07.23.2011

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Rachel Maddow ended her Friday show by making a fancy cocktail to toast the possibly-impending onset of Judgment Day, and telling her viewers, "if the...

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Believers and Skeptics React to Failed Doomsday

Posted 07.22.2011

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.21.2011

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Arianna Huffington

If you are reading this Sunday Roundup, it means that those Rapture-ready believers predicting that Saturday would be Judgment Day were wrong. But earlier this week, a different kind of judgment day did arrive, in the form of the first comprehensive report on last year's Upper Big Branch mine disaster, which killed 29 workers. And a damning judgment it was, placing blame squarely on the mine's owner, and calling the tragedy "a cautionary tale of hubris." The same verdict could be applied to Dominique Strauss-Kahn who, on course to become president of France, felt entitled to take a detour to a hotel sexual assault. Paired with the latest news about the equally hubristic former governor of California, it made one long for more women leaders -- who, if you notice, never seem to find themselves accused of attempted rape or forced to admit to having a child with the household help.

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No Abnormal Earthquake Activity For May 21

The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 07.21.2011

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The rumors had persisted for months. Harold Camping and his followers were convinced beyond any doubt. Time zone by time zone, at 6 p.m. local time...

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WATCH: Maddow Makes An End-Of-The-World Drink

Posted 07.21.2011

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Rachel Maddow prepared for the possible end of the world the best way she knows how: by making a cocktail to celebrate the Rapture. Yes, May 21st i...

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Flock Prepares For California Preacher's Rapture Claim

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 07.21.2011

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OAKLAND, Calif. — They spent months warning the world of the apocalypse, some giving away earthly belongings or draining their savings accounts....

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How God Is Managing The 2011 Rapture

Posted 07.21.2011

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Check out this great comic from "The Oatmeal" explaining why no one may be saved during this particular Rapture. Click the image for the full story: ...

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Judgment Day By The Numbers

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 07.20.2011

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According to Harold Camping's calculations, Judgment Day is rapidly approaching. And even though the televangelist missed the mark once before, tho...

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