Re: having a type, I don't seem to have much of a physical type, but I dated three guys with the same birthday (including the one I married

Oh, I forgot about this. I have dated three women with the same birthday (June 19), and one whose birthday was nearby (June 16). And my college roommate's birthday was June 19 also. Freaky!

Edit: Tommy, that's bizarre--if you really thought the world was ending in May, why have a baby that's due in June?!?

Jilli, you forgot to add "adorable"

Edit: Tommy, that's bizarre--if you really thought the world was ending in May, why have a baby that's due in June?!?

'Cuz it will be born in Heaven! Jesus Himself will deliver it!

I'm guessing they didn't use contraception, leaving the whole issue of pregnancy to God's will....

Now they are in Orlando, in a rented house, passing out tracts and reading the Bible. Their daughter is 2 years old, and their second child is due in June.

Huh. So she's going to be raptured as a fetus? How does that work, exactly?

edit: x-posty, natch.

To believe the world will end on May 21st with absolutely no doubt... I just don't understand that mindset.

Yeah, that's... well. Have they never heard of any of the other milleniarists (is that a word?)? Many people in the western world were convinced the world would end at 1,000 CE, and yet NSM.

ION, I just got off the phone with a reporter, to whom I expounded a ridiculous amount of horseshit. "Oh, yes, we're all about the partnering with X, and we're so grateful for their creativity and willingness to work with us..." It'll be interesting to see how badly I am misquoted, given how my organization will have been mis-characterized by the other parties.

"We budgeted everything so that, on May 21, we won't have anything left," Adrienne adds.

This is pretty tragic, especially for their kids.

This is pretty tragic, especially for their kids.

Yeah. What are those kids going to eat on May 22?

Those people make me sad. "Great, now I'm gonna be stuck with serious thoughts all day." Actually, if I thought that was true, it'd kind of solve a lot of my problems. Also, no more politics, right? But I would actually like to write one novel all the way, through.

Yeah, that's... well. Have they never heard of any of the other milleniarists (is that a word?)? Many people in the western world were convinced the world would end at 1,000 CE, and yet NSM.

Maybe the rapture happened in 1,000 CE and we've been living the apocalypse ever since?

In general, when an apocalyptic cult's deadline comes and goes without an apocalypse, the line changes from "we're getting raptured, hooray!" to "God/aliens/a comet saved us at the last minute, hoooray!" and the fervor only increases.

Very rarely does anyone step back and say "Boy did we get THAT wrong! Time to re-enter society!"