Quote of the Day

"We were convinced that on May 21, God would return in a very physical way by bringing in an earthquake and ushering the final five months of judgement. When we look at it spiritually, we find that he did come... We have not made a mistake insofar as the timeline (and so) we're not going to pass out any more tracts. We're not going to put up any more billboards —- in fact they're coming down right now... The world has been warned. The world is under judgment... We're just learning we have to look at all of this more spiritual. But it won't be spiritual on October 21."

-- Pastor Harold Camping, rescheduling Judgment Day for October 21st

Hey, why not? I really enjoyed the last one.

Quote of the Day

"I really believe Sarah Palin would be a good opportunity. Michele Bachmann is excellent -- she’s very sharp and a strong person."

-- Tim LaHaye, author of the Left Behind series, on who he'd like to see become president in 2012

The irony of the guy who wrote a bunch of books about the end of the world imagining Palin or Bachmann as president, better yet as an "opportunity," if you get his drift -- it's just pretty much perfect.

Incidentally, along those lines, these are just two of the "four" choices he's concentrating on. Once again, just perfect.

Picture of the Week

The ocean on fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

...And the sun turned black as sackcloth.

Sunday Sacrilege

This was always pretty much guaranteed; the metaphor is just too easy and obvious.

Newsweek: Blood in the Water: Some Say BP's Oil Spill Heralds the Apocalypse/6.4.10

The most disturbing little nugget relayed in this story comes just two lines in: "About 60 million white evangelicals live in America, and about one third of them believe that the world will end in their lifetime, according to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press."

(via Christian Nightmares)

Palinocalypse

Sorry, kids. It's a slow day for decent material and, more importantly, it's the exact opposite for yours truly. I'm busy as hell.

Hope to be back to normal around here soon.

(h/t Nancy)