Save the date: World to end Saturday

Armageddon by Nicholas Roerich (public domain)

The Georgia rock band REM famously sang, “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.” However, since the song was released in 1987 the world has noticeably continued to exist. Presumably REM feels fine about that too.

In recent weeks though, a Christian group has made news with the claim that the world as we know it will end this Saturday, May 21, with the return of Jesus Christ. The group’s claim has spawned theological discussions of Christian eschatology throughout the mainstream news and entertainment media, some serious, most not. There is even an event page on Facebook for “Post Rapture Looting” and a group of atheists offering to care for the pets of raptured Christians… for a fee of course.

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