tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post7514434606972867471..comments2024-03-26T04:42:42.844-07:00Comments on God, Politics, and Baseball: Judgment Day: May 21, 2011Sean F. Evertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147243372419180570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post-12575239875547878562011-05-23T07:27:14.316-07:002011-05-23T07:27:14.316-07:00Well, Sean, the story still goes on. We all make ...Well, Sean, the story still goes on. We all make stuff up to make ourselves feel better, but in some cases the fabrications are simply outrageous. Harold Camping says he doesn't know what went wrong, so it fell this morning to Craig Hultsevick (spelling ?), the Family Radio public relations spokesman, to explain why the rapture failed to occur. After reminding us that God's plans are not necessarily the same as ours and that we can always trust in his intentions, he concluded that, in a great act of mercy, God decided to delay the rapture so he would have more time to gather souls into the fold -- and thus another myth is born.<br /><br />I can only imagine what extravagant myths we will create to understand what took place in Joplin last night.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977000606340676556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245966095246940536.post-3961496493403219452011-05-22T08:56:47.815-07:002011-05-22T08:56:47.815-07:00I caught a brief interview of one of Camping's...I caught a brief interview of one of Camping's most ardent followers last night, after his big disappointment. He said he still has faith in Camping and believes the end is imminent. The credulity of humans simply reinforces my own epistemological view: If a factual claim can't be immediately verified by empirical means, then skepticism is in order.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977000606340676556noreply@blogger.com