# A nice young man just told me.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933 "2013-09-03T22:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/21 "2013-09-04T03:19:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If they gave the family savings to me that would lessen the tragedy somewhat. Be a sport about it and take the dog too. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/22 "2013-09-04T03:32:26Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > So Zombie Apocalypse Oct 14th? My Small Boy would LOVE a Zombie Apocalypse for his birthday. (but I think I keep on with the planning for the Star Wars theme, just in case…) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/23 "2013-09-04T03:33:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Be a sport about it and take the dog too. I have it on good authority that [all dogs go to heaven](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096787/). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/24 "2013-09-04T03:37:23Z")
The young man is right. _The Rapture_ will happen on October 13. Unfortunately for all of us, _The Rapture_ is a Blondie cover band. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/25 "2013-09-04T03:57:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If they gave the family savings to me that would lessen the tragedy somewhat. **Lanzy** , if you see him again, ask him to give you money; if he truly believes then he won’t be needing it. I did offer a bet but he said I could never collect as he would be gone. I hoped he would stay longer, I was a bit bored today. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/26 "2013-09-04T04:28:52Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > I did offer a bet but he said I could never collect as he would be gone. He’s got that backwards, doesn’t he? Presumably, he’s betting that the rapture will happen, and you’re betting that it won’t. If he’s not around, that means he won the bet (and won’t be around to collect). ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/27 "2013-09-04T04:33:59Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I never understood the fundamentalist obsession about the “end times”. The gospels clearly state “you know neither the day nor the hour”. Why not leave it at that and continue to live according to the commandments? They also say that people alive then would see the end. We see how well that worked out. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/28 "2013-09-04T04:47:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > He’s got that backwards, doesn’t he? Presumably, he’s betting that the rapture will happen, and you’re betting that it won’t. If he’s not around, that means he won the bet (and won’t be around to collect). I think he got a lot more than that backwards, but yeah you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/29 "2013-09-04T13:49:16Z")
Wow, so I’ll wake up on my birthday (the 14th) and every asshole Christian will have disappeared into the ether? That would be the greatest present ever! Now, off to read more about these “tribulations”… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/30 "2013-09-04T14:53:16Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > Does that mean we don’t get a Halloween party this year? ☹ This better not fuck up our “Boo Forum”. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/31 "2013-09-04T16:17:15Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I never understood the fundamentalist obsession about the “end times”. The gospels clearly state “you know neither the day nor the hour”. Why not leave it at that and continue to live according to the commandments? Exactly – and re same, it’s biblically stated that self-appointed prophets saying “lo here !” and “lo there !” concerning the time for the end of the world, should be ignored. One can only take it that “it’s going to happen on…” is a thing which fulfils a need or want which many people have; which they duly go on to engage in, regardless of biblical injunctions to the contrary. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/32 "2013-09-04T17:15:29Z")
You have a duty to exploit delusional people like this. Ask him to give you all his stuff, bank accounts, etc. Get as much as you can before the 13th ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/33 "2013-09-04T20:16:39Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Indeed. It never ceases to amaze me that some fundamentalists Christians think they know better than Jesus. In my experience, MOST (if not all) fundamentalist Christians think they know better than Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/34 "2013-09-04T23:37:53Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > …that the Rapture is on October 13, this year. He’s scheduling his masturbation sessions that far in advance? Wow! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/35 "2013-09-05T00:06:31Z")
I can’t find anything on the Internet indicating that is anything besides his mother’s own delusion. There are some YouTube teaching videos about how the Jewish calendar is a month late & the 7th Day of Sukkot will be on October 26/27 this year, and the Rapture will then occur. But that only seems to be taught by this one girl. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OacRPnoH78) Now, the idea of the Rapture being during the Fall Festivals, especially on Rosh HaShanah, the Feast of Trumpets, has been popular for a few decades now, tho still a minority view among Rapturists who tend to believe it could happen any second. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/36 "2013-09-05T01:12:28Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > [Zombie Apocalypse: Preparedness 101 : Signup Reservation System : Texas State University](http://signup.txstate.edu/sessions/834-zombie-apocalypse-preparedness-101) > Texas State Signup Educational Technology Center (ETC) > > Zombie Apocalypse: Preparedness 101 > [@Lanzy](#): > > I did offer a bet but he said I could never collect as he would be gone. I hoped he would stay longer, I was a bit bored today. I clicked on that link and was so disappointed. I think a Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness class would be a good way to explore any number of things. Including how dependent we are on our infrastructure. ---
**Author:** ![Tacit\_Knowledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@Tacit\_Knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tacit_Knowledge)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/37 "2013-09-05T01:19:37Z")
I sure hope it’s more eventful than last year’s rapture. That one was a real snooze fest. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/38 "2013-09-05T01:34:06Z")
Great. Now I have that Debbie Harry song in my head. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/39 "2013-09-05T03:53:24Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I clicked on that link and was so disappointed. I think a Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness class would be a good way to explore any number of things. Including how dependent we are on our infrastructure. Yea, it is more like a Freshman Orientation class. Though there is a screening of _William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead_ at the Michigan State University Wharton Center for Performing Arts that weekend. > **[William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead | Wharton Center for Performing Arts](https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/william-shakespeares-land-of-the-dead)** > > What if the black plague actually turned those infected into zombies? This blood-drenched comedy combines history, Shakespeare, and the apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/40 "2013-09-05T04:16:03Z")
and according to this website [http://betseylewis.com/Earth\_News\_1.html](http://betseylewis.com/Earth_News_1.html) > [@](#): > > COMING: Sun’s poles are set to FLIP within three to four months > and it could lead to bad weather and radio disruption and ripple effect throughout the Solar System. NASA announced today what I’ve been predicting for months–a major solar event on or around October 13, 2013, which is in my new book, Mystic Revelations of Thirteen. We were warned of this event in 1917. I’ll be discussing this on the X-Zone tonight at 10 pm MST (see information below). > > Scientists at Stanford’s Wilcox Solar Observatory have been studying the sun’s magnetic field since 1976, during which time they have witnessed three reversals. NASA Article and video. “This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system,” says NASA scientist. to that I say, hahahahahahahahahahahah This is what NASA actually said > **[Sun Will Flip Its Magnetic Field Soon](https://www.space.com/22271-sun-magnetic-field-flip.html)** > > The sun's magnetic field is gearing up to shift, a once in 11 year event, according to NASA officials. > **[Sun's Magnetic Field Flip Won't Doom Earth, Scientists Say](https://www.space.com/22289-sun-magnetic-field-flip-earth-effects.html)** > > The shift won't spark an increase in solar storms or other events that could have a damaging effect on Earth and its inhabitants. Sun’s Magnetic Field Flip Won’t Doom Earth, Scientists Say Gawd and Jeebus people are so stupid. You give them a little science and they make an Apocalypse out of it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933.md?page=3)