# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/41 "2013-09-05T05:36:21Z")
> [@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? All 613 of them?? 😃 Personally, I wish the general fundie belief was to drink the Kool Aid on the day of the rapture. Hey, less traffic and more parking is the only salvation I need. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/42 "2013-09-06T21:46:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lanzy;16632709I tried to talk him out of it but he held fast because his Mother had told him and he was just out letting people know.[/QUOTE] His mother’s name wouldn’t happen to be Mary would it? Just sayin… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/43 "2013-09-06T22:56:26Z")
[AJ Soprano]So. . .no fuckin’ ziti?[AJS] ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/44 "2013-09-07T01:27:13Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > You kidding? Everybody who’s left behind gets to have a Hell of a party! And we get all the stuff that’s left behind, right? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/45 "2013-09-07T01:38:05Z")
Well, I’m damn glad to hear the world will end on October 13th. It means that on my doctors appointment on October 1, I will be able to tell the doctor I’m not going to give up caffeine and I’m not going to try to lose weight and I’m not going to give up smocking cigars and I’m not going to get more exercise. Of course, on October 14, I’ll have to reconsider those things. ETA: I’m not at all sure how one smocks a cigar; I’ve got the smoking part covered. ---
**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 10, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/46 "2013-09-10T17:42:07Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > . . .Gawd and Jeebus people are so stupid. You give them a little science and they make an Apocalypse out of it From the article you posted - "In an event that occurs once every 11 years . . . " That was, like, the third sentence. How can you make an apocalypse out of that? > [@ralph124c](#): > > I never understood the fundamentalist obsession about the “end times”. . . I think the biggest draw is that the whole world will get to see that YOU WERE RIGHT! And you’ll get to know that they’re all seeing it. That’s much more satisfying that having individuals sporadically finding out when they die and you not being there. ---
**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 10, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/47 "2013-09-10T18:21:51Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > From the article you posted - "In an event that occurs once every 11 years . . . " That was, like, the third sentence. How can you make an apocalypse out of that? > > . I was referring to the nut job’s website I posted first. She took the NASA article and used it to validate her prediction that a “major” event would disrupt communications and cause catastrophe in October. She twisted the science to fit a nonsense “prediction” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/48 "2013-09-10T18:34:48Z")
The proper response: “If that’s the case, then you won’t mind writing me a check dated October 14th, then? Not for a ridiculous amount – I think a $250 check would show the lord your dedication and belief, would it not?” ---
**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 10, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/49 "2013-09-10T18:57:47Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I was referring to the nut job’s website I posted first. She took the NASA article and used it to validate her prediction that a “major” event would disrupt communications and cause catastrophe in October. She twisted the science to fit a nonsense “prediction” She still had to either deliberately misinterpret what she read or skip around. I can’t imagine a NASA, or any science article, not mentioning that this is a cycle. ---
**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 10, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/50 "2013-09-10T19:11:48Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > She still had to either **deliberately misinterpret** what she read or skip around. I can’t imagine a NASA, or any science article, not mentioning that this is a cycle. That was my point. We are saying the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/51 "2013-09-11T16:22:29Z")
If it happens I’ll still be here and it will be a lot less crowded, so I consider that a win. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/52 "2013-09-11T16:29:30Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > If it happens I’ll still be here and it will be a lot less crowded, so I consider that a win. Depends on the qualifications to get raptured. There may be more left behind than you expect. 😃 Of course, it might all be a hideous mistranslation. Rapture is awful close to raptor. ---
**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 16, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/53 "2013-09-16T01:03:24Z")
27 days to go, if I’m counting right. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/54 "2013-09-16T03:26:02Z")
I think it would be hilarious if the kid had just heard someone else say something about the Rapture, and kept begging mom to tell him when it was. Alas, it sounds like she just saw that Facebook image macro about the sun’s polar flip or something like that. I just wonder what people think they gain if they turn out to be right. It must be pretty big, to risk being so horribly wrong. Do they think Jesus is going to give them some metaphorical fist bumps in heaven? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/55 "2013-09-16T05:24:31Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Of course, it might all be a hideous mistranslation. > Rapture is awful close to raptor. [True.](http://xkcd.com/900/) “So, are you worried about the Rapture?” “No, unless it figures out how to open doors.” "I said _Rapture."_ ---
**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 17, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/56 "2013-09-17T20:20:53Z")
It’s comforting that there’s an XKCD for everything. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933/57 "2013-09-17T21:05:38Z")
I sure hope they do not shoot the dog, they ought to be advised about [jesus pets](http://www.jesuspets.com) so that the dog can be cared for after they have been taken up [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nice-young-man-just-told-me/667933.md?page=2)