Pack Your Bags and Prepare – Sunday Funnies

Be prepared for the 21^st  May –  18:00 to be exact. That is the time we will either go to Heaven or sent down to sizzle. According to Harold Camping.

The end of the world is nigh; 21 May, to be precise. That’s the date when Harold Camping, a preacher from Oakland, California, is confidently predicting the Second Coming of the Lord. At about 6pm, he reckons 2 per cent of the world’s population will be immediately “raptured” to Heaven; the rest of us will get sent straight to the Other Place.

So, I guess it’s time to pack our bags and be ready for the great moment. Say our goodbyes and all that. Although there is a remote possibility the man’s just a bit Dagenham…

He says the world will end on 21 May, because that will be 722,500 days from 1 April AD33, which he believes was the day of the Crucifixion. The figure of 722,500 is important because you get it by multiplying three holy numbers (five, 10 and 17) together twice. “When I found this out, I tell you, it blew my mind,” he said.

And didn’t leave much intact, it would appear…