Anyone see these rediculous "Doomsday" Ads in Subway?

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  • #596989
    lovebeingjewish
    Participant

    just curious if anyone has heard of this or seen these in the subway recently. if you ask me this guy is a joke..who else has thoughts on this?

    #769981
    Sacrilege
    Member

    There is a huge sign across the street from Kings Plaza (for all the Brooklyners)

    #769982
    gefen
    Participant

    I’m not in NY. What do the ads say exactly?

    #769983
    dunno
    Member

    Are you talking about the May 21 “Judgement Day”? Because I’m pretty curious what that is all about.

    #769984
    TheGoq
    Participant

    lets all comment on this on sunday after this nonevent doesnt take place

    #769985
    lovebeingjewish
    Participant

    yeah the may 21st doomsday ad, the fact that they put a date on it is absurd bc we as Jewish ppl who believe in Mashiach who will come at the appropriate time when Hashem wants him to. he can come right now, we dont know dates and were not supposed to put a date on it. bc then what if he doesnt come, ppl will have questions and then fall out of religion…

    #769986
    bpt
    Participant

    I’ve seen it. I also saw people handing out flyers in the train station, and they look like J for J people.

    Not too worried though. The 21st is Shabbos, so I’m feeling pretty secure.

    #769987
    adorable
    Participant

    can someone explain please?!

    #769988

    “A loosely organized xtian movement has spread the word around the globe that *that fellow* will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful into heaven.”

    #769989
    TheGoq
    Participant

    someone has spent their life savings advertising that they think 5/21/11 will be the end of the world

    #769990
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    See, those silly Mayans had nothing to worry about. The world’s going to end a full seven months before their calendar runs out.

    The Wolf

    #769991
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    Well there will be many bonFIRES on May 21 at night

    #769992
    lovebeingjewish
    Participant

    cant wait to see the look on their faces when it doesn’t. BUT i hope MASHIACH ben David comes today 🙂

    #769993
    Sacrilege
    Member

    All those years of living in Staten Island have gotten to him, nebach.

    #769994

    lets get them to give us all their stuff now cuz they wont need it anyway! i get their house and car– called it!!!

    #769995
    apushatayid
    Participant

    Mr. Doomsday is part of a larger “church”. Just google Harold Camping. No, he isn’t predicting any fires, just an earthquake. 6pm., but dont hold him to the time, he is only reasonably sure of the time, but the date and what will happen he is certainly sure. From the cnnmoney article about him, the writer seems to imply (it’s what I infer from the article and the way it is written and the things it focuses on) that Mr. Camping will abscond with the church money. According to their IRS filing, they get on avg 18 million dollars a year in donations and account for 8-10 million in expenses.

    #769996

    “called it” doesnt work in there here parts.

    you have to say “dibs”

    #769997
    lovebeingjewish
    Participant

    if he is so sure, i would like to wager against Mr Camping. Can I make an official, legal bet with the guy for a million dollars?

    #769998
    ItcheSrulik
    Member

    bpt: They aren’t J for J’s they’re just normal, garden variety “for J’s.” That’s the shabbos before my college begins finals, so the big joke on campus is “are you gonna bother studying.”

    #769999
    Y.W. Editor
    Keymaster

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=92448

    Posted a few days ago…

    Just an FYI

    #770000
    Ctrl Alt Del
    Participant

    “A loosely organized xtian movement has spread the word around the globe that *that fellow* will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful into heaven.”

    Kool-Aid anyone?

    “See, those silly Mayans had nothing to worry about. The world’s going to end a full seven months before their calendar runs out.”

    You are HILARIOUS!!!!

    #770001
    apushatayid
    Participant

    CNN has an interview with one of the employees of this “church”. She says 80% of the employees think he is insane and they are planning to show up to work Monday, like always. As a secretary, she has scheduled numerous appointments and meetings for company employees for next week and beyond.

    #770003

    Yeah, I heard about it. I understand who’s doing it but where are there warped ideas from. Why May 21 and not June 2 or s/t. Why an earthquake? It’s totally crazy, but how can they backup what they are saying? They have no reasoning.

    #770004
    TikkunHatzot
    Member

    It’s totally crazy, but how can they backup what they are saying?

    Which is the same question I ask about all of their beliefs…

    #770005
    ItcheSrulik
    Member

    mischiefmaker: Theyr’e all imitating the lower sort of false prophet from the middle ages, the kind that was more concerned with scansion than accuracy so all their prophecies went something like:

    Unto an end the world shall come

    in umpty tumpty tumpty one.

    (Ten points if anyone can guess which novel I stole that one from.)

    #770006
    ZachKessin
    Member

    Predicting when the world will end is an old game. There was some guy about 150 years ago who predicted it 4 times (all of them wrong) What was amazing was that after the 3rd date came and went he still had some followers.

    The technical term for this is “Eschatology” for anyone who may care.

    #770007
    ItcheSrulik
    Member

    Zach: If we’re thinking of the same guy, he still does. They’re called Jeh*vah’s witlesses. 😉 I don’t like using the word “eschatology” for these nutjobs because I’ve most often seen it in connection with the nevi’im achronim and the aggada about our Mashiach.

    #770008
    gefen
    Participant

    oy! should i hide under the covers tomorrow? i’m shaking! someone let me know when it’s over. oh wait, when it’s over nobody will be here to let me know. oy oy oy – it’s gonna be lonely.

    there have always been nutcases in this world. why should it be any different now?

    let’s just daven for moshiach.

    Have a great Shabbos everyone and enjoy Lag B’Omer!!!

    #770009
    charliehall
    Participant

    Rev. Camping previously predicted the end of the world for October 1994.

    #770010
    yaakov doe
    Participant

    Today’s NY Times has an article about some of these people and another about a man who made similiar predictions years ago. I assume that those behind the May 21st end of the world will makes the rounds of the talk shows beginning May 22.

    Look, they’re done no harm and contributed to the economy with the ads.

    #770011

    The only thing happening on May 21st is me going to shul and comming home for a nice lunch…There will also be sleeping, walking and learning mixed in…

    #770012
    apushatayid
    Participant

    1010 Wins in NY interviewed a believer who stated he stopped paying his utility bills among other things. The reporter asked him if he could come back sunday morning for a follow up and the guy told him “not sure where I will be that day”. If you are in or near NYC tune in to 94.7 FM you get to hear mr camping.

    #770013
    ZachKessin
    Member

    ItcheSrulik The guy I am thinking of was from about 150 years ago, but it is quite possible that there are a bunch of others that are more recent that I have not noticed. (Actually Its quite probable)

    #770014

    i wonder if they think the earth is flat?

    #770015

    seems flat to me

    #770016
    ItcheSrulik
    Member

    J’s witlesses are an offshoot of a millenial cult from about that time though closer to 130. That’s why I mentioned them.

    #770017
    apushatayid
    Participant

    The witnesses were started by a fellow named charles russell in 1870.

    #770018
    veteran
    Member

    lets get them to give us all their stuff now cuz they wont need it anyway! i get their house and car– called it!!!

    This morning I went outside and I saw my neighbor coming towards me. I said, “Hey, here comes Mr. Akkum and his son JuneYor. Do I get to take your house after all you people are gone?” His son started to protest, but I said, “Pipe down, JuneYor.”

    #770019
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    For what it’s worth, Mayor Bloomberg has announced that if the world ends tomorrow, alternate side parking is suspended.

    (No, seriously, he did say it.)

    The Wolf

    #770020

    thats really quite funny for a mayor

    im not from ny

    is he generally a humorous type guy?

    #770021
    adorable
    Participant

    mod- check the home page.

    I am freaking out that you are not from NY

    #770022

    thanks adorable

    i just checked it

    he is a very funny guy

    ive been to ny a few times if that makes you feel better

    #770023
    bpt
    Participant

    “im not from ny”

    But you’re probably from Lakewood (or Baltimore?), which is close enough.

    #770024
    adorable
    Participant

    you are such a new yorker. I cannot believe it. I dont like that you know who we are but we cannot figure out who you are!

    #770025

    no, not from the east at all

    but thats about as specific as is prudent for now

    #770026
    adorable
    Participant

    well i love OOT and went to camp in the west for years….

    #770027

    ItcheSrulik–Good Omens?

    #770028
    YW Moderator-42
    Moderator

    Do I still exist or am I a figment of my imagination?

    #770029

    42,

    You’re still a figment of your imagination, just like you were last week.

    #770030
    gefen
    Participant

    Hello? Is NY still on the map? We’re still here, I think. I hear music from the bonfire down the block.

    I just knew that hiding under the covers would work! 🙂

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