May 21st, 2011 was prophesied to be the Judgement Day . Well its 22nd morning and as i sip my morning tea , i still find the world standing and me frantically trying to set up my daily routine.. So, what was all the fuss about this Rapture, the end of the world? Where is Harold Camping and his Family Radio....Well as i write today, it is not as a skeptic or non-belier or for making fun on the believers, it is just an honest discussion on another belief that many would not adhere too..note that not being a Christian i might be wrong in certain interpretations.
"The last few days as i commuted to my work , the subways as well as the streets were sprayed with billboard advertisement warning about the impending doom. An apocalyptic prediction that a spree of random earthquakes would let loose destruction of humanity on earth. This would be a 5 months period, during which the world would suffer to a complete end. But, for the true Christian believer , his faith is going to save him and lift him towards heaven. This ultimately starts second coming for Jesus. This is same as as the Noah and the great Flood in Bible.
But, did something really happen. I cant seem to find any great disasters across any news channel.For atheists, this could be an "I told you so" moment.
But doomsayers have sworn since at least Roman times that they're better sourced than the angels themselves, boldly trotting out predictions down to the day for the Final Judgment, when, Christians believe, Jesus will descend to earth and set off a chain of events resulting in the end of the world and a new heaven.
May 21, 2011, is the latest attempt to get a jump on Judgment Day, courtesy of Calif.-based Family Radio, a nonprofit evangelical Christian group, with Harold Camping being the leader of this group. He along with some loosely strewn Biblical groups have been campaigning the Rapture--- " WE CAN KNOW from the Bible alone that the date of the rapture of believers will take place on May 21, 2011 and that God will destroy this world on October 21, 2011. ". It seems bible provides you enough mathematical leads to help calculate the dates of great events. The year 2011 AD will be the 7000th year from the flood of Noah’s day. It will be the end of the length of time given to mankind to find grace in God’s sight. This means that the time to find refuge in Christ has grown extremely short.
With so many details around me , i found myself questioning, how about us -- people of different faiths. Will we be saved or just because our faiths are different we have to face the doom. Is our choice of religion, reason for being non-faithful. Not really so, be in Hinduism, Islam, or any other faith, there has been always a mention of "Facing a final end as world turned more murkier due to deeds of mankind".
This implies that every faith warns its followers that our actions would have ultimate remediation. But, do we stop in our pursuits ?? Personally for me i think not. Even though i am a God Fearing soul, every day brings forth too many challenges to duel on good and evil of our deeds. Our survival depends on our efforts and although we try hard sometimes they might not be justified in true sense of Godliness.
As faith states mere mortals have decided to make this Chaos our order for the Day and thus we suffer. But don't the Believers suffer too??? Their strive for piousness also is hard and to make it through todays complex world in a righteous manner is tougher than facing an End."
I live it as an open question to all who reads this piece, should we laugh at the few Christians who prophesied the Doom. Or should we take a moment to ponder on all recent disasters and think if they are the Dooms defined in our faiths..
