Billboards to proclaim Jesus' return on May 21, 2011

[Bozita]

Posted: Dec. 4, 2010
Billboards to proclaim Jesus' return on May 21, 2011
By NIRAJ WARIKOO
Free Press Staff Writer


Mark your calendars and get ready.

According to 20 billboards to appear Monday across metro Detroit, Jesus is returning on May 21, 2011. And if you aren't saved, it isn't going to be easy, says the Christian Web site behind the billboards, which are to read "He Is Coming Again!"

The goal is to convince people to accept Jesus and that the Bible is the infallible word of God, said Allison Warden of Raleigh, N.C. She's with www.wecanknow.com , the site putting up the billboards along with a Christian radio network, Family Radio.

The billboards are to dot various locations in metro Detroit and in eight other cities, Warden said. First reported by the Tennessean, the billboards are being erected during the Christmas season to remind folks of the message of the season. In Detroit, they will stay up until early January. Warden would not say how much the billboards cost or who is paying for them. But a spokeswoman for CBS Outdoor, which was contracted to put up the billboard posters, said each poster costs $500 per four-week period. They will be placed on surface streets, not off highways.

The billboards are meant to be a reminder to folks to prepare for what is often known as the Rapture. After certain followers of Jesus are raised up to be with him, those left behind after May 21 will have to suffer through an earthquake that will open graves. And five months later -- on Oct. 21, 2011, to be exact -- the world will end "with God destroying the universe and everything in it," Warden said.

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[liberal N proud]

1. Is this to arrive ahead of the 2012 destruction of the world?

[Cleita]

2. Good!

When those fundies listen to what the real Jesus says about how we should live our lives, their ignorant, bigoted, homophobic, misogynist heads will explode

[obxhead]

3. I guess I'll hold off on buying that new car and TV.

I can wait a few months to grab a free "unmanned" car I guess.

[Bozita]

4. ooops, this is a dupe. Link to the original...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9687869&mesg_id=9687869

[AlinPA]

5. I can't understand why the 5 month wait for the universe to end after the rapture.

I guess it takes a long time to wipe out some of those galaxies.

[Initech]

6. If those bumper stickers are accurate, there will be plenty of free cars that day.

[Danmel]

Damn, my husband's birthday is the 22nd

Guess I shouldn't bother getting him a gift since we're likely to go up in flames in the Rapture.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. So much for "like a thief in the night."

[11 Bravo]

8. I'm a Christian, and these fucking idiots embarrass me.

[ZombieHorde]

9. I would be embarrassed if I were a Christian. nt

[11 Bravo]

10. Cute. I would be embarrassed if I had some sort of half-assed, adolescent, zombie fixation.

Perhaps you'll grow out of it.

[ZombieHorde]

12. I was just agreeing with you, fundies make Christians look bad.

FYI: My zombie fixation is full-assed.

[11 Bravo]

13. Ahhh shit, please accept my apology.

I'm just so used to Christian bashing around here, that I didn't even think about a different possible interpretation of your post. Sincerely, I apologize.

[ZombieHorde]

14. No problem. I deserve your insult, just not for the post you replied to. nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. First rule in predicting the end of the world -

never put a date on it. You'll just end up embarrasing yourself.

[silverweb]

15. Cool.

So they're giving us open opportunities to laugh at them more than usual twice -- on May 22nd, when they're still here, and on October 22nd, when everyone/everything else is still here.

This will be fun.

[Owl]

Where's he supposed to show up at? I might want to reserve a nearby motel room or campsite.

[spanone]

16. time to max out those credit cards and open several bogus checking accounts

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

17. Well.

It's always like this, isn't it? I finally get a nice pair of pants which fits well and looks okay. And then the murderous, head-stomping sky god of the hateful looney wing of some organized religion has to come along and destroy the universe, before I can really get adequate use out of my pants. That's just mean, and wrong. I'm going to go eat cookies.

[surrealAmerican]

21. Five months use isn't too bad for a good pair of pants.

(Just look at the bright side.)

Now, if you'd, say, just had your first child, it sure would be depressing to think you would be here long enough to see him/her walk and talk.

[B Calm]

18. and if none of this comes true, it's okay to be a non believer and spit on religions!

[surrealAmerican]

22. It's funny how they never get to that point.

They will "suddenly" realize that they "miscalculated", and it was meant to be ten years later or something instead.

[B Calm]

24. Yep, they just "miscalculated"

[Capn Sunshine]

19. Not a moment too soon

doesn't that signal the beginnings of the tribulations? The four horsemen and all of that?

besides, if Jesus comes back he's going to be gay, hispanic , and a transgender woman. Then they will kill him again.
Cause that's how he rolls.

[Motown_Johnny]

20. On A Saturday?

how rude

Couldn't he at least have the courtesy to wait until Monday morning?

[mdmc]

23. thank God!