A retired MTA worker in New York is so confident the world will end next Saturday that he has spent $140,000 — his entire nest egg — on MTA advertising to assist his fellow New Yorkers in preparing for the rapture.
“I’m trying to warn people about what’s coming,” said 60-year-old Staten Island resident Robert Fitzpatrick, who retired from the MTA in 2006. “People who have an understanding [of end of times] have an obligation to warn everyone.”
“Global Earthquake! The Greatest Ever – Judgment Day: May 21,” the $50,000 – $90,000 ads literally shout from bus shelters, subway trains and subway platforms all around the city.
The Metro Transit Authority is happy to take his money, although critics wonder why the MTA is feeding into the May 21 hysteria.
“It’s an individual’s prerogative to spend their money as they see fit,” said MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz.
Fitzpatrick is a loyal follower of California evangelist Harold Camping, who used a complex mathematical formula to predict the exact date of Judgment Day when Jesus Christ returns to Earth to book Final passage for all believers, and non-believers.
Camping also predicted a previous Judgment Day — on Sept. 6, 1994. But that was just a dry run.
“It’ll start just before midnight [May 21st], Jerusalem time: It’ll be instantaneous and global,” said Fitzpatrick. “There are too many scriptures talking about ‘sudden destruction.'”
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And many of his fellow New Yorkers are taking notice.
“I’m curious to see what they’re going to say in a week when nothing happens,” said Mollie Kotzen, 23, of Prospect Heights, rolling her eyes as she passed the group in Union Square.
It’s natural for people to dismiss or otherwise joke about impending deaths of the most natural cause imaginable (the wrath of God). But others are quietly, and cautiously, taking note of the date and getting their affairs in order… just in case.
One loyal reader thanked me for writing my previous post on this subject. She said she was earnestly looking for a home, but now she has decided to put off looking, at least until after May 21, since most insurance policies don’t cover fire and brimstone damage.
*waits for Redeemed*
*sigh*
I feel so bad for people like this.. It says in the bible not even jesus knows. So how does harold camping know unless he’s higher on the totem pole than Jesus.
maybe i should call out of work this week, i would be pissed to spend my last days with the people i can’t stand the most.
I guess. If he’s tripping like this, I’m glad that he’s a RETIRED MTA Worker. I can just imagine what he’d do on 5/21 if he was behind the wheel of a bus.
Hey FeFe!
LMAO @TheRealAshland! I am cleaning my computer screen because of you! Thanks for making my day….
Morning Luscious! Happy Monday to you…
“but now she has decided to put off looking, at least until after May 21, since most insurance policies don’t cover fire and brimstone damage.”
Anywho, I just can’t fathom how you come up with an exact date and time when the bible says no one knows when he will return. Like the lady said, I’m waiting to hear what excuse will come up once this date comes and goes.
You should be living right anyway so their shouldn’t be anything to get “prepared” for.
I’m not worried AT ALL. “Que Sera Sera”
Can we get a time frame please! I have a bowling championship that night
Should I wait to pay my car note? That’s due on the 20th
Guess if you want to put your faith in a mathematical calculation of a “man” you should start your fasting and praying because you only have a few days to get it together. I on the other hand am tired of the religious beliefs and non-beliefs when I know in my heart that it’s “mans” best judgment. I need God himself to stand in front of me and tell me that my day has come.
Ha!!!!! @jazi65 I said the same thing! My car note is due on the 20th as well.
Three words:
Wait for it.
Love the gravi Certified!
Pryn
and that was the day I decided I was gon give Man a chance!
DAYUM!
CertifiedSexy says:
I need God himself to stand in front of me and tell me that my day has come.
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But would you believe it was Him?
LUSCIOUS LOLITA AKA SUGA WALLS says:
and that was the day I decided I was gon give Man a chance!
DAYUM!
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TheRealAshland says:
maybe i should call out of work this week, i would be pissed to spend my last days with the people i can’t stand the most.
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TheRealAshland says:
maybe i should call out of work this week, i would be pissed to spend my last days with the people i can’t stand the most.
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LMAO @ Luscious!
I feel the same way about the people i work with hilarious…. lol..
@ mamacita AMEN!
@TheRealAshland hahahahah ctfu i’m feeling the same way!
@sandra i don’t know if i would believe him but i hope i would. that’s one person i would hate to piss off!
I’ve already marked it on my calendar.
LOL @Sandra Rose I would have to check ID. If you turn my water into wine he will have my full attention!
He almost makes me hope it’ll happen so the poor thing can get his money’s worth.
Matthew 24:36 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father”.
The chances of the World ending on May 21, 2011 are about as high as Bey’s Run the world song taking the top spot over Kelly’s Motivation. #tisall
@Tera_Mirror
But then if you google my potential wedding date 11/21 it says “the last day of the world.” The Camping dude already has his excuses and Plan C lined up!
gdiddy1, I agree!!
I surely hope not. I’m trying to get to Miami in July.
*joins list of folks whose car payments are due on the 20th*
State of MD says I can be 15 days late before a late fee, though so…… I’ma wait on this “ending of the world” thing before I send my $$.
And wait- I got to Miami on the 27th….does this mean I’m not going? Should I go ahead and release that hotel deposit? Can I stop working out now?
Sooooo many questions!!! :confused:
Take a good look at this wicked and deceived individual…..because he will never make to heaven…
Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all
the nations that forget God
Sandra please be sure to get an interview with this foolish mind man when we ALL wake up on May 22, 2011 praising GOD for another day. CLEARLY, he missed the fine print in the bible. #thatisall
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Someone’s gonna feel hella stoopid when they wake up on the 22nd and their nest egg is long gone…
I will be rehearsing my choir that day! I ain’t studd’n nobody but Jesus when it comes to Judgement Day. Who else gon’ check me boo?
I have read many articles about this foolishness. Honestly, I think Mr. Camping’s hoax is a poor attempt to get non-Christians to convert into believers. I am Christian, and I do believe that one day Jesus is coming back; however, as everyone has stated before no one knows but Jesus. I believe that if you claim to be a Christian then you should definitely act like one. The bible speaks about false prophets, and Mr. Camping is definitely one.
Father forgive him for he know not what he is doing!
This fool is NUTS!!!