Countdown To Backpedaling

 
Weren't you going to update the clock?
What clock?
You know, the big important one from a few months ago?
Oh, right. I think we've moved on.
And, thank you. This was fun, when it wasn't depressing. See you next apocalypse!
Epilogue 1
"Wait, I thought the world ended already!"
Nope! Apparently, May 21st was only strike two. Click here for the details.
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A fundamentalist Christian group, "We Can Know", has recently paid for a series of billboards around world, prominently advertising that Jesus Christ will return on May 21st, 2011.

Those are gone now that the date has passed with no noticeable change in the existence of the universe. The "We Can Know" group, part of an organization called Family Radio, has now chosen October 21st as the new date for the end of existence.

In response, a Washington-state call in show, Ask an Atheist has a regular segment called "Countdown to Backpedaling", in anticipation of the stilted explanations and hand waving after this day passes unheeded, as it has time and time again.

For a more in-depth discussion, feel free to check out our epsiodes online, or on our the the 'Countdown to Backpedaling' portion of our site.

"Ask an Atheist" is a live, weekly educational call-in program dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry and the separation of church and state. It premiered on SCAN Community Public Access in Seattle on June 6, 2010 and has regular viewers in over thirty countries.

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