The end is near

Eric said he's sleeping in if the apocalypse takes place next Tuesday.

WILL THE WORLD END ON 6-6-06? CARE TO PLACE A BET?
BetUS.com Posts Odds on Whether or Not the Apocalypse Will Happen on 666
June 1, 2006, New York, NY ­ Six years into the 2000 millennium and we¹ve already seen a high number of severe natural disasters and wars. Could this be a sign that the Apocalypse ­ as described by St John in the last book of the New Testament ­ is just a week away? BetUS.com ­ a leading online gaming site posted 10-1 odds that there will be an Apocalypse on 6-6-06.
Analysts at BetUS.com factored in a number of biblical and historical elements in order to arrive at their Apocalyptic betting lines. The book Revelation describes an apocalypse that will put an end to the world at or near the end of the millennium. It is prophesied that it is then that a great war will be fought between good and evil. In Revelation "the beast," or evil, is represented by the number 666. Could the sixth day of the sixth month in the year 2006 be the end of the world as we know it?
"There is much debate over the interpretation of the Bible, especially over Revelation" stated Matt Ross spokesperson for BetUS.com. "No one can ignore the recent tsunami, earthquakes, wars, terrorist actions and widespread unrest and nuclear threats in the Middle East. It certainly makes you think about what St. John wrote."

I'm also in total agreeance of Eric when he says, "I have no problem with people who are looking forapocalypselypse, I have problems with people who are so concerned with it that they think it's an excuse to ignore the other problems going on around us."
Also, the end of the world must be near, because Left Behind Games is getting ready to release a video game based on the rapture and end times. Do you get to go around killing sinners that won't repent?
From PinkDome:

The head of a company that makes RIFD tracking tags has proposed that we insert them in immigrants. Just like our favorite puppy, we can insert these chips into people. Why, that idea isn't ridiculous or offensive at all!
But isn't that a sign of the apocalypse? It seems an awful lot like a sort of mark of the beast to me. A chip instead of a bar code, whatever works. And did you ever think the day would come when you'd read a reference (even a joking one) to the rapture on this blog?