So it appears that the end of the world is upon us.... AGAIN!  How many times has this bullshit been "predicted"? 
Here's a list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_of_the_end_of_the_world

First off, this old bastard made a predication saying September 1994 was the end of all things you hold dear, including ridicule for this absurd and repeated farce over the course of history.  But you know what?  After it came and went, he said in so many words "Oh, I hadn't researched it enough and was off". 

Secondly, the mother fucker has assets that total 120 million dollars thanks to radio broadcast - what better way to grease the wheels of profits furthermore by shoving this sandwich of shit down our throats via his own media! 

Thirdly, here's the pure genius behind THIS TIME'S date prediction : math!  Based on timelines, based on a book that has been proven to contain discrepancies and contradictions, and now also rewrites to accomodate the modern idiot who's easily offended by certain terms that were used then, but require walking on eggshells today (i.e. : Virgin Mary is now referred to a "young woman", the word "booty" should be renamed because it refers more towards ass and shit like that than its original meaning of treasure, and bullshit along those lines - I wonder how they'll rewrite the Burning Bush! lol).

At any rate, this is what super-dude Harold Camping (the clown crusader behind all of this) uses to golden-shower us into believing his claim :
     "After 70 years of studying the Bible, he claims to have developed a system that uses mathematics to interpret prophesies hidden in it. He says the world will end on 21 May, because that will be 722,500 days from 1 April AD33, which he believes was the day of the Crucifixion. The figure of 722,500 is important because you get it by multiplying three holy numbers (five, 10 and 17) together twice. "When I found this out, I tell you, it blew my mind," he said."  (Taken from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-preacher-warns-end-of-the-world-is-nigh-21-may-around-6pm-to-be-precise-2254139.html)
An additional part of his Einstein-like theory is "prime" number.  Or what most believe he wants to mean : Spiritual numbers (5 = grace, 10 = completion, 17 = heaven)
Therefore : 5 x 10 x 17 x 5 x 10 x 17 = 722,500

HOWEVER, and this is why this bullshit formula is flawed beyond even coincidences, let's take the following minor changes -
Why not start from the date of the Resurrection (April 3)? Answer: no interesting numbers will result.
Why not start from the date of Pentecost? Answer: no interesting numbers will result.
Why not use some real prime numbers and make the formula (5 x 7 x 17) x (5 X 7 x 17) days? Answer: it doesn't bring us to an interesting date.
Given the large pool of spiritual numbers I could choose from (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 23, 37, 666, 444,000, etc.) I could come up with a lot of formulas leading to an almost infinite number of dates.
And what if it came to 23,005 days? 5 means redemption. I could create a spiritual allegory with that one. What if it came to 23,007 days? I could come up with an allegory for that too. Give me any number and I'll figure out a way to break it down into some math formula that I can attach a "spiritual allegory" to.

This bullshit about using date and numbers is absurd - there are so many possibilities to come up with what "feels" and "seems" like relevant dates by mere coincidence and ultimately the right combination in addition to absurd, yet overpowering to the ignorant, notions and said felt and seeming references to what is believed to be historical (and *sigh* precise, according to them) dates of events.
Yet, change the formula around, or rather, refine it to its accurate state, and it becomes irrelevant, thus anger ensues culminating in the believers vs the cynics and non-believers; basically, the usual bullshit. 
If the world is going to end, it'll be because we got dumber over the years and believed in stupid-ass hype like this and ended up killing ourselves in the process of trying to save ourselves. 

Anywho.  If we refer back to historical events, we'll note that it's full of cult leaders that tried to predict the end of the world and failed fucking miserably, only to end up fading away.  Nowadays, especially when you consult the list (link above), we notice that there's a fuck-load more cult idiots since the 1900s then there ever was before in history.  And the time between each boneheaded prophet before the 1900s spans an average of a few hundred years, whereas now there's an idiot (at least that the media covers) every decade, at least. 
BUT, Harold Camping has yet another chance if he fucks this date up.  Apparently, the end of the world is October 21, 2011 (May 21st is the Rapture!  Let's not get confused, here). 
So, fear ye all, those who actually give in to this god-awful stupidity : May 21, 2011 God will be taking approximately 3% of the world's populations (200 million people) into Heaven. The actual end of the world is predicted to occur five months later. 

God can be so fussy and selective.  Doesn't he love us all?  Isn't that what is said?
But you know what fucks up my mind when these things happen?  Why the FUCK did God, and anyone else involved, had to be so cryptic about this shit?  Why not just fucking make it clear and simple - we are, after all, made in his image; we're just missing the brains, apparently, thanks to lunatics like Camping and shit. 
Biblical and some historical events are most likely curses that plague the ignorant.  For example, the Mayan calendar, hell even just the language itself - it's not quite known WTF it is anymore thanks to it being argued amongst scholars that "this" means "that" and thus the creation of December 21st, 2012.  (Interesting to note that hell on earth apparently WANTS to occur on a 21st day of whatever fucking month it chooses!  I shall certain write and exploit this revelation, Harold-style, baby!).  Nobody really "knows" the Mayan language anymore, it's been lost - we speculate, we jump because we see shadows cast by our own fucking ignorance and will to believe in something "more". 

I, for one, don't believe in any of this.  The earth has been around for 4.3 billion years (oh shit, I think by saying that I'm starting a war against non-evolution believers!), it's most likely going to last until the Sun shits us its death-shit in the face when it'll die.  Global Warming, wars, religion, predictions based on fucking dead civilizations, idiotic cult-leaders that are worth millions of dollars predicting the end of days - isn't god damned (pun intended) coincidental that it's happening right now?  Or rather, within a 2000 year old span, when we consider this planet's age?  Makes me wonder what kind of fucking morons were around pre-2000BC to spread shit around! 

Psychologically, people want to believe.  They need reassurance, guidance, something to lean on in the midst of doubts and uncertainty, and most of all - fear.  Despite the fact that the result is another kind of fear.