May 21 End of the World Hoax

A May 21, 2011 end of the world hoax? That's just what the world needs these days-some religious fanatic predicting the world is going to end and the rapture begins on May 21. The doomsday prophecy is being spread by a guy named Harold Camping. Sound campy? I'll have to admit it's the scariest theory I've heard since the one about the Loch Ness Monster eating lunch with Santa Claus, Big Foot and the Easter Bunny in the Bermuda Triangle.

The unfortunate thing about the world wide web these days is it gives people with such incredibly ridiculous ideas the forum to further spread their predictions of devastation. Before the end of the world, I wanted to make sure I post a satirical look at why the world can't end yet. With any luck at all, this story will get posted before the devastation inevitably takes place.

With that in mind, here are five reasons why the world isn't going to end this weekend.

1) LeBron James, the NBA King according to ESPN, has yet to win his title
How can the world end before we know the answer to the entire LeBron James dilemma? The guy hasn't won his title yet. Nobody in his right mind would take away the pleasure for NBA fans to see him fail miserably or notch his first title.
Strictly from a sports standpoint, the world can't end this weekend. It would nullify any chance LeBron has to win his title.
The fact that anyone would stop the world before the host of "The Decision" gets his piece of the pie is just absurd.

2) The American Idol Finale is Next Week
Seriously, how can the world end on May 21, 2011 without knowing if Scotty McCreery or Lauren Alaina wins the American Idol title? The timing just isn't right and I am sure without a resolution to this finale the world simply couldn't just come to a screeching halt. We know a country singer is going to win it--some may believe the world is coming to an end just because of that fact. My whole argument to that theory is that country is going to win--regardless of the impending rapture or not.

3) Harold Camping Meant The End of the Flu Season, Not World
Maybe Harold Camping meant the end of the flu season was coming to an end as we head into the warmer months.
Surely he wasn't speaking about a possible end to the world this weekend when temperatures across America are inching upward-he must have been confused with the end of flu season. I think Harold Camping and his camp would most likely take a healthier next few months over the impending doom-or would they?

4) Camping Was Listening To REM Way Too Much
Maybe Harold Camping was just listening to way too much REM these past few years. "The End of The World As We Know It" might be great lyrics but it wasn't meant to be received literally. Seriously, Camping had to be drinking a little too much egg nog these last few years with his prediction of the world end on May 21.

5) The World Can't End Without Knowing If Obama Gets Re-Elected
Seriously, how can the world end before finding out if Barack Obama is going to be President for a second term? What kind of cruel joke would it be for the world to come falling down before the election of 2012? It's going to be juicy and will probably involve some of the biggest mudslinging we've ever seen. How could anyone deny that? It doesn't matter which Republican goes up against Obama, this election will be must see TV. It's going to be that good. So taking that away by ending the world on May 21 would be completely uncalled for.

Those are my five reasons the world can't possibly end this weekend-even if they aren't completely serious.
Seriously, we'll all have a good laugh about this one on Sunday--or will we?? Spooky, right!
If anything good comes out of this, maybe those people who think the world is going to end this weekend will be a little bit happier at the end of the week-at least, I hope. And we've all learned that no matter what era we live in, there will always be some radical somewhere predicting the end of the world.