Speaking of the world not ending today, does anyone else believe this whole thing only got the media traction that it did because they couldn't wait to use the prediction's inevitable failure as a reason to ridicule people of faith, Christians in particular?
I mean, had anyone ever even heard of this guy before? What makes his prediction of the world ending so much more newsworthy than any number of similar predictions? I just find it a bit telling that we're admonished ad nauseam that Muslim terrorists do not represent Islam, but some old man with a little radio show and a history of false predictions somehow becomes the cause du jour for a media snickerfest and lampooning of Christians in general.