{"id":91,"date":"2011-05-20T22:20:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T02:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=91"},"modified":"2011-05-20T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T02:20:50","slug":"automated-reply-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/05\/automated-reply-of-the-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Automated Reply of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I sent an e-mail to fellow blogger Nick Norelli<\/a> and received the following back as an automated response:<\/p>\n

I will be out of the earth until forever. The rapture has occurred and if you have received this message you missed it. Sucks to be you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this were authentic, it would mean that Harold Camping was wrong<\/a>, since it isn\u2019t 6pm in Tonga<\/a> yet. But I shared it because it was funny, not because I thought it was authentic. <\/p>\n

On a related note, Gez shared the following quote attributed to Charles Schultz<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry about the world coming to an end today, it\u2019s already tomorrow in Australia\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim West<\/a>, Deane Galbraith<\/a>, Jason Staples<\/a> and Roger Olson<\/a> are also among those<\/a> who\u2019ve blogged lately about Harold Camping and his Rapture prediction<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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