I always wonder why the people do this kind of thing. It seems kind of detrimental to their cause. They want people to... repent? To give themselves to God before then, because that's all the time they have left? To magically believe because omg world is ending?

Firstly, if they don't believe now, why would they believe because you threw a date the world is ending on? They don't believe that's going to happen any day soon so why would a specific day in the next year suddenly change their mind?

Secondly, if they do happen to change the mind of someone, and they suddenly do believe... then on May 22nd, 2011, won't they be given yet another reason not to believe in the future?

Urgh.