Con man, definitely. His marks, er, followers, otoh....
That's the thing that pisses me off the most about this kind of charlatanism. I mean, yeah, you and I and many of our friends are having a good laugh at the stupid, but there are people who take this shit seriously, people who have quit their jobs and sold off all their possessions because they genuinely believe this man speaks the truth. Worse, a friend who works in animal rescue reported yesterday that they've been called in to save a fair number of pets from owners who were planning on killing them rather than leave them homeless once the Rapture comes.
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Date: 2011-05-20 10:57 pm (UTC)That's the thing that pisses me off the most about this kind of charlatanism. I mean, yeah, you and I and many of our friends are having a good laugh at the stupid, but there are people who take this shit seriously, people who have quit their jobs and sold off all their possessions because they genuinely believe this man speaks the truth. Worse, a friend who works in animal rescue reported yesterday that they've been called in to save a fair number of pets from owners who were planning on killing them rather than leave them homeless once the Rapture comes.