something that people probably haven't thought about...

[retro]

Are the children and family members of these nutjobs proclaiming the end of the world.

The Haddad children of Middletown, Md., have a lot on their minds: school projects, SATs, weekend parties. And parents who believe the earth will begin to self-destruct on Saturday.
The three teenagers have been struggling to make sense of their shifting world, which started changing nearly two years ago when their mother, Abby Haddad Carson, left her job as a nurse to “sound the trumpet” on mission trips with her husband, Robert, handing out tracts. They stopped working on their house and saving for college.

Last weekend, the family traveled to New York, the parents dragging their reluctant children through a Manhattan street fair in a final effort to spread the word.

“My mom has told me directly that I’m not going to get into heaven,” Grace Haddad, 16, said. “At first it was really upsetting, but it’s what she honestly believes.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43106614/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/

 

[Darrell]

Re: something that probably hasn't been thought of

Stupidity is not a crime, so they're free to go.

 

[HottyToddyChick]

I hadn't considered that. And now, when the world doesn't end, these kids won't be in the position they would have been in otherwise, and might even be stuck dealing with depressed parents who think they didn't get to go to heaven for the rapture.

 

[brieze]

Poor kids =[ Shitty hand either way.