Ha, it wasn’t worth the time you spent on it. No one, even Christians, took it seriously.
I hope they will not suffer in mind and heart, and I hope also that no one will persecute them or torment them.
There was one man, I would see every other day, holding the sign. I never laughed at him. I never mocked him. I felt sad for him, thinking of "the day after" when the world did not come to an end. Thinking of him facing his family, who I doubt believed what he did since they were not with him. Or, if he lived alone, perhaps in a condo or among friends and neighbors - that these same neighbors, I pray, would offer him a coffee the next day and say, "Forget it ... and ... have a cup of Joe on me ..."
You know, now the preacher guy has modified the date to Oct 21st. I feel for those who may have believed him, and do not want to see anything, not even jokes, torment them. But for this preacher guy - well, it just sort of makes me mad. I wish he could just leave the world alone. In one way, he is being very cruel. I do not care what he thinks he is, he deserves no respect at all. No time to even joke with him, the only words for him is "you have done enough damage to good Americans, to Christians in general, please, if you were truly picked to let everyone know something as important as this there would have been no error ... you were wrong twice, being wrong once is a strikeout in this ballgame. Just go away."