Long Island Man Jeffrey Hopkins Convinced The End Of The World Is Near, Stops Paying Bills

Long Island Man Convinced The End Is Near, Stops Paying Bills

May 20, 2011 8:01 AM

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LONG ISLAND, NY (CBSNewYork) – Will life as we know it come to an end on Saturday? There’s a movement across the world that says yes, the rapture is here.

Jeffrey Hopkins is among those who believe the world will end May 21.

“A huge earthquake that’s going to wipe out New Zealand and the Fiji islands and that earthquake is going to move with the time zones. It’s going to take about 17 hours for it to hit New York,” Hopkins told WCBS 880’s Long Island bureau chief Mike Xirinachs.

Hopkins was unable the give the exact Biblical passage he says clearly predicts the May 21 rapture, but don’t try to convince him that the world-wide catastrophe isn’t going to happen.

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“If it doesn’t happen, there’s not a question I can answer because I’m 100 percent sure it’s going to happen,” he said.

In fact, he’s so convinced of the end of times, Hopkins has stopped paying his bills.

“Am I making my last phone bill? No, I’m not paying my cell phone right now because I’m going to push it off to the end of the month,” he said.

Hopkins refused a follow-up interview on May 22, saying, “I plan on being someplace else, not here on earth.”

Do you think the rapture is coming? Let us know in our comments section.

Long Island Man Convinced The End Is Near, Stops Paying Bills

Bob Fowler

Before I make a misstatement, did anyone leave via rapture yet? It is after 6pm and May 21, 2011. Or was Harold Camping full of bull again?
sawnetbean

I should have had Camping give me all his money.
Trishe

Well, I really wanted to retire early and get my hands on my social security money…
Nick

This matter should be looked at very close
Jesus Tells us that that the Angels dont know and that HE does not know when the world will end But that there will be many changes to the world and that there willl be some that will say they come in His name and that are Him but that are here to trick us
I say the Harold Camping is one of them

Rodin

And I say you’re another.

Rodin

Sorry for the bloopers. I’m rushing to my last meal.

Now that it′s Saturday the 21st in most of the world, heard of anyone who’s been Raptured?

Dale Auburn

It’s supposed to happen at 6:00PM Pacific Time (9:00PM here).

Rodin

9:15 PM, whasshappenin’?

Rodin

So, now that it6′s the 21st in most of the world, know of anyone whop’s been Raptured?
Terri

Considering it is already Saturday there and nothing has happened???
charlie rangel

what took you so long? i stopped paying taxes years ago.
carlrosen

Well the end og his “credit world” anyway. And so what? Hundreds of millions of other people stopped paying their bills. They’re broke.
Edward Montgomery Barnes 3rd

Who Created God?
No one can answer this,but a bunch of nuts think
the world is ending ,I heard that One Billion and a half Chinese
in China don’t think so.

Rodin

“God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.” – Rousseau

Rodin

Readers, I introduce you all to the impostor “Rodin” in the preceding post. Of course many of you know him already since someone, other than me, keeps reporting his comments and they get deleted. I don’t bother. I like to leave them up because I believe freedom of speech shines the light on the gutter and exposes those whose comments speak only about themselves.

M. B. Cleary

Can’t wait to see Con Man Edison bldg.go down on Union Sq.
Way to go dude.!!
I will be at the wine store across the street,
here’s to yah.
badman

the human race is mostly wack jobs, as evidenced by the wide belief in “god”. This particular Camping guy is just a little wackier than average.