The End of the World

Someone recently asked me what my opinion was over the whole rapture business on the 21st of May. I just thought I would share my response with you all. It is as follows:
While I am not a particularly religious man, I have been looking into the rapture recently, mostly because of the sheer amount of advertising that is going around about it. While I do think that there will come a time when the human race as we know it comes to an end, I do not think that that time is upon us just yet.
I can't help but think that the May 21st date was more or less pulled out of a hat as there is almost no real evidence supporting it. That coupled with the fact that so many different groups have chosen different dates for the rapture, Oct 21, 2011; 2012. I think that when the end is meant to come there will be some sort of track-able signs.
When all is said and done the rapture will probably come at our own hands, from the activation of nuclear warfare, or some similar method. I think that when it comes to good or evil we never need look further than ourselves, for the human race is the perfect representation of good and evil, with some individuals who live their lives whilst trying to be good and help others, and then there are the individuals like the head of BP, who care only about profit and their own well-being, knowing that they will harm others to get it, and simply not caring about those they hurt.
But basically, I don't think the rapture is upon us just yet; there will always be religious zealots, who do things like this to try and fill out their ranks, as if the end of the world will make everyone commit to their religion. I think we have plenty of time left to live our lives. But either way I think the best thing that any of us can do is live our lives to the fullest everyday and focus on being with the people we care about most.