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SALT LAKE CITY — What would you do if you knew today was your last day on Earth?
That was the question posed to Utahns Friday in connection to the upcoming Judgment Day evangelical radio broadcaster Harold Camping is predicting.
Party, I don't know. Live it up while I'm still alive.
–Rachel Kennedy
According to Camping, the Rapture begins Saturday at 12 a.m. Mountain time.
Shila Nawabi, who was waiting from a train at the library TRAX station, said nobody knows when the last day will come, "except for the Almighty, and we try our best to prepare."
But if she knew the day was for sure coming, "I would pray all day long."
Dane Nelson, Bountiful, is taking the Dental Admission Test in two weeks. He was on his way to the University of Utah library when asked about his last-day plans.
"If today was the last day before the end of the world, I would definitely not be here at school," he said. "I would be at home, probably around family, golfing."
Because of the upcoming dental school exam, Rapture might not be too bad for Nelson. "It would actually save me a lot of stress if today was the last day on Earth."
Ryan Brinn, a student from Ohio, said he would go skydiving. "I've always wanted to go."
But he's not picky about his pre-Judgment Day plans.
If today was the last day before the end of the world, I would definitely not be here at school. I would be at home, probably around family, golfing.
–Dane Nelson
"I going to study for my MCAT, so there's really anything would be better than this," he said.
Harry Okubo said he would spend the day in a more pensive way. "I think I'd try to remember the things that I've done through my life," he said.
Brigham City resident Nancy Kennedy was at the U. on Friday helping her daughter register for fall classes. She said she would be doing the same thing if the day was her last.
But her daughter's plans were a little different.
"Party, I don't know," Rachel Kennedy said. "Live it up while I'm still alive."
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