'Finally, bretheren, farewell'

Kruse: WESLEY CHAPEL — All around the world, all day on Saturday, people mocked perplexed believers who watched and waited for the end that never came.

There were supposed to be rolling global earthquakes, followed by the Rapture of believers everywhere at 6 in the evening, followed by five months of unimaginable torment for those left behind, followed finally by the total destruction of the planet.

Psychologists worried about how believers would handle their disappointment and shaken emotional states.

Here in central Pasco County off State Road 54 sits a gated neighborhood with carefully cut rectangles of green grass and clean concrete driveways. In that neighborhood on a corner lot sits a…