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 Some of Harold Camping's followers believe that Doomsday did happen on May 21.
October 28th, 2011
10:12 AM ET
Doomsday ministry scrubs end of world predictions from websiteBy Dan Merica, CNN (CNN) - The Christian radio broadcasting network that touted Harold Camping's failed doomsday predictions may be getting out of the prophecy business, adopting what appears to be a vaguer vision of the end times. "We are to live so that we are ready for the return of Christ, and even pray for it," according to a Family Radio statement obtained by The Christian Post. "But we also rejoice in every new day, that we've been given another day to occupy and serve our Lord." Gallery and explainer: Doomsdays through time Family Radio, which Camping founded in 1958, had posted an explainer detailing why Camping's prediction that May 21 would be the beginning of the end didn't come to pass. That explainer got yanked from the Family Radio website earlier this week. Camping had originally said that those selected for salvation would be raptured up to heaven on May 21, and those left behind would face months of judgment amid destruction before the world's end on October 21. Novel explores "The Leftovers" after the Rapture The Family Radio website tweaked the prediction after May 21, saying God had shown mercy by sparing people five months of suffering. But final judgment was still slated to come on October 21, when salvation and the world's destruction would happen at once. But according to the Christian Post, Family Radio is now painting a more fluid picture of doomsday, a departure from the definite dates that Camping set earlier in the year. "Thy command is still to occupy until he comes," the statement obtained by Christian Post said. "We are still to go teach and tell. Every day we, who are Christians, live in attention. CNN's calls to Harold Camping and Family Radio went unanswered. When the world didn't end last week, Camping followers who gathered for a regular Sunday fellowship meeting questioned if they had been left behind, according to Brandon Tauszik, a documentarian who began attending the meetings this year. "Numbers were a bit down, for the first time I had ever seen, but people showed up much like they did after May 21," said Tauszik, who attends the Oakland, California fellowship meetings out of interest and who never believed the world would end. "People were coming together, speaking outside, asking where we went wrong." The faith of Camping's most ardent followers was not swayed by the recent news. According to Fred Store, a longtime Family Radio listener, the general belief is "Judgment Day did in fact occur on May 21." CNN's Jessica Ravitz contributed to this report. |
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*yawns* ugh, we're still here?
The world will come to an end 21 May 2011...No, wait...What?
They finally have the right idea but their credibility is trashed by following a false profit.
They finally have the right idea? These people haven't been right about anything.
It"s about time these idiots quit blabbing their fire and brimstone crap all over the place. IF it happens, oh well. There is nothing we can do about it. I expect I'll see pigs flying before I see people floating in the air.
Anyone who uses the word 'thy' in everyday conversation is a loon.
Thouist should not speaketh so harshly.
The only mistake he has made was that he failed to realize that he was right with the first date. The rapture has occurred and all believers of the true god were taken. This means of course he made a second mistake....following the wrong god in the first place....
Geez, what a load a hooey
If stupid people got scammed... oh well. It is what people get for believing in fairy tales like they are reality.
monkey see, monkey do
FAILING! 🙂
I wish they would continue with their predictions. Every date they picked was an excuse to have a party, have a few drinks, and hook up with the hot girl down the hall. It makes us realize how great our lives our because we are not them. How much would that suck?
Religions' decline should be put on the fast track. Enough of this craziness already. The Gods came on space ships when the seas were ice on the poles. The info is covered by water...we will probably not know for another 100 years or so when we can explore the oceans. These "Gods" were advanced ETs. Get a grip already and open your mind to a really possible reality instead of fantasy.
Mike:
In what way is your prediction any saner than tha tof Camping's. Neither has a wit of evidence supporting it and neither is likely to be proven. Actually, G-d as a myth has done better than aliens-religion has been around much longer. To the extent that time truly is a test-your peculiar belief in ailiens has not withstood it
Mike, is that a mix of star trek and science you got going on between those ears? LOL.
Amen.
Uh OH. Tin foil hat time. Man, you're as crazy as those end of timers.
Fred, do you have a dictionary? Or, better yet, do you have spellcheck? If so, I think it might be broken... Ailiens? lol
Star Trek is more believable than a virgin giving birth to a baby or a "holy Ghost". At least you can SEE stars and imagine life there... People should spend more time with their families raising their children then wasting it praying for a better future.
For the nay-sayers... have an open mind and consider it for a bit. You may think it kooky, but watch the History Channel's Ancient Aliens show and then take some time to ponder... 600 years ago mankind KNEW that the world was flat. 400 years ago mankind KNEW that the earth was the center of the universe. Heck, we didn't even have electricity 150 years ago! Who's to say what the "real" reality of our existence is? We are VERY small in this universe. There are much, much bigger things going on than just us... Doesn't mean that there's not a God though! I believe. But I also believe that it's not just us...
several reasons why doomsday will not happen anytime soon.
1. There hasn't been a 3 year long winter yet.
2. The Sun and the moon haven't been eaten by giant wolves yet.
3. I haven't heard of anybody seeing a giant boat made of toenails carrying zombies.
4. No world encompassing snake emerging from the ocean.
5. I don't see any dragons.
6. Odin has yet to make his grand entrance.
We're all fine.
Odinson
Don't forget about the flying sphaghetti monsters.
And these people get to vote? There REALLY needs to be some kind of test involved before people are allowed to shape the direction of our communities, states, and nation via the voting booth.
I don't care if they vote. Just don't let them reproduce!
Yes, Alan, Christians vote and unlike you, they work.
Amen.
This is for "HeavenSent". (1) I didn't realize you KNEW Alan, and could thus comment on his employment situation. (2) I have many Christian friends who are unemployed, and I, and they, take your comment as demeaning, and a LIE ! How un-Christian of you. And, may I add, mean-spirited, and, oh yeah, I forgot.... a LIE !!
FAIL.
They should be forced to give back every dime they scammed from poeple. Scratch that- the people who gave them cash are too stupid to deserve it. Give it to worthwhile charities instead.
Nobody can predict a day or time.
http://www.watchtower.org/e/bible/mt/chapter_024.htm?bk=mt;chp=24;vs=36;citation#bk36
Your organization certainly couldn't, 1914, 1925, 1975, and "by the end of our 20th century" have all come to pass. Now that they're saying it's just around the corner again, they sound much more like you!
Anon,
You may want to leave the Watchtower publication out of your arguement. The only organization that has a history over the last 100 years of making more predictions of the end of the world than anyone else is the Jehovah's Witnesses. Do a little research. It's something that the organization tries hard to cover up, but their own publications create their own humiliations.
"the destruction of the whole wicked system of things will take place at the hands of Jehovah God as the great executioner... it's going to occur by September the 1st 1975." – Fred Franz
You sir, are in no position to mock.
Anon, jesus already made the prediction. Please read your bible before commenting further on this matter.
I'm speachless.
And dictionary-less as well, it would seem.
You should be spellingless as well. "Speechless" not "Speachless..." Geesh.....
What about the Mayan thing? Is that still on for next year? I need to know if I can run up my credit cards and buy a house that I could never, ever afford.
The Mayan just thought they went far enough with the calendar thingy.
Leave it to "modern man" to inject a reason for it. Absolutely inane....
Too late. You had that opportunity during the clinton administration.
"bearer of bad news", I'm afraid the mortgage mess started in the Bush years.
That's right, blame Bush for clinton's policies. Guess again. Pay attention to Clinton's regulatory changes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act
Well we are all in a pickle now! Rapture went on, and everyone is still here. Guess the Doom Sayers are just as screwed as the rest of us now.
I wonder if they will let me borrow their white sheet on Hallows Night, so I can be a ghost since they won't be needing it no more.
Instead of a trumpet, I always envisioned Judgment Day opening with Jimi Hendrix playing guitar on 11.
LOVE IT,LOL
I vote for John Petrucci.
Hendrix would probably add more guitar feedback. Plus, Hendrix has been dead for a few years and is REALLY anxious to play again.