It was supposed to be the end of the world as we know it, but since that did not happen on Oct. 21, Oakland evangelist Harold Camping says it is embarrassing.Camping, the founder of the nonprofit Christian radio network Family Radio Worldwide, has several times predicted the Rapture, including the date of May 21. When that did not occur, Camping revised the date to be Oct. 21. The Rapture also did not occur on that date.
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An Oakland evangelist who famously — and incorrectly — predicted the end of the world on May 21 has said the “final end of everything” will probably happen today.Harold Camping, founder of the nonprofit Christian radio network Family Radio Worldwide, has posted several lengthy statements on his website, www.familyradio.com, explaining why the original date of May 21 was incorrect and predicting that today would most likely be “the final end of everything.”
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Harold Camping, the Oakland radio preacher whose recent doomsday prediction failed to materialize, has apparently suffered a stroke.Camping had a stroke after his radio program Thursday night and was taken to the hospital, according to an Internet message posted by Charlie Menut, a regional manager for Camping’s multimillion-dollar Christian radio network, Family Radio.
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Maybe they were hung over from the “post-rapture party” of the night before, or maybe 9 a.m. was simply too early for most attendees, but the American Atheists’ West Coast regional meeting got right down to business on Sunday morning.
About a hundred people attended the gathering at the Oakland Masonic Center, where they heard lectures from atheists using PowerPoint presentations to explain how to beat Christians.
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If Oakland radio preacher Harold Camping is correct, today will be the last tolerable day on planet Earth. On Saturday, Camping’s global forecast calls for a flurry of massive earthquakes and a 100 percent chance of the biblical rapture, in which he said people not chosen for salvation will be “dying like flies.”
Afraid you won’t be among the lucky few snatched up into the bright white glory of the hereafter? You should be.
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