Third Time Lucky??
May 24, 2011 1 Comment
Sooo… the Rapture came and went. I can’t help but feel a little disappointed that Jesus didn’t want me for a sunbeam, but at least I didn’t miss Doctor Who..
Apparently, Harold Camping from Family Radio got his dates wrong (again, like when he predicted the end in 1993).
As crestfallen followers of a California preacher who foresaw the world’s end strained to find meaning in their lives, Harold Camping revised his apocalyptic prophecy Monday, saying he was off by five months because the Earth actually will be obliterated on Oct. 21.
Weeelll… actually, that date isn’t convenient for me, Mr Camping. Any chance of you revising til saaaay… 2100???
Camping, who made a special appearance before the press at the Oakland headquarters of the media empire Monday evening, apologized for not having the dates “worked out as accurately as I could have.”
You know, I can accept being late for an appointment, or not getting the figures in your tax return quite perfect, but really, when your playing with important things like the end of life on earth, you could at least use a bloody calculator..
So where was Harold Camping when all his followers, who had made somewhere in the region of $18.3 millionin donations to his Church got stiffed by the J-Man?
Camping, who predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven Saturday before global cataclysm struck the planet, said he felt so terrible when his doomsday message did not come true that he left home and took refuge in a motel with his wife.
Nice.
Some of his followers were said to have sold their houses, cars etc. in preparation for their ascent into Heaven – Yes, I think that makes them a little gullible too, but it isnt my place to judge anyones faith or belief system. What did the prophet Harold Camping have to say to these folk?
Camping’s hands shook slightly as he pinned his microphone to his lapel, and as he clutched a worn Biblehe spoke in a quivery monotone about some listeners’ earthly concerns after giving away possessions in expectation of the Rapture.
Sorry, I have to interrupt there – ‘His hands shook slightly’ – SLIGHTLY???
I’d've been absolutely beside myself with terror at the prospect of addressing these faithful folk!
Family Radio would never tell anyone what they should do with their belongings, and those who had fewer would cope, Camping said.
“We’re not in the business of financial advice,” he said. “We’re in the business of telling people there’s someone who you can maybe talk to, maybe pray to, and that’s God.”
weelll.. that makes everything okay then, doesn’t it?
And what did Mr Camping say he’ll be doing until the next Apocalypse on October 21 2011?
The globe will be completely destroyed in five months, he said, when the apocalypse comes. But because God’s judgment and salvation were completed on Saturday, there’s no point in continuing to warn people about it, so his network will now just play Christian music and programs until the final end on Oct. 21.
If I were him I’d be investing in a calculator, re-reading the bible and not holding my breath.
Third time lucky, eh?
