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Archae

(46,337 posts)
Mon May 23, 2016, 07:03 PM May 2016

It's been 5 years now...

Harold Camping was dead wrong, and finally admitted it.
Then he died.

His followers still are predicting the End Of The World.

Five Years Later, Harold Camping’s Followers Are Still Predicting the End of the World

May 23, 2016 by Hemant Mehta 105 Comments

This is a guest post by Kristine Kruszelnicki.

Congratulations on still being alive! May 21 marked the 5th anniversary of when everyone but the “True Believers” was supposed to have died in a fiery “rolling earthquake” that marked the rapture and end of the world.

That didn’t happen, as we all know, so Family Radio host and Bible teacher Harold Camping put on his best face and told the world that May 21 had, in fact, been Judgment Day… but, well, turned out it was just a spiritual judgment. (Nice save!) Camping had already predicted that, following the rapture and the earthquakes (which were necessary to pop the dead believers out of their graves, of course), the Earth and its few survivors would suffer five months of destruction, culminating on October 21, 2011. That day would now be the all-in-one for rapture and final destruction. Somehow, he got that one wrong, too.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/23/five-years-later-harold-campings-followers-are-still-predicting-the-end-of-the-world/

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It's been 5 years now... (Original Post) Archae May 2016 OP
These idiotic predictions are usually tied to a money making scheme. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #1
Con man Jim Bakker is hawking that survival food on his show. tabasco May 2016 #4
The 2011 rapture madness was so much fun Renew Deal May 2016 #2
According to the article, some haven't. Archae May 2016 #3

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
1. These idiotic predictions are usually tied to a money making scheme.
Mon May 23, 2016, 07:07 PM
May 2016

Earlier today I saw on here that jackass Jim Bakker is selling supplies for when the Apocalypse happens ...

I thought we would all die then, not survive and need a can of Bakkers Dozen Pop Tarts...



 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
4. Con man Jim Bakker is hawking that survival food on his show.
Mon May 23, 2016, 09:49 PM
May 2016

This country is full of gullible imbeciles.

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)
2. The 2011 rapture madness was so much fun
Mon May 23, 2016, 07:08 PM
May 2016

Last edited Mon May 23, 2016, 10:13 PM - Edit history (1)

I ran into lots of rapture nuts at the time. I asked one lady if she would give me her address so I could move in when she was gone. She said no because she had kids. I said that wasn't an issue because her kids would be raptured too. She didn't seem as confident.

I hope these people recovered from the scam.

Archae

(46,337 posts)
3. According to the article, some haven't.
Mon May 23, 2016, 09:40 PM
May 2016

They still believe the "Rapture" will happen any moment now.

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