Judgment Day forecaster points to new doomsday date

[Playinghardball]

Source: Reuters via Raw Story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The evangelical Christian broadcaster whose much-ballyhooed Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on Saturday has a simple explanation for what went wrong -- he miscalculated.

Instead of the world physically coming to an end on May 21 with a great, cataclysmic earthquake, as he had predicted, Harold Camping, 89, said he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21.

Camping, who launched a doomsday countdown in which some followers spent their life's savings in anticipation of being swept into heaven, issued his correction during an appearance on his "Open Forum" radio show from Oakland, California.

The headquarters of Camping's Family Radio network of 66 U.S. stations had been shuttered over the weekend with a sign on the door that read, "This Office is Closed. Sorry we missed you!"

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/24/judgment-day-forecaster-points-to-new-doomsday-date/

[murray hill farm]

1. That dude was "left behind" long ago.

In an evolutionary sense!

[RKP5637]

2. He's a dinosaur, never made it to the 21st century! n/t

[katnapped]

3. Maybe that's the day he drops dead

Then we don't have to listen to this shit anymore

Nah, we couldn't be that lucky...

[Turbineguy]

4. Idiot.

That's a Friday. Everybody knows God only does magical tricks on Saturdays.

[Ganja Ninja]

5. Half of America can't wait for the end.

The other half wants to hit the lottery.

[booley]

6. this used to be funny

and then I read a story about how a mother tried to kill herself and her two daughters to spare them from the coming tribulation.

It's not so funny anymore.

Maybe this guy should just STFU.