Post: Harold Camping: Oops... I Meant World Ends In October
05-24-2011, 03:59 PM #1
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Originally posted by another user
A BARMY Californian preacher has revised his apocalyptic prophecy — saying he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on October 21.

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Blunder... Harold Camping

Harold Camping had predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven on May 21 — last Saturday — and a massive earthquake would mean the end of the world and mankind.
But as millions across the world might have noticed, his prediction did not come true.
Now he says he felt so terrible when his doomsday message proved false that he left home and took refuge in a motel with his wife.
Camping apologised for not having the dates "worked out as accurately as I could have".
He said that after chatting with a pal over the weekend it dawned on him that May 21 had been a day on which the whole world is judged.
The world will be completely destroyed in five months' time when the apocalypse comes, is his latest prediction.
He said: "We've always said May 21 was the day, but we didn't understand altogether the spiritual meaning.
"The fact is there is only one kind of people who will ascend into heaven ... if God has saved them they're going to be caught up."
The news did not go down well with his followers with many fuming that the end of the world did not take place.
Follower Jeff Hopkins spent a good deal of his own retirement savings on gas money to power his car so people would see its ominous lighted sign showcasing the May 21 warning.
As the day drew nearer, Hopkins made the 100-mile round trip from Long Island to New York City twice a day, spending at least £10 on gas each trip.
Hopkins, 52, said: "I've been mocked and scoffed and cursed at and I've been through a lot with this lighted sign on top of my car."
The former television producer said: "I was doing what I've been instructed to do through the Bible, but now I've been stymied.
"It's like getting slapped in the face."
It's not the first time the 89-year-old retired civil engineer has been dismissed by the Christian mainstream and forced to explain when his prediction didn't come to pass.
Camping also prophesied the Apocalypse would come in 1994, but said later that didn't happen then because of a mathematical error.


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No comment /facepalm
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05-25-2011, 03:16 PM #29
This story has been twisted around so much. I'm pretty sure the original idea was that on May 21st it would be Judgement Day. The world was NOT supposed to end on this day. A certain number of people were supposed to be saved and taken up to heaven or something while everyone else stays here on Earth. Then over the next 5 months a bunch of shit was supposed to happen until the world actually "ends" on October 21st.

However everyone is still here so they are claiming May 21st was a "spiritual judgement", which I guess would mean we were "judged", but no one was saved yet.

I still don't believe this either way, but so many people thought we were all just supposed to die on May 21st.
05-25-2011, 04:57 PM #30
BAMF
Social Engineer
This old guy derped so hard that the world is gonna end AGAIN! No
05-25-2011, 05:01 PM #31
Rokiz
Death is hereditary
Originally posted by 5HARP
why do people take this mans word


I think hes going mad
05-25-2011, 05:15 PM #32
nakul666
Do a barrel roll!
Now he's probably "Camping" somewhere cause he was always wrong Smile
05-25-2011, 05:16 PM #33
MoosE Music
Bounty hunter
lol funyn guy! Happy
05-25-2011, 05:20 PM #34
Originally posted by Clutch
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No comment /facepalm


/facepalm I LOVE THE WAY I POSTED THIS YESTERDAY...... AND IN MY OWN WORDS AND A SOURCE AND PIC AND YOU GET +REP AND I DONT! WTF IS GOING ON HERE!
05-25-2011, 05:21 PM #35
HecmanHD
< ^ > < ^ >
Originally posted by Deadsclan View Post
Don't you mean dumber? :carling:


Lol it gives me the same :p
05-25-2011, 05:27 PM #36
I made this yesterday and Connor closes mine, probs cuz I have lower rep than this guy, Mine was in my own words and this guys is a copy n paste! /facepalm
05-25-2011, 06:51 PM #37
Originally posted by Neytiri View Post
I made this yesterday and Connor closes mine, probs cuz I have lower rep than this guy, Mine was in my own words and this guys is a copy n paste! /facepalm


Did you post it before 5PM yesterday? Link me? I don't like mods favouring anyone whether that's me, anyone else or whether it's intentional or not.

Also C/P is fine provided you give a source and make it abundantly clear you didn't type it all up, which I did. We're not a news site, we don't need our members re-typing every single source of news Winky Winky

---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:50 PM ----------

Ah OK, just checked and you posted it over 3 hours after me. Get your facts straight before accusing the mods and members of favouritism.

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