Harold Camping
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| − | *[http://www.wecantknow.com/ We Can't Know] — | + | *[http://www.wecantknow.com/ We Can't Know] — a rebuttal to Camping's We Can Know campaign by the radio show [[Ask an Atheist]], complete with some information about the "prediction" and a countdown timer referred to as "A Countdown to Backpedaling." After the date passed, it started displaying a negative number for the day(s) left due to the timer using bad JavaScript programming, but the timer has since been replaced. It has since been replace AGAIN to reflect the new Oct 21 'Rapture'. |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Harold Egbert Camping is a former civil engineer turned false prophet, radio evangelist and crackpot who famously predicted that the return of Jesus would be September 6, 1994. When Jesus didn't return, he modified his "prophecy" to claim that September 6 was the day that God removed his Holy Spirit from the earth and that nobody could be saved after this date and that God was calling all those already saved to exit the organized churches. He then changed his predicted date for Jesus to return to May 21, 2011.
After the Rapture again failed to happen, Camping disappeared for a couple of days, only to resurface and claim that 21 May had been a "spiritual apocalypse." He then claimed that newer calculations put the end of the world on 21 October 2011.[1] Although it now seems that he has had his own 'rapture' .Harold Camping was originally a Calvinist and founder of the Family Radio network which was heard on the shortwave radio bands over WYFR, and on several AM and FM radio stations mostly located in California. Ever since he fell off the deep end trying to predict the date of Jesus' return, nobody is quite sure what he is anymore, especially since his "revised" date, May 21, 2011, turned out to be 1994 all over again.[2]
In 1942, Camping received a Bachelor's of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.[3] He has used his knowledge of engineering mathematics to develop a mathematical system that he claims can interpret biblical prophecies.[4] Camping's engineering background also allows certain commentators to credit him as a "former civil engineer" while ignoring the fact that he is little more than a D-list Pat Robertson.[5] Camping denies the assurance of salvation doctrine common to mainstream Protestant churches and Roman Catholicism.[6]
Camping has received his share of criticism from orthodox Christians. In An Open Letter to Harold Camping, members of the Grace Valley Christian Center of Davis, California wrote, "We concur with others that his teaching can be compared to cow dung. But cow dung does not destroy anything. It is a fertilizer causing plants to grow. The teaching of Harold Camping is worse than cow dung: it is poison that kills people and sends them to hell."[7]
In June 2011, Camping suffered a stroke and ended up with slurred speech.[8] Presumably this will make it harder for him to spread more bullshit. Or was it punishment from gOD? [9]
Camping the fraudster
One of the things Camping openly stated with his message of rapture on May 21st was that Christians would no longer need their money. He asked for donations for the ministry, and help spreading the word of the impending rapture.IT'S MINE NOW With no refunds after he was proven wrong, people were led to believe it was just a large scam (one of the largest religious scams in history) to get follower's money.[10]
This seems to be backed up by reports from his own ministry that it retained all of it's cash and assets at normal levels before the rapture, and workers still planned business as usual the next week.[11]
External links
- We Can't Know — a rebuttal to Camping's We Can Know campaign by the radio show Ask an Atheist, complete with some information about the "prediction" and a countdown timer referred to as "A Countdown to Backpedaling." After the date passed, it started displaying a negative number for the day(s) left due to the timer using bad JavaScript programming, but the timer has since been replaced. It has since been replace AGAIN to reflect the new Oct 21 'Rapture'.
Footnotes
- ↑ ... May 21 was a day when God’s judgment came on the world spiritually, Camping said. But Family Radio is sticking to its original assertion that the world will literally come to a fiery end on Oct. 21, 2011.[1]
- ↑ Unsurprisingly.
- ↑ See the Wikipedia article on Harold Camping.
- ↑ Berton, Justin. "Biblical scholar's date for rapture: May 21, 2011", San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com website), 1 January 2011.
- ↑ Thier, Dave. "May 21 Is Judgment Day? Harold Camping's Latest Doomsday Prediction", AOLNews.com, 3 January 2011.
- ↑ http://wscal.edu/blog/entry/harold-camping-and-the-end-of-the-word-part-5
- ↑ http://www.gracevalley.org/images/uploads/open_letter_harold_camping.pdf
- ↑ Wikipedia on Harold Camping
- ↑ Was stroke punishment? (probably not.)
- ↑ How Harold Camping pulled off the Biggest money scam in Christian History
- ↑ Doomsday church: Still open for business