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05-24-2011, 12:50 AM   #61
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Apocalypse now in October, preacher says!

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"...Harold Camping says he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21..."

"...Reflecting on scripture afterward, Mr Camping said it "dawned" on him that a "merciful and compassionate God" would spare humanity from "hell on Earth for five months" by compressing the physical apocalypse into a shorter time frame..."


he just doesn't know when to quit, does he?

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Doe$ thi$ guy have any follower$? If so, one mu$t wonder how much ca$h he'll rai$e between now and then, and what he plan$ do with it.
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If so, one mu$t wonder how much ca$h he'll rai$e between now and then, and what he plan$ do with it.
well in the unlikely even his followers realise he is full of it and there is a class action lawsuit he's not going to have anything left....
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Apocalypse now in October, preacher says!

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"...Harold Camping says he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21..."

"...Reflecting on scripture afterward, Mr Camping said it "dawned" on him that a "merciful and compassionate God" would spare humanity from "hell on Earth for five months" by compressing the physical apocalypse into a shorter time frame..."


he just doesn't know when to quit, does he?
So now he will just milk his followers like money cows until then. Unfortunately they are stupid enough to go along with it.

Pathetic.

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It seems the new Rapture will occur 2 days before the final in the Rugby World Cup. Perhaps Camping has determined that divine intervention will be necessary to prevent the All Blacks from taking the main prize.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Digitalis Quote
Apocalypse now in October, preacher says!

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"...Harold Camping says he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21..."

"...Reflecting on scripture afterward, Mr Camping said it "dawned" on him that a "merciful and compassionate God" would spare humanity from "hell on Earth for five months" by compressing the physical apocalypse into a shorter time frame..."


he just doesn't know when to quit, does he?
They should throw this dumb ass in jail along with that other knucklehead that blew his savings to put up the billboards all over. I am beginning to think the Bible is total BS written by Harold Camping type idiots 2000 years ago.
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this is the part that really sickens me:

Asked if he had any advice to offer those who had given away their material wealth in the belief the world was about to end, Mr Camping said they would cope: "We just had a great recession. There's lots of people who lost their jobs, lots of people who lost their houses... and somehow they all survived."

and he will be doing just fine with all the millions people gave to him under the belief that he was 100% accurate in his predictions.

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They should throw this dumb ass in jail along with that other knucklehead that blew his savings to put up the billboards all over. I am beginning to think the Bible is total BS written by Harold Camping type idiots 2000 years ago.
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The crap spewing from Camping and his followers are not coming from the Bible. He's another who claims to have new revelations. Actually, he is the fulfillment of a prophesy concerning the many false prophets who will come to lead the world astray.
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I think Camping based his predictions on the recent earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, landslides, forest fires, drought, other weather anomalies (extreme bad winter/rainy/dry weather), pollution, global warming, war, civil unrest, world chaos/anarchy, world economic turmoil , etc... and hoped for the rapture to arrive within that time frame he set or earlier. coincidentally, it did however fell on the date where a lot of destructive tornadoes touched down and a volcanic eruption occurred. maybe he is just looking for the signs of times which maybe true to some extent as far as personal opinion is concerned but would be far from the fact that an exact, not to mention an immediate set date can be formulated from. having said that, I'm quite embarrassed that such a religious person would go far beyond the teachings of what he believes in and act as his creator.

if I'm not mistaken, the previous failed rapture predictions were made during the times that such world phenomenon were happening and use such incidents as basis for one's predictions and silly calculations. maybe next time he should probably used a different or ancient calendar of doom because using the Gregorian Calendar doesn't seem to work with rapture dates.
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to those who died in the belief that the rapture would come as prophesized, rapture did came, atleast by their own hands.
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I think Camping based his predictions on the recent earthquakes, volcano eruptions, .......................................
His predictions were based on being several french-fries short of a Happy Meal and/or being a con man.
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ok ok, maybe they are quite a year early. the rapture should be on >>>

and by this, I think people should start preparing getting their passes or start migrating to Africa before this occurs on the 21st of December 2012 based on the Mayan Calendar calculations.

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I think Camping based his predictions on the recent earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, landslides, forest fires, drought, other weather anomalies (extreme bad winter/rainy/dry weather), pollution, global warming, war, civil unrest, world chaos/anarchy, world economic turmoil , etc... ....
In other words... he based his predictions on normal day-to-day life on this planet. Everyone always wants to think they live in the worst of times...

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QuoteOriginally posted by Digitalis Quote
Apocalypse now in October, preacher says!

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"...Harold Camping says he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21..."

"...Reflecting on scripture afterward, Mr Camping said it "dawned" on him that a "merciful and compassionate God" would spare humanity from "hell on Earth for five months" by compressing the physical apocalypse into a shorter time frame..."


he just doesn't know when to quit, does he?

*laugh* I suppose the two unacceptable things for him to consider might be, a) If his God's all merciful and compassionate, why not just call it a wash and maybe even do something *nice,* or b) Maybe that Bible/interpretation just ain't *right* and never was.

Maybe like Infinite Compassion wouldn't look like a 'Kinder, Gentler, Ming The Merciless,' anyway.

I mean, it's a fairly predictable change of tack, but let's try to do a little better, here, cause that 'Merciful' aternative is still pretty psycho. How bout not destroying planets, as if we really needed any help at that right now? That'd be a good sign.

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In other words... he based his predictions on normal day-to-day life on this planet. Everyone always wants to think they live in the worst of times...

Mike
exactly. I believe that is the trend that I saw from the 3 failed rapture predictions. then they can throw a fast one if their predictions didn't come as planned and say God is merciful and change his plan because there are still some good left in this world.
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