27th., 1994......May 21st.,and October 21st.,
2011 have in common?
Just in case you forgot, all of them were
predicted dates for the end of the world!
On November 3rd the guy who made
those predictions issued an apology and
stepped down from his position as headof the religious radio network he helped
to create.
Rev. Harold Camping announced he
was stepping down from "Family Radio"
effective immediately.
Camping had originally predicted
the end of the world sometime in
September of 1994.
But it was his May 21st revised
prediction that captured attention
across the nation as he and his followers
rented billboards in multiple
languages announcing the "end date",
and established a web site with a
countdown clock winding down to
zero on 5/21.
I wonder if the Billboard companies
made him pay in advance?
Many followers gave up their
homes and even retirement benefits
figuring......'you can't take it with
you!'
When May 22nd came along Rev.
Camping concluded he had mis-
calculated and revised his end of
the world prediction to October 21st.
I'm not sure what sources the
Pastor used for his research. But I'm
wondering if he missed the spot in
the Bible where we're told that no man
will know when the end will come?
Camping has apologized for
leading his followers astray.
On behalf of all of us who are still
around I'm rather happy his predictions
proved to be in error!
It's tough to make dinner reservations
when dates like those are hanging over
your head!
Anyhow, now that Harold has some
free time maybe he'll be heading for
the movies to see "In Time", that new
feature where everybody wears a
countdown on their arm and you can buy
extra time to keep you alive past your
experation date.
By the way, if he had predicted the
end yesterday, and it really was
coming, would we at least have had
an extra hour?
Hope Camping didn't talk you into
selling the ranch and that all your NEWS
continues to be good!
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