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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Devlish2]
#14493667 - 05/22/11 11:47 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Looks like the prophet took the money and ran
http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/149753/20110521/false-doomsday-prophet-harold-camping-deserts-devastated-followers-church-offers-solace-photos.htm
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Doomsday prophet Harold Camping, who predicted that the End of the World would come on May 21, 2011, has gone missing ever since it became increasingly clear that his prediction is going to fail, even as local churches willingly stepped in to provide counseling and help to Camping's devastated followers.
Camping, the head of the Family Radio, had predicted that the selected number of people on earth, approximately 200 million, would Rapture to heaven on May 21, 2011 while those left behind would witness the destruction of the earth which would come about on October 21, 2011.
He has based his predictions on Bible verses, namely Genesis 7:4 ("Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth") and 2 Peter 3:8 (“With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day”), and concluded that May 21, 2011 is 7000 years after the Great Flood (4990 B.C.), concluding that it indeed is the Doomsday.
4990 + 2011 – 1 = 7000 (the subtraction of "1" is necessary because year 1 B.C. is followed by 1 A.D., skipping year 0).
Because Camping was certain "without any shadow of a doubt it (Doomsday) is going to happen," many of his followers sold their possessions and quit their jobs.
Adrienne Martinez, a follower of Camping, and her husband have reportedly quit their jobs and spent the last penny in their bank account towards a rented house in Orlando. "We budgeted everything so that, on May 21, we won’t have anything left," said Adrienne.
Now that Camping's prediction is proven to be a complete failure, attention has been shifted to his devastated followers. Previously when Doomsday prophecies have failed, some misled followers have turned violent, even leading up to murders and committing suicides.
In order to prevent this, church groups are actively providing counseling and advice for the damaged souls.
On May 21, 2011, around 4 p.m. (local time), a group of rescuers, led by Pastor Jacob Denys of Calvary Bible Church in Milpitas, CA, came in front of Camping's Family Radio headquarter in Oakland, CA, with signs and banners, and offered to provide counseling and spiritual support to the dejected followers of Camping. Camping and his staff were nowhere to be seen. However, a few of Camping's followers who were there, avoided the crowd and refused to offer any comment. One of the followers even tried to assault the IBTimes reporter when approached, saying, "I want to be left alone."
"We are here to reach out to those people who might have bought the lie (of Camping)," said Denys. He, adding that they are not to condemn anyone, said, "What we are hoping is that we would be able to invite people who might have been affected to our church in Milpitas and hold a special service that would embrace them and reach out to them."
The service, Denys said, will be at 10 a.m. on May 22, 2011, the day after the failed Doomsday.
"Churches like ours, he (Camping) says, are of the devil, that the Holy Spirit has left the church and all is left now is a shell. Even though this is what they've been believing and they've been teaching, we love them and we care about them. We don't want them to be hurt. Today is a hard day for them," James Bynum, a deacon of the church, said.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: SS32]
#14493678 - 05/22/11 11:51 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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how stupid do you have to be to sell everything you own....
these people are just...
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Isn't it obvious why he has gone missing? He was raptured, just like he predicted.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Aser]
#14493948 - 05/22/11 12:53 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I wonder if he knew this was complete bullshit and planned to just get everyone's money or he truly believed this was going to happen and decided to dip.
Either way if he ever gets found by his pissed off ex-followers he's going to get rapetured with extreme prejudice.
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sunset_mission said: rapetured with extreme prejudice.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Aser]
#14494001 - 05/22/11 01:03 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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So I was getting high on a trampoline yesterday and saw a raptor walk by nbd.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Aser]
#14494012 - 05/22/11 01:06 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Aser said: There was some lady who attempted to kill both of her daughters and herself so they didn't have to face the apocalypse. Sad stuff.
Can you link the news please.
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I will if I can find it...
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Aser]
#14494058 - 05/22/11 01:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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You have to take things that a 90 year old man says, with a grain of salt
Alright, lets get our focus back to 2012
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Aser]
#14494062 - 05/22/11 01:18 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I like the kids that celebrated their continual existence on earth by jumping of a bridge into the river below, only for one of them to disappear. Oopsy...
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http://www.bluecollarphilosophy.com/2011/05/mother-tries-to-kill-herself-and-daughters-prior-to-failed-rapture-prediction-video.html
That's what I could find on the news story. Not the rendition I read, but it gives the basics.
You could also try to google "mother attempts to kill two daughters rapture"
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Devlish2]
#14494601 - 05/22/11 03:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Devlish2 said: Abolish religion.
nah, just abolish stupid people imparting it.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: millzy]
#14494609 - 05/22/11 03:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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The ironic part is that an earthquake did occur in the East Bay (where he lives) around the time he predicted, but it was very minor and did no damage.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: millzy]
#14494618 - 05/22/11 03:43 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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millzy said:
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Devlish2 said: Abolish religion.
nah, just abolish stupid people imparting it.
That's pretty much all it consists of.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Devlish2]
#14494661 - 05/22/11 03:52 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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eh, pretty wide brush stroke there, but i can't say i completely disagree with you. i just wish there were louder voices for scholarly religion.
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Re: The Rapture. [Re: Devlish2]
#14494751 - 05/22/11 04:12 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Devlish2 said:
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millzy said:
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Devlish2 said: Abolish religion.
nah, just abolish stupid people imparting it.
That's pretty much all it consists of.
As the saying goes, it's not that all religious people are idiots, it's that most idiots are religious.
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blewmeanie said: As the saying goes, it's not that all religious people are idiots, it's that most idiots are religious.
Well put.
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On his radio program, he claimed to have been off by a few months, and judgment day Is actually on october.
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