Doomsday Preacher Harold Camping Suffers Stroke
- Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:25am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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ALAMEDA, Calif. (The Blaze/AP) — The California radio preacher who predicted that the end of the world would take place last month has suffered a stroke.
The Oakland Tribune reports that 89-year-old Harold Camping was hospitalized after suffering the stroke Thursday night at his Alameda home.
Charles Menut, a regional manager for Harold Camping’s radio company, Family Stations Inc., told supporters about Camping’s stroke in an online message posted Saturday. Menut gave no other details.
However, according to a CBS source, Camping is suffering from slurred speech:
The unnamed neighbor said she had spoken with Camping’s wife Shirley on Friday and was told the radio evangelist is doing “OK,“ although his speech is ”a little bit slurred.”
Family Radio is expected to give an update on Camping’s condition on Monday.
“Please just pray for him and do not try to contact anyone at his home or Family Radio,” a regional manager for Camping’s radio company said in a statement, according to Foxnews.com.
Camping’s radio company spent more than $100 million publicizing the evangelist’s Rapture prediction over the past seven years. When it didn’t happen on May 21, Camping was widely mocked and he called it “a very difficult time.”
He has insisted that his prediction was correct and said the end would become apparent on October 21 instead.
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Comments (84)
Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:24pmPoor, misguided man. Hope the Lord sees you through this illness, and opens your eyes to His timeline of when events will occur (and not yours!).
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:08pmSince his mind was corrupted by lies, it is not unusual for his mind, his brain, to be struck down, as well as being very old. I hope and pray that he will be able to repent and confess to the world that he is a false prophet. “If we confess our faults one to another, we shall be healed”.
Report Post »When we confess our faults verbally, it does a lot of good. It will bring a lot more healing to those who were misled and deceived. I don’t blame Camping for the ignorance of those who followed him and believed his lies. They had the opportunity to read and seek God for the truth for their own personal relationship with Christ. When a person does not have a personal relationship and they are being religious, these are the people who come into great danger of being deceived.
surfaboybz
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:03pmi‘m surprised he didn’t see it coming…
Report Post »jawga61
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:53pmSounds like the end of the world is for him personally. This man has put his self in the place of God by predicting the End time. The bible calls these people “false prophets.” Better get it right with the Lord, Harold while you still have a mind and can pray.
Report Post »SanMoo
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:45pmSounds like dimentia to me, that was setting in on old Harold. Why do they give a guy with dimentia and now a stroke the medium to tell people stupid stuff??? That is when they drink the Kool Aid and die……..I am sure he does not know what he has done, or is doing. What about all the money the minions collected toward the cause (supposed marketing)??? Tell me that! in my book, it was the use of an elder man to trick people into giving money and then they tell him that the advertising was expensive and we spent it all and can’t give it back! Right!! Are they collecting money for the new date!!?? I heard that some people gave all they had to the marketing cause….How sad…
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:43pmThat explains a lot.
Report Post »I Hear the Wolves
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:23pm“He has insisted that his prediction was correct and said the end would become apparent on October 21 instead.”
I guess now we know for certain another day the rapture will NOT take place. Thanks for heads up, Harold!
Report Post »dancermommd
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:18pmMaybe it was his end he was predicting on October 21st and not the rapture.
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:12pmAs I understand it, this is not his first stroke.
Report Post »curmudgeon60
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:06pm@ BIOHAZARD Good One! LOL!!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:59amGuys~~~ Come on. This man is old and feeble, and yes he made a mistake a big one. And, yes, he will meet his Maker probably sooner than later.
However, if you want to get into GOD and HIS vengeance, let’s be looking at soros, at obama, at pelosi, at reed, at the clintons, at all the people right now in the world and at all the organizations in the world who are at war with and working against our GOD, THE ONLY GOD. Let‘s be looking at people out to destroy GOD’s two chosen countries~~~ THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ISRAEL. There‘s where you can expect to see GOD’s vengeance ~~~ in spades! Look into your own lives. Have you made room for GOD? No? Now would be a real good time to be about some personal housekeeping, I think.
Even so, come LORD JESUS, amen.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:18pmGod Have Mercy On Mr Camping And Open His Mind To Truth! In Jesus Name!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:56amHope he can hang in there long enough to see the end of the world…
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:51amIt seems that Harold Camping‘s habit of throwing around false predictions of the world’s end must have really taken a toll on him. I suppose this is the price he’s paying for viewing the Bible as “the book full of ‘hidden codes.’”
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:50amRupture? I thought you said rapture.
I’m gonna need forgiveness for that one.
Report Post »rayblue
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:48amDoomsday, Schmoomsday…
Report Post »I thought today was Sunday and I didn’t put out the trash so when the wife wakes up
it’ll be the end for me.
Nice knowing ya’ll.
Rickfromillinois
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:46amHow many people’s life were ruined by this man? How many people sold or gave away everything they owned and donated it to his organization and quit their jobs, although why his organization would need money after the rapture confuses me. Since he is a man of religion, let me reference the Bible which he says he believes in. There is a passage in there that says that no man will know the time of the rapture. How arrogant of him to believe that it mean no man but him. It is either arrogance or a lack of faith in the Bible. There is also a warning about false prophets. To give a theory that is accordance with his belief system, maybe God is punishing him for his transgressions and lack of humility.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:43am“Vengence is Mine…I will repay, saith the Lord.”
Report Post »Browncoat359
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:41amIt’s ironic at the very least. Supposedly the Lord isn’t a vengeful God anymore but then again…
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:51pmGOD is as he has always been. Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. but, he does say:
Report Post »Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it (a curse) forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
normbal
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:37amIt’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
Ahem.
Sorry to hear it, it’s a bad way to go. He has my prayers.
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:34amMysterious ways indeed.
Report Post »Nemo13
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:34amI guess he was predicting a stroke and not the end of the world? Probably had it thinking of all the people he needs to pay back from this fraud.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:33amWow, bad timing!
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:29amMy prayers go out to this man of conviction. He might have been wrong, but, he invested his wealth for his conviction. Faith and belief in The Almighty is in my opinion the most important.
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:33amHuh? This man caused actual harm in the real world. Real people were duped out of their life savings. Who cares how convicted he was.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:56amFunny
Report Post »criticalpuppy
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:21pmSorry, no. Let’s tell the truth. He is just one of millions of religious charlatans that people around the world are stupid enough to listen to. They deserve everything they get. Maybe one day some of those whose thinking hasn’t progressed beyond the stone age, when lightning and strong winds was proof of the fury of “god”, will wake up. Religious types have be preying on the weak since the dawn of man. Get a clue.
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:23pm@ Vickie – Can’t agree with you on this one. Harold Camping might have a personal relationship with God, but unless he’s asked God to forgive him for duping rather stupid people out of their money with his gnostic “prophecy,” God’s going to have plenty to say to this guy on Judgement Day. He‘s going to have plenty to say to those who fell prey to Camping’s gnostic teaching too, because they did not test the spirits nor seek wise counsel.
Report Post »jdog777
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:43pmhuh??? He is a false prophet. The Old and New Testament warns of men like these. This wasn’t a practice of “Faith”… it was a practice of pride. He led many to ruin.
Report Post »I Hear the Wolves
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:58pmWhat has conviction got to do with it? Muslims have conviction when they murder innocents in the cause of Jihad. The man is a false teacher, and there isn’t anything else to say about it.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:08pmIt’s a good thing God forgives judgmental people just as He does this man or we all would get what we deserve.
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:12pm@FLORIDACRACKER
Report Post »I wasn‘t cheering this man’s stroke but I’ll call a spade a spade. He did a bad thing and I don’t think he should be praised for his conviction. By the way, god is just pretend.
Mr. Oshawott
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:15pm@Vickie Dhaene and FloridaCracker
Sorry to say, but GodHateFigs, Republicorp, Critical Puppy, and Outrider Rider are spot on with this one. True, God is love, but God never lets sin, even the smallest sin, go unpunished. Unless Harold Camping asks God for forgiveness of his brainwashing his dim-witted group with his false end-of-the-world dates, he will eventually be subjected to God’s judgement.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:21pmHe didn’t invest anything, certainly not his own money. He duped a whole lot of people out of theirs thought, in keeping with the long line of carnival tent ‘preachers’.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:28amFor a guy that can “predict” the future… I guess he did not see that coming. Maybe his “word” was meant for him…
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:26am.
Report Post »Well maybe God’s gonna call you home. Good Luck Harold………
biohazard23
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:38amThis is truly a non-prophet organization.
Report Post »Young_Millionaire
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:38amHe was right; he just was not one of the Elect. Now he will be with the rest of us when the chasm appears on October 21st; and by Halloween we will all be gone. Winning! Duh!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:04pmHarold, I’ll pray for your repentance and return to sola scriptura, NO man knows the day nor hour, not even the years more than likely.
Report Post »But if we live each day like the Lord comes today, then chances are when HE does come we will have “oil in our lamps.”, just saying.
The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:10pmI cannot believe how people I ran into in May who were actually looking forward to the 21st…”Oh Lord, please take us home”, etc…it was a holy version of Suicide-by-cop…people who want the “end” to their lives but don’t want to take their own lives. Pretty perverted.
And yes, I AM a Christian Conservative.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:11pmJudgement Day for Camping… Reminds me of the Judgement Day that is coming to Obama: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/june/obama_vulnerable_debate.html
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:11pmWell the Bible does say the false prohets are to be put to death…I think the good Lord has fired a warning shot over his bow…
Report Post »Conkuur
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:55pmGOD: Betchu didn’t know today was the day huh?
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:38pmHe can’t go until 10/21 or my whole belief system will collapse.
Report Post »Slow-Littered [Arcade of Kits w Lady Bits]
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:52pmCheese Whiz Rice! Some of us were preparing for “betterdays” ahead, became a little “gonzo,“ but now act like ”a gallery of cat folks” because it never really got to be, “showtime!”
Report Post »Legion
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:56pmIt has only just begun for this faithful servant. You better pray for him.
Report Post »Domin0z
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:51pmBwahaha. Now that is funny…”Non-prophet”. Tip your waitress, try the veal, I’ll be here all week, etc..
Report Post »OhPleaseEnoughAlready
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:25pmCan we now say: “THE END IS NEAR!!!”
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:31pm@Domin0z; :)
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:36pmI pray that this false prophet will repent before it is too late for him.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:38pmIt is just the “normal” route of events, he was 89,
and I am sure had no small amount of pressure these last few weeks.
Stroke is a result of that.
It IS Ironic though.
Perhaps it gives him time to get it straight and make his peace.
I would be hesitant to attribute this to God though.
Yes, we are to Judge the truth of things that are said and done for ourselves,
ans as it applies to our lives, but
Judging him is not our job description.
That said, his prophesy was false by definition.
Report Post »I hope he gets the message while he has time.
ladyevidence
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 3:59pm“Well maybe God’s gonna call you home”
“Home” to hell, unless he repents. I’m sure that God has a special place in hell for false prophets… wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Report Post »Upstate SC
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:43pm@ Dustluv…Agreed, The Good Lord is trying to get Harold’s attention/ warning. Don’t be a stumble block unto others.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:31pm.
Report Post »It’s what separates us from the evil libs.
I wish no harm to those I disagree with.
nptden
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:37pmPray for your recovery.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:37pmGod is an illusion… People need to stop assuming they know things they cannot. If all humanity assumed there is nothing after death, life would be more precious and taking a life would be weighed heavier
Report Post »Snoopygirl62
Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:51pmWell said Secret Squirrel.
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 12:13am100 million dollars blow away! This money could have been used for God’s work!
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