So is the World Going to End Oct. 21? Harold Camping Still Thinks So
- Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:26am by
Billy Hallowell
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Remember Harold Camping? You know, the 90-year-old preacher and radio host who warned that the world was going to come to an end back on May 21, 2011? Well, here we are, nearly five months later and Camping, who suffered a stroke after his predictions didn’t come to fruition, is back at it again. And he’s sticking to his new prediction.
As you’ll recall, earlier this year many people did, indeed, buy into the hype. Some even sold their homes and possessions and gave their lives to Camping’s cause.
(Related: Learn more about the group behind the predictions)
Sadly, these individuals did all of this in vain, as May 21 came and went, with the earth remaining intact. But following his very public failure, Camping wasn’t dissuaded from his belief that the day of reckoning was on its way.
In an attempt to soften the blow that his faulty preaching had sustained, he claimed that he was “looking for answers” in the days following the debacle.
But in the end, rather than moving forward and apologizing for his failed claims, the radio preacher said that he simply misinterpreted the Bible. Dismissing his initial 6 p.m. deadline for the world’s implosion back in May, he subsequently said that the original date he gave served as the spiritual beginning of the world’s physical end.
Thus, he came up with an entirely different timeline based on a new date, October 21:
“Were not changing a date at all; we’re just learning that we have to be a little more spiritual about this.
But on Oct. 21, the world will be destroyed. It won’t be five months of destruction. It will come at once.”
CNN has more about these claims:
After making his initial failed prediction, then following up on it with his new, five-month timeline, you may recall that Camping suffered a stroke. Despite his ongoing recovery, Camping is still repeating his claim that calamity is on the way. In a recent radio recording (yes, he’s also doing radio again), he said:
“I really am beginning to think as I restudied these matters that there’s going to be no big display of any kind. The end is going to come very, very quietly, probably within the next month. It will happen, that is, by October 21.”
On his Family Radio web site, Camping has a full description of his latest prediction. Here’s a portion of it:
Thus we have learned that except for a somewhat different understanding of the words “earthquake” and “rapture” or “catching up” no other past teachings of Judgment Day or the end of the world have been changed. The time line, the certainty of it, the proofs, and the signs are all precisely the same. No other past teachings have been changed or modified. Indeed, on May 21 Christ did come spiritually to put all of the unsaved throughout the world into judgment. But that universal judgment will not be physically seen until the last day of the five month judgment period, on October 21, 2011.
Since it’s already October 14, this means that we’re, once again, only days away from the world’s purported ending. It’s beginning to feel like “Groundhog Day,” no?
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Comments (174)
eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:16am**** NEED EVERYONE TO CHECK THIS ***
Whether it’s true or not….everyone needs to be aware and check out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-6J0bTskRg&feature=player_detailpage
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:47amThis guy make more apocalyptic prophecies than Glenn Beck.
motonutt
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:51amSome out there may want to be-little Alex Jones…..I believe this could easly be true. Will it happen we don’t know. It wouldn’t suprise me at all.
Report Post »Thanks for the info……EYESTOSEEEARSTOHEAR
SamIamTwo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:57amAnthony Shaffer (born 1962) is a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who gained fame for his claims about mishandled intelligence before the September 11 attacks and for the censoring of his book, Operation Dark Heart.
On May 3, 2011, radio host Alex Jones aired an interview in which Pieczenik claimed that Osama Bin Laden had died of Marfan syndrome back in July 2002, and that the attacks on the United States on 9/11 were part of a false flag operation by the American government.
And as for Alex Jones credibility…buwahhahahahahahaha
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:58amAlex Jones is the new enemy of the leftist Bolshevik media. He is reporting news stories that don’t make the mainstream. Alex is my new hero.
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:36pmThis guy is a huge Ron Paul bundler and pusher. He would walk over burning coals for him.
Though I don’t agree with much of Ron Pual I do believe in his pro-life stance. He just came out with a new campaign ad that is good for pro-life movement, I don’t mind that Ron Paul is also in it: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/paul_ad_prolife.html
Report Post »Common.Cents
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:48pmIts funny, because he predicted the end of the world last time, May 21st, on the day I got married. In a way, it was true.
Joking, I love being married =D
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 2:07pmI would guess that the only reason that this guy is not in a mental institution is because he isn’t dangerous to other people.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 2:08pm@SAMIAMTWO….This is not a slam to you, and I’m not defending Alex Jones….but unless you have personaly spoken to one of the s.e.a.l. team members who was there…….you don’t know anything about Obama….sorry Osama. Coming from this administration the whole thing could have been a fabrication. He very possibly could have been dead long before we were told he was killed.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 2:25pmnah, not this time i have plans.
Report Post »joei234
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:06pmCan someone please post the list of THINGSGlenn says we should do to prepare? We don‘t have high speed internet and so we can’t watch GBTV. Thanks and God bless for helping us out.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:48pmIs this fellow, Mr Harold Camping stating he’s committing suicide by October 21, 2011 to make it look like his life was taken by God? Who there will intervene?
Report Post »GTH
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 8:58pmThe second of the axis of evil is scheduled to become toast and jam. The last to deal with will be N.Korea because they will be the most difficult. Then, we shall have the “New World Order” almost complete. Except for the one world currency, which is being orchestrated as we type.
Report Post »The plot thickens.
BUDDY LITTLE
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:25pmJOE1234,THIS WILL get you started ++GOD!!++GUN’S SEVERAL++++AMMO SEVERAL HUNDRED PR.GUN+++FOOD MONTH OR LONGER FOR EACH PERSON++++WATER MINIMUM= ONE GAL PR.PERSON PR.DAY++WARM CLOTHING AND BIBLE
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 2:46amI was going to get a haircut next week. Maybe I should wait. I thought the world was going to end between Sept 25-28 and I wouldn’t have to pay my bills due October 1. If my predictions don’t come true, I am NOT going to make any more!
Report Post »donaldchar
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 5:33pmReal Christians follow Christ, not the false prophets He forewarned us about.
Report Post »Is there really anything more relevant to say?
donaldchar
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 5:40pmThe reason we know that Jesus isn’t coming back when false prophet Harold sez He will, is simply this: Jesus said, I‘m coming back at such a time as they think I’m NOT coming back.
Report Post »So, keep predicting, guys, and you‘ll have a following of fools who think Jesus was just yakking and didn’t know what He was talking about…
But, better advice: take Jesus seriously and ignore the sheep‘s clothing and what’s coming out of the wolves’ mouths underneath it.
kristinamwright
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:42pmThe bible says to watch for false prophets and deceivers I am not saying he is wrong I am just pointing this out.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:15amI hope he’s right, I‘m ready for Jesus to straighten this mess we’ve made out. He’s the only one who can.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:35amlife is good, why hope for anything else.
Report Post »palerider54
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:56amYour right Gonzo, the fact that I have read the end of the book and know how it ends is the only thing keeping me from going POSTAL on the people attacking our faith.
I can’t help but wonder what part of NO MAN KNOWS THE HOUR IN WHICH I COME ol Harold is having a problem understanding.
Report Post »mils
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:09amso many wanting something better than what they have.. are so willing to follow… i do not understand the state of mind that blindly follows.
if they believe in the christian bible, it states that no man knows the time and date of things to come..
I don’t care what he believes. I feel sorry for the people that follow him and their state of mind.
A person can believe something and not KNOW it, or have it happen. wonder if he‘ll have another heart attack if it doesn’t happen for him this time…maybe he‘s leaving and he’s mistaken the wording…leaving /coming./ end of his time here… Or wishful thinking for something to happen to make him “right”, for a change
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:48amI am very hopeful but know it prob won’t happen till some more prophecies are fulfilled.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:32pmAh nothing like the religious hoping for mass death and destruction. Why am I not surprised? Oh but I forgot, it’s all in the name of Jesus or Allah so there is nothing wrong with it. I love that one person on here says that the only way they can keep from going postal on someone is the fact that they know how the Bible ends. What happened to turning the other cheek, and loving your neighbor? Hatred is evil, even hatred on religious grounds is evil. Try practicing what your God preached and not hoping for millions and millions of deaths.
Report Post »donaldchar
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 5:46pmOnly one problem: if he’s right then Jesus is wrong – not a good prospect, wouldn’t you say?
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:34pmGreetings GONZO, You know if people would just ask Jesus into their life to straighten out the mess they have made of their own life, then the mess people have gotten this world in, would be straightened out, one life at a time ! Know what I mean?
Further with Jesus;
Report Post »http://www.Jesus-is-Savior.com
http://www.GodSaid/ManSaid.com
by faith
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 9:57amWebpreacher/911 Truther
you really need to learn how to post, once again you respond to me in the wrong place and then you run away to another link.
Your expertise at taking things out of contexts is showing again.
I quoted James 2 “NOT SAVED BY FAITH ALONE” The only time “saved by faith alone” appears in the BIBLE the word Not proceeds it.
We are saved by the grace of God (period)
God can save whomever He wants. Those with faith and those without, those with good works and those without.
So if a homosexual cries Lord, Lord will he be saved?
I do not presume to know, I leave that to GOD
Your posts contradict. He has faith…but his works are an abomination. So which is it?
Report Post »Briguybart
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:12am“Sadly, these individuals did all of this in vein”.
-Should be “vain”, not “vein”.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:59amMaybe they did mean “vein”. Afterall many people were bled dry financially due to his predictions.
Report Post »sgtstubbs
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:08pmI don’t know how many people know it but you can make fuel out of oranges, pretty good for drinking… It called white lighting.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:11amAny elder in a church who proclaims a date, or salvation only through them, save yourself and leave that church.
Report Post »TheCalvinistPastor
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:07amBelieve it or not, people are going to believe what they want despite facts. in spite of past failings and false predictions. The mentality is “Dont let the facts get in the way, I have made up my mind” I am all too fimilar with this type of thinking. I used to be a Jehovah’s Witness. People still believe their leadership year after year, constant changing doctries. They do not see it as “false prophecies” they see it as “the light getting brighter”
Report Post »JRook
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:30am“Believe it or not, people are going to believe what they want despite facts.” Yep and that’s why people watch the cable news program and radio shows that filter and slant the news to present it in a manner that reinforces their ideology. Why listen, why think, why challenge. It is much easier to pick an ideology, decide who the villains are and blame everything on them. To paraphrase a quote from the movie The President, “People don’t believe ideological hype because their is no alternative, they believe it because they don’t now any better.” And they don’t know any better because they would rather believe than think for themselves.
Report Post »grfd703
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:52amJROOK: Your analogy was based on the movie,“The American President” and here’s the direct quote:
LEWIS
They don’t have a choice! Bob
Rumson’s the only one doing the
talking. People want leadership.
And in the absence of genuine
leadership, they will listen to
anyone who steps up to the
microphone. They want leadership,
Mr. President. They’re so thirsty
for it, they’ll crawl through the
desert toward a mirage, and when
they discover there’s no water,
they’ll drink the sand.
SHEPHERD
Report Post »(evenly)
Lewis, we’ve had Presidents who were
beloved, who couldn’t find a coherent
sentence with two hands and a
flashlight. People don’t drink the
sand, ’cause they’re thirsty, Lewis.
They drink it ’cause they don’t know
the difference.
WhiteFang
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:21pmTheCalvinistPastor,
It is a fool who will not accept new information. If you go through your life refusing to accept a bright new aspect to your understanding then you miss out. Prejudice and suspicion for the teacher, or a refusal to change your understanding of an issue because of traditions is not wise.
Some people espousing a crazy idea like Harold Camping is obviously wrong because it goes against Bible prophecy and what is to occur before the end comes. Besides he does not know the day or hour of Armageddon.
Report Post »Bearfoot
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 11:43amTheCalvinistPastor – Believe it or not, people are going to believe what they want despite facts.
This is true, but have you not done the same?
Report Post »webpreacher
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:40pmSo, you were (past tense) a JW, and now your a “Calvanist”? Well, I guess things just don’t get any better for some folk, who know not the truth of God’s Word !
Further with Jesus,
Report Post »http://www.Jesus-is-Savior.com
http://www.GodSaid/ManSaid.com
hightide
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:05amLuke 21:8 starts like this. Go read the rest of it and decide for yourself.
Report Post »“He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
stormerwasright
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:00amHe’s still accepting donations on his website
Report Post »saranda
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:15amAnd sadly, still receiving donations on his website. What is wrong that people look to someone like this for guidance?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:56am“The end is going to come very, very quietly”
So quietly, in fact, that no one will notice that it has even happened. We will get up in the morning and go about our business not even realizing that the world ended hours before. We might live to have grandchildren, and they might live to have their own grandchildren, before anyone stops to wonder, “Hey, did the world end — years ago and we didn’t notice?”
It will be THAT quiet.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:06amWhich is why I’m going through with my plan to get up very early and scatter clothes and salt in the shape of people in front of some of the local churches.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:06amI was in a Christian acting group that performed in schools. One school we went to and stated setting up our stuff for the show. We didn’t know that the band room was close to the auditorium but I could dimly hear something. I said out loud, “Anyone else hear trumpets?”. My firend told me that he had a sudden fear that the rapture was coming and that he was going to be left behind because he didn’t hear anything!
Ahh, fun memories. But it would be wrong to play such a trick deliberately. WRONG I tell you. :-)
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 2:44pmREALLY? Just how quiet does this sound to you?
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God
But I would not have you to be ignorant…
Report Post »DoctorRon
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:54amWhat a fool! Everyone knows that the world does not end until December 21, 2012.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:53amCamping is an old fool!! I do believe there is a trmendous shift coming to the world very soon but NOT the total end of it!! Look at how we all feel about pieces of paper? I am sure the time is coming that 100 dollar bills will be used as toilet paper and bullets gold and silver will be the worlds currency once again!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:49amHis church is still a non-prophet organization. And he’s still a looney.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:46amI feel sorry for this poor old guy, but I feel more sorry for the fools that are following him. The Word says only God knows! There’s no other way to interpret this, no other way!
Report Post »donaldchar
Posted on October 16, 2011 at 6:44pm“Only God knows,” true, but He will only know when He finalizes the date. He informs us (2 Peter 3:12) that we can move that date up if we live godly lives.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:45amAnd again, people will make fun of him… not because he believes the world will end, but because he believes he knows when. Meanwhile a great number of people will scoff, mock, and ridicule him while continuing to say we’re in the “end times” and see absolutely nothing wrong with their thinking.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:12amBelieving we’re at a pivot point in American history and the world economy may crash is not exactly the same as end times and this guy’s ability to move the date each time he’s wrong.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:44am“Believing we’re at a pivot point in American history and the world economy may crash is not exactly the same as end times”
No kidding. I mean people will say it is the “end times” as in Revelations from the Bible will be happening soon*
(Soon* being, of course unknowable… but soon!)
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 11:20am“No kidding”;) Yes I think we agree that at this point the pivot that’s creating emotional strife is more in keeping with the aims of Marxism, attempting to remake man in the image of the State. This action is in direct conflict with God.
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:44amHarold, there’s no fool like an old fool. Just look at Warren Buffet.
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:40amNot this I D I O T again! When is he going to croak?
Report Post »momrules
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:48amHe did.
Report Post »LibTardHater
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:49amOctober 21, 2011!!!!!
Report Post »;^)
RLTW
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:49amI think we can assume he’s going to end on Oct 21, at which point we don’t have to hear his BS.
Report Post »autigers2010champs
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:40amThe world came to an end with the election of Obama man where have all you been.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:44amindeed!
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:51amObama’s election? That day was truly the beginning for the end of the world…..now I can believe he IS the anti-christ and the Myans maybe right on the Dec 21st 2012 prediction…..the world is tied together and if one fails the rest fall like dominoes!!!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:08pmI disagree, Obama’s election was the end of the nightmare of the Bush era. Everything in my life has gotten better since Obama has been in office.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:39amSome even sold their homes and possessions and gave their lives to Camping’s cause. <<<< Hehehehe idiots..
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:50amI wish they’d tell me how they sold their house….I have one I’ve been trying to sell for almost 2 years.
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:39amYeah, I know I didn’t write Harold CampING. It’s already been a long morning.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:39amOH puuuleeease!!!!!!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:38amwell,if he has any money left after the last embarrassment,then he might not want to bet on the world ending. hey, i wonder if the commie nut jobs on wall street believe in campings prediction, if so it want belong until they all leave to get ready.
Report Post »docmd
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:37amWhen Peter ask __JESUS CHRIST__when the world would end ? __JESUS__ answered him only THE FATHER {GOD} knows……….He will come like a thief in the night……….This old cck is trying to play __GOD__……
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:43amAnd Jesus also said you will hear of earthquakes in diverse places, and do not worry about those things. He said that because if I blind you with my left hand, then you might not see my right-hand.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:45amIt’s the funniest thing, everything you experience is based on the Bible, even boxing.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 3:12pm@ELIASIM
Please consider leaving your brain to science when you pass from this world, it would fascinating to look into the wiring.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:37amSo, on Oct. 22 he will say he misinterpreted again? No man will know the day or hour.
Report Post »Rillobymorning
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:36amThis guy is such a nut case. First of all, the Bible is very clear that no one will know the day or time that Jesus Christ will return for His church.
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:36amHe may not be changing the date, but “No man shall know the day or the hour……” Harold Camp needs to red his Bible.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:36amNut birds have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years. Bad news is the world will probably end but the good news is it’s going to be in another billion or so years. I live my life day to day and really don’t have a large amount of angst about this topic.
Report Post »InversionTheory
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:16pmI doubt we’ll actually let it end, assuming we survive the next few billion years. Shouldn’t be an issue to move the Earth so it stays in the Goldilocks Zone as the Sun expands… Or maybe we’ll gas the Sun up with a few billion more years worth of hydrogen.
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