US doomsday preacher Harold Camping dies at 92

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US doomsday preacher Harold Camping dies at 92

Post by cronus » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:50 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25424916

US doomsday preacher Harold Camping dies at 92

A US preacher and Christian broadcaster who predicted the end of the world three times has died age 92.

Harold Camping, a retired civil engineer, died at his home on Sunday after a stay in hospital for a fall.

His independent Christian ministry, formed in 1958, most recently spent millions warning the world that the end of days would come on 21 May 2011.

He was criticised by other Christian leaders after some believers sold their possessions to help his cause.

'Our appointed time'
Camping was born in 1921, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1942. He started a construction business soon after the end of World War Two.

In 1958, he formed Family Stations Ministry, which eventually broadcast in 30 languages on a network of more than 140 radio stations and online.

He eventually sold the broadcaster to focus on his ministry.

His family had been part of the Christian Reformed Church, which Camping left in 1988 after concluding it no longer faithfully represented Biblical teaching.

He first predicted doomsday would come on 6 September 1994, and when that day passed without apocalyptic incident he claimed he had made a mathematical error.

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Post by Thinking Aloud » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:06 am

Ah - maybe now Jesus will come back in triumph.

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Post by Svartalf » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:30 am

Doom, Gloom, and this will get transferred to the Wake
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Post by cronus » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:35 am

Svartalf wrote:Doom, Gloom, and this will get transferred to the Wake
Might be another one of his scams, maybe we should wait a bit?
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:22 am

He provided me with a lot of entertainment on 21st May 2011, seeking out webcams at 18:00 all around the globe, and screen-capping the progress of the rapture. It'll be a few years before someone with enough money makes another prediction like that worthy of recording.

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Post by Faithfree » Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:48 pm

Many have been wrong about the end of the world, but few as spectacularly and repeatedly wrong as Camping. That takes some talent!
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:43 pm

Faithfree wrote:Many have been wrong about the end of the world, but few as spectacularly and repeatedly wrong as Camping. That takes some talent!
Getting paid for it is even more remarkable.

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Post by Mysturji » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:48 pm

:cry: But he was teh funneh! :cry:
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Post by Mysturji » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:48 pm

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Post by Faithfree » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:50 pm

:hehe:
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Post by cronus » Wed Dec 18, 2013 2:44 pm

Lived to be 92 and the docs say pessimism is bad for your health. What do they know?
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Post by Faithfree » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:19 pm

Scrumple wrote:Lived to be 92 and the docs say pessimism is bad for your health. What do they know?
He always had something to live forward too - his next prediction of the apocalypse. :coffee:
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Post by Mysturji » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:21 pm

I'll bet he's all :fp: now! :hehe:
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Post by laklak » Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:06 pm

Excellent news! And just in time for Christmas!
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: US doomsday preacher Harold Camping dies at 92

Post by Blind groper » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:08 pm

Come on guys. Be fair. His prediction came true, for him anyway, just two years late.

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