Harold Camping.

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/facepalm another one????

Harold Camping.

fortehlulz (guest) 12 Feb 2011 09:04

Okay, so I'd like to say, I do enjoy this site and I won't lie being a seventeen year old boy with high hopes of going to college and I graduate in 2012 I thought "We'll this was all for nothing then" I became depressed and I started failing classes, couldn't sleep nor could I eat. My main problem is my mind wonders about things way to much so I googled some info on 2012 and I came onto a lot of websites that insisted that 2012 is the end which made my depression worse than before. Till one night I found this site and I began to read more into it, at first I didn't like this site because I thought it was a bunch of loons -No offence- so I stopped reading. Then a few weeks later I saw the 2012 movie on a stormy night -BIG MISTAKE YEAH?- that is where I thought I was gonna die. I can't believe I sat through the whole movie and even though it scared me I kept watching. So after the movie went off I went back to this site and started reading more and more into it. Turns out you all aren't a bunch of loons after all -HOORAY!!- Now my grades have improved and my social life is getting better even though I'm still a wee bit scared, is that normal?

SO NOW. I know this has been discussed before but I wanted to make my own thread -I'm not a troll by the way ;)- BUT, I was watching the new about the whole "Aflockalypse" then this old fart named Harold Camping came on tv talking about how May 21st is the start of the rapture and the world ends October 21st 2011 -it seems doomsday believers are obsessed with the number 21, at least the way I see it hur hur- At first this was my facial reaction
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqnsnxAIws1qzuh46o1_500.jpg -No it's not a virus and such-

That being my face I wasn't to worried -coming from a religious family anyways-
then I googled him and his reasons why. So…………now I'm scared again. I know he predicted the world to end in 1994 and it didn't happen but he's so sure that May 21st is the end.

So my question is, how did he come up with this and what does everyone on here -religious or not- think about his prediction? Reply soon please, it would be much appreciated.

On another note, if 2011 doesn't happen and 2012 doesn't happen I'm gonna start to sell shirts that say "I survived 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2029, 2036, bring on the next" would anyone be interested in buying? ;D

Re: Harold Camping.

TheGreatJuju 12 Feb 2011 11:59

I know he predicted the world to end in 1994 and it didn't happen but he's so sure that May 21st is the end.

Actually, Camping has made numerous "predictions" that have been completely wrong.

So my question is, how did he come up with this and what does everyone on here -religious or not- think about his prediction?

He randomly plays with numbers until he comes up with the result he wants. Here's a post bikenbeer made a while back about Camping:

http://www.2012hoax.org/camping

And here's a more religious website debunking Camping, if you prefer that angle:

http://www.refutecamping.com/

"I survived 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2029, 2036, bring on the next" would anyone be interested in buying?

No, because I'm now going to steal your idea. ;)

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Re: Harold Camping.

Alene Y 12 Feb 2011 18:52

Hi fortehulz,
I'm sorry you thought we were a bunch of loons, but glad that you came back and read enough to learn that we aren't.
On your Camping question, I agree with Juju. Also, Bikenbeer's answer that Juju lnked is the best I have seen on how Camping juggled numbers and assigned a meaning to them in order to get the result he wanted. He has done this repeatedly when his previous predictions failed.

Re: Harold Camping.

mike1986 12 Feb 2011 19:48

Here's a few things on Camping's prediction for May 21st.

1. His followers believe it's going to be Worldwide. Well unfortunately for them that's Impossible because of Timezones.

2. Camping preeches that on May 21st there will be the Rapture of the believers followed by the Worst Earthquake in the history. Meaning he is preeching Pre Tribulation Rapture. Now a little test for those who have the bible in their home find me one verse and without twisting the verse in scripture try to defend a Pre Tribulation Rapture when Jesus himself said that the Flight would take place after the Abomination of Desolation event takes place.

3. Camping is the king of failed Religious predictions he's got more then William Miller, The Jahovah Witnesse's Herbert Armstrong and many others combined.

4. Camping believes that the God of the Bible is Allah.

5. Camping in his the end of the church age and after book says that Jesus is the Arch Angel Michael.

6. Camping and his followers deny the crucifixtion of Christ at Calvary and instead say it happened before the creation of the world.

There's many other things that Camping is getting wrong besides those but those are just a few things that Camping teaches that is completely wrong.

www.ateholous.blogspot.com is a good place to go to find some good debunking of Harold Camping's claims. also go to www.scionofzionzion.com for some good stuff about Camping.

Re: Harold Camping.

obaeyens 12 Feb 2011 19:48

The "I survived 2000" was my T-Shirt :-)

But I think you also should add 2001 to the list.
The excuse that 2000 did not happen was that they miscalculated because they counted the year 0, while it started at 1 so 2001 was definately the real year. Of course 2001 nothing happened as expected.

I also remember back then around 1980 that the world would end because all planets aligned.

Re: Harold Camping.

mike1986 13 Feb 2011 05:07

Camping also had to add 51 days to get to his claimed date of May 21st from April 1st.

Moo (guest) 13 Feb 2011 16:29

Don't believe these people. They're all insane. They don't swear to the one and only God of All, Boo, the Miniature Giant Space Hamster!

FOOLS! THE DAY OF HAMSTERGEDDON DRAWS NEAR, IF YOU CONTINUE TO SHUN BOO! PRAY TO HIM, AND HE SHALL NOT RAIN FOOD PELLETS UPON THE NON-BELIEVERS!

MWAHAHAHA okay seriously, glad you read through everything, and glad it helped!

fortehlulz (guest) 18 Feb 2011 00:21

Thanks guys :D