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Third Time’s A Charm: Harold Camping Says Rapture Definitely Happening On October 21

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We are currently two days into the coming End of the World, and with no significant increase in death and destruction, professional Rapture prognosticator Harold Camping has some explaining to do. But no worry, he’s got a foolproof excuse for why we are all still alive: The actual physical Rapture has been postponed until October 21– the “mystical” one, however, is upon us.

Camping, who told reporters he was “flabbergasted” at still being alive after the 21st, delivered a broadcast today explaining himself. Via ABC News:

In a rambling discourse to reporters outside his Family Radio International office, Camping, an 89-year-old retired civil engineer, indicated he had misread the signs in predicting that the faithful would be lifted up to Heaven Saturday, leaving sinners to suffer through five months of disasters until the Earth was consumed in a fireball on the End of Days.

God did “bring judgment on the world,” on Saturday, he said, but there will not be any terrible buildup to the end. When it comes, it will happen quickly, he said.

“We have to be looking at all of this a little bit more spiritual, but it won’t be spiritual on Oct. 21,” he said. “Because the Bible clearly teaches that then the world is going to be destroyed altogether.”

The first time Camping predicted the Apocalypse in 1994, he attributed the mistake to “mathematical error.” This time, he refuses to admit the mistake, because the signs are clear that God has already brought judgment. At least party planners now have something to do before Halloween.

ABC News’ report on Camping and his followers below:


[h/t Gawker]

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  • BatBoy

    Send me all of your wealth….I will make sure any of your relatives who survive will get the entire amount.

    Call me at 1-800-SUCKER to make the arrangements.

  • eli

    CONS can’t speak out because they believe in this bullshit right? anybody with a Bible can make them very horny and they think that person should be the president of the United states…. HA HA HA.

  • seek

    This old codger is going to keep guessing till he gets it right by dying on the day he proclaims the world will end – his world anyway.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    eli said:

    Remember, insulting Christianity by assuming that everyone believes the same thing… especially the words of the far-out fringes of the religion… is perfectly acceptable.

    Doing the same for other religions (see: Islam vs Radical Islam) is racist and must be condemned.

    And there’s your double standard for the night.

  • seek

    eli said:
    CONS can’t speak out because they believe in this bullshit right? anybody with a Bible can make them very horny and they think that person should be the president of the United states…. HA HA HA.

    I think you took an extra dose of ugly today eli. Why would someone, anyone say something as vile as you seem to? What kind of upbringing didn’t you have? There is something dreadfully wrong with you and I don’t think it’s curable. You’re just ugly to the bone girl.

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    I wish he had just asked me. I could have saved him a lot of trouble.
    Matt 24:36
    “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    Maybe he hasn’t made it that far in the bible yet. He’ll find it one day.

  • J Baustian

    Harold Camping — just another nutcase predicting the end of the world.

    That puts him in the same category as Robert Ehrlich, the Club of Rome, James Hansen, Al Gore, Ed Begley jr, Ted Danson, the IPCC, the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Phil Jones, Rajendra Pachauri, Michael Mann, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Barack Obama, Lisa Jackson, and all the rest who say we’re all going to die when the ice caps melt.

  • Michael Charles

    I wish he had just asked me. I could have saved him a lot of trouble.
    Matt 24:36
    “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    Maybe he hasn’t made it that far in the bible yet. He’ll find it one day.

    I swear if I hear that bible quote one more time I’m going to go crazy.

    Any of this bible-quotation stuff is nuts! Absolutely bug-shit.

  • OxyCon

    Awww, couldn’t he make the end of the world (EOTW­®) on Halloween so we can get raptured or sent to Hell in our costumes?

  • labman57

    Camping’s disciples need to repeat to themselves 100 times:
    “Fool me once, shame on you …”

  • eli

    seek said:
    I think you took an extra dose of ugly today eli. Why would someone, anyone say something as vile as you seem to? What kind of upbringing didn’t you have? There is something dreadfully wrong with you and I don’t think it’s curable. You’re just ugly to the bone girl.

    hello wanker, Must be a Con huh? cant stand the truth. Religion is something personal between you & God, if you sell religion like you Cons happily put forward for every political and financial propaganda I have all the right to call what I think right. You can shut up or think twice before you speak

  • eli

    seek said:
    I think you took an extra dose of ugly today eli. Why would someone, anyone say something as vile as you seem to? What kind of upbringing didn’t you have? There is something dreadfully wrong with you and I don’t think it’s curable. You’re just ugly to the bone girl.

    ImNotBlue said:
    Remember, insulting Christianity by assuming that everyone believes the same thing… especially the words of the far-out fringes of the religion… is perfectly acceptable.

    Doing the same for other religions (see: Islam vs Radical Islam) is racist and must be condemned.

    Hey another Jesus Christ trying to preach me, Look you fool, Religion is something personal its not there to sell like your repups and Cons sell all day all night to attract voters by selling Religion, its a fact, See Iowa for example, if you dont sell your religion to them wether you believe in or not you cant win, so its a big business in the Cons / Tea buggurs/ Repups world. So don’t preach me crap you Moron. Live and act as a Human , then you don’t need a religion, be honest and do the right then you don’t have to sell your soul like this

    And there’s your double standard for the night.

  • IIWII

    eli said:
    CONS can’t speak out because they believe in this bullshit right? anybody with a Bible can make them very horny and they think that person should be the president of the United states…. HA HA HA.

    You sir are an idiot.

  • eli

    J Baustian said:
    Harold Camping — just another nutcase predicting the end of the world.

    That puts him in the same category as Robert Ehrlich, the Club of Rome, James Hansen, Al Gore, Ed Begley jr, Ted Danson, the IPCC, the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Phil Jones, Rajendra Pachauri, Michael Mann, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Barack Obama, Lisa Jackson, and all the rest who say we’re all going to die when the ice caps melt.

    Yes you sucker, its melting and we humans doing the damage as much as we can to our mother nature, for example you Americans cant live without Oil, so you take everything from the earth has to provide. Oh right you don’t believe in science right? so you have no brains to understand whats happening on the earth, whats causing this natural disasters, Environmentalist, geologists, scientist are fools , what there findings are stupid, they should go and pray instead. LOL

  • eli

    IIWII said:
    You sir are an idiot.

    and so does you Idiot

  • IIWII

    seek said:
    I think you took an extra dose of ugly today eli. Why would someone, anyone say something as vile as you seem to? What kind of upbringing didn’t you have? There is something dreadfully wrong with you and I don’t think it’s curable. You’re just ugly to the bone girl.

    Yo, I thought the post was by a man… a strange, deranged man… no “girl” (woman) would have so much venom.

  • IIWII

    eli said:
    and so does you Idiot

    “and so does you idiot” BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! WONDERFUL!!!!! You may be the next blog version of Pollack!! Well said!!!!!!!!!!…. simpleton…..

  • IIWII

    eli said:
    Yes you sucker, its melting and we humans doing the damage as much as we can to our mother nature, for example you Americans cant live without Oil, so you take everything from the earth has to provide. Oh right you don’t believe in science right? so you have no brains to understand whats happening on the earth, whats causing this natural disasters, Environmentalist, geologists, scientist are fools , what there findings are stupid, they should go and pray instead. LOL

    Wow……. this is the reason Americans should insist people in this country speak English…… I speak fluent French, German, Spanish, English and a smattering of Norwegian, Cheyenne and Japanese… and I have NO idea what this person is trying to spew……

  • seek

    that’s o.k. IIWII, eli doesn’t have a clue either. lol She just spews like that volcano. A bunch of hot ashhhhhh

  • IIWII

    seek said:
    that’s o.k. IIWII, eli doesn’t have a clue either. lol She just spews like that volcano. A bunch of hot ashhhhhh

    Well now! we are on the same side???? I forgive you your earlier transgressions…. lol

  • mediadoubt

    ImNotBlue said:
    Remember, insulting Christianity by assuming that everyone believes the same thing… especially the words of the far-out fringes of the religion… is perfectly acceptable.

    Doing the same for other religions (see: Islam vs Radical Islam) is racist and must be condemned.

    And there’s your double standard for the night.

    Eli, an anonymous poster on a minor discussion board, doesn’t speak for all of humanity. Most of the criticisms I’ve seen have placed the onus of being a sad dingbat directly on Camping himself.

    And you’ve got the Islam vs radical Islam thing backwards. Reasonable commentators (on the left and the right) make a distinction between Islam and those who dishonor Islam through radical and cruel acts (one of the clearest descriptions I’ve seen — from a famous liberal — is that “radical Islam is to Islam as the KKK is to Christianity”).

  • mediadoubt

    J Baustian said:
    Harold Camping — just another nutcase predicting the end of the world.

    That puts him in the same category as Robert Ehrlich, the Club of Rome, James Hansen, Al Gore, Ed Begley jr, Ted Danson, the IPCC, the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Phil Jones, Rajendra Pachauri, Michael Mann, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Barack Obama, Lisa Jackson, and all the rest who say we’re all going to die when the ice caps melt.

    No one has said that. Which makes you a liar. Care to comment?

  • mediadoubt

    IIWII said:
    Yo, I thought the post was by a man… a strange, deranged man… no “girl” (woman) would have so much venom.

    Men have more “venom” than women? That’s a peculiar statement. Do they have one less rib, too?

  • Davo

    Camping MUST be a Liberal. No matter now many times he is proven wrong, he persists in repeating the wrong-headed act. Liberals don’t posses the part of the brain that considers results as relevant.

  • writer

    He actually said ‘rupture’. And he’s got his truss ready.

  • Arthur (Not a Political Comic)

    I wrote a joke about the May 21st rapture that absolutely killed (excuse the pun). I thought I’d have to retire it already, but nope can bring it out again in October. Thank you, Harold.

    Oh, quick question, Mr. Camping, what about all those people who sold their property and got rid of all their savings during a slow economy? Any word on the people who were supposed to be raptured on the 21st to enjoy God’s embrace and love while the world suffered tribulation who are now the ones who will probably suffer the most financially until October 21st? Gonna help those folks out?

  • Arthur (Not a Political Comic)

    Davo said:
    Camping MUST be a Liberal. No matter now many times he is proven wrong, he persists in repeating the wrong-headed act. Liberals don’t posses the part of the brain that considers results as relevant.

    Yes, and he hides behind the word of God to justify his actions, a Liberal thing to…oh, wait. Sorry, you lost us on that one.

  • Davo

    Arthur (Not a Political Comic) said:
    Yes, and he hides behind the word of God to justify his actions, a Liberal thing to…oh, wait. Sorry, you lost us on that one.

    Actually, he doesn’t because the Word of God says that no one will know the day or the hour of Christ’s return. Just like a Liberal though, he thinks he knows more than God.

  • Arthur (Not a Political Comic)

    Davo said:
    Actually, he doesn’t because the Word of God says that no one will know the day or the hour of Christ’s return. Just like a Liberal though, he thinks he knows more than God.

    Well, for one, though I do have some liberal leanings, I also have conservative viewpoints as well. Therefore, I don’t really think of myself as a liberal. I know you do, because you only see the black or white comparisons of people. Also, nothing I said in my comment indicates that I know more than God. I don’t think I know more than God actually. I think I know more than religion, or people that hide behind religion, but I think religion and God are exclusive of each other.

    And are you telling me, that he didn’t use any part of the bible (the word of God) to defend his prediction? Really? I can look up and see no use of scripture in what he said whatsoever. (Actually, he did, including acknowledging the above line about not knowing and interpreting it so he could justify his actions.)

  • Davo

    Arthur (Not a Political Comic) said:
    Well, for one, though I do have some liberal leanings, I also have conservative viewpoints as well. Therefore, I don’t really think of myself as a liberal. I know you do, because you only see the black or white comparisons of people.

    You seem much too confused about your own contradicted thinking as well as Camping’s to determine what I see or don’t see.

  • Arthur (Not a Political Comic)

    Davo said:
    You seem much too confused about your own contradicted thinking as well as Camping’s to determine what I see or don’t see.

    And your rebuttal is conjecture with no evidence. Love it. Why do people on message boards make these things so easy to win.

  • Arthur (Not a Political Comic)

    Davo said:
    Actually, he doesn’t because the Word of God says that no one will know the day or the hour of Christ’s return. Just like a Liberal though, he thinks he knows more than God.

    Forgot to mention the great disconnect in that statement. Saying he isn’t standing behind the word of God, since the picture for this article shows him standing…behind a Holy Bible. Classic.

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    Oh, for the love… Will he never learn? Will the media and everybody else ever learn to ignore him?

    http://cbcf.groupsite.com/post/false-armageddon-rapture-predictions

  • jrcmi

    ImNotBlue said:

    Doing the same for other religions (see: Islam vs Radical Islam) is racist and must be condemned.

    And there’s your double standard for the night.

    As usual, you twist and conflate. Even the most radical libs disapprove of Islamic extremists; their goals are polar opposites to liberalism.

    Standard neocon tactic: Create a “double standard” where none exists.

    J Baustian said:
    Harold Camping — just another nutcase predicting the end of the world.

    That puts him in the same category as Robert Ehrlich, the Club of Rome, James Hansen, Al Gore, Ed Begley jr, Ted Danson, the IPCC, the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Phil Jones, Rajendra Pachauri, Michael Mann, the Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Barack Obama, Lisa Jackson, and all the rest who say we’re all going to die when the ice caps melt.

    Concerns about climate change are based on longstanding scientific obeservation. Raptures aren’t

    Devo: “Camping MUST be a Liberal.”

    Camping must be a NUT – and a conservative. You never say much that separates the two.

    “No matter now many times he is proven wrong, he persists in repeating the wrong-headed act. Liberals don’t posses the part of the brain that considers results as relevant.’

    Camping is only a nutty conservative. YOU”RE a conservative – AND a neuroscientist, apparently.

  • jrcmi

    writer said:
    He actually said ‘rupture’. And he’s got his truss ready.

    Rupture? That’s “nuts.”

    Davo said:
    Just like a Liberal though, he thinks he knows more than God.

    You’re an oblivious fool. God knows.

    Arthur (Not a Political Comic) said:
    Well, for one, though I do have some liberal leanings, I also have conservative viewpoints as well.

    If you’re honest about your opinions, you don’t have to explain yourself, dude.

    Also, don’t encourage Devo. He’s paid to blog neocon/Repub talking points.

  • Dem4Ever

    Four windows shattered in deadly tornado:  $17.50

    Two vehicles smashed by deadly tornado: $80,000.00

    One president awal after deadly tornado:  PRICELESS!!!

  • Jayson

    eli said:
    CONS can’t speak out because they believe in this bullshit right? anybody with a Bible can make them very horny and they think that person should be the president of the United states…. HA HA HA.

    Does your mommy know you’re here?

  • Dirty Harry

    Will the rapture, or calling out, of the 144,000 elect of God happen on October 19, 2011?

    Haggai 2:1 – in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, Haggai 2:7 – and I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the LORD of hosts.

    The “treasure of all nations” is rendered in the Septuagint (LXX) as the elect of all nations. Does this refer to the 144,000 elect? The 21st day of the 7th month (Tishrei) on the Hebrew civil calendar in 5772 is October 19, 2011. The seventh day of the Jewish holiday of SUKKOT, 21st day of TISHRI, is known as Hoshana Rabbah  (Great Hoshana). Hoshana Rabbah is known as the day of the final sealing of judgment, which began on ROSH HASHANAH. During the festival of SUKKOT the world is judged for water. The seventh day of the festival is the final sealing and since human life depends on water, Hoshana Rabbah is somewhat similar to YOM KIPPUR. “Hoshana” is a Hebrew word meaning “please save” or “save now”. Overall, it seems that, “Hosanna,” is a cry for salvation, while at the same time is a declaration of praise. Tishrei 21 is the last day of Sukkot. (Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles) Sukkot was agricultural in origin. This is evident from the biblical name “The Feast of Ingathering,” from the ceremonies accompanying it, from the season – “The festival of the seventh month” – and occasion of its celebration: “At the end of the year when you gather in your labors out of the field” (Ex. 23:16); “after you have gathered in from your threshing-floor and from your inepress” (Deut. 16:13). It was a thanksgiving for the fruit harvest. Coming as it did at the completion of the harvest, Sukkot was regarded as a general thanksgiving for the bounty of nature in the year that had just passed. Sukkot became one of the most important feasts in Judaism, as indicated by its designation as “the Feast of the Lord” or simply “the Feast”. Perhaps because of its extensive attendance, Sukkot became the appropriate time for important state ceremonies. Moses instructed the children of Israel to gather for a reading of the Law during Sukkot every seventh year (Deut. 31:10-11). King Solomon dedicated the Temple in Jerusalem on Sukkot (1 Kings 8; 2 Chron. 7). And Sukkot was the first sacred occasion observed after the resumption of sacrifices in Jerusalem following the Babylonian captivity (Ezra 3:2-4). Therefore, Tishrei 21 is completion of completion…the last of the last…777…(5772 = 5+2,7,7 = 777 and 7+7+7 = 21) Will this date be the rapture, or calling out, of the 144,000 elect of God from the ends of the Earth including Babylon, America? It might also be relevent to mention that comet ELEnin (nin[e]ELE[ven] – Extinction Level Event) will be closest to the Earth on that day!

  • Haroldtards

    Haroldtards:
    Followers and believers in Harold Camping’s prophecy’s.

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