Doomsayers predict apocalypse now
A US evangelical Christian has predicted that the apocalypse will take place on Saturday, prompting derision from atheist groups.
Harold Camping, 89, previously made a failed prediction that Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994.
But, the head of the Christian radio network Family Stations Inc has said that he is sure an earthquake will hit on May 21, sweeping true believers to heaven and leaving others behind to be engulfed in the world's destruction over a few months.
"We know without any shadow of a doubt it is going to happen," he said.
His Family Radio has 66 US stations and broadcasts in more than 30 languages through international affiliates.
His supporters have posted about 2,200 billboards around the United States about the coming apocalypse, and dozens of followers have driven across the country to spread the news.
Camping, a civil engineer who once ran his own construction business, plans to spend May 21 with his wife in Alameda, in northern California, and watch the doomsday unfold on television.
"I'll probably try to be very near a TV or a radio or something," he said. "I'll be interested in what's happening on the other side of the world as this begins."
Like his last prediction, Camping's doomsday date is based on his reading of the Bible and a timeline dating back to ancient events including the Biblical flood survived by Noah.
But atheists are not convinced.
In Tacoma, Washington, atheists have organised a party for Saturday night at an arcade, under the banner "countdown to backpedalling," on the assumption that Camping and Family Radio will change their story when Judgment Day does not eventuate.
At least 100 people are expected at the party, said Sam Mulvey, 33, an organiser of the event and the producer of a weekly atheist radio show in Tacoma.
"If the world still exists the next day, Family Radio is going to have to say something and most of the time they backpedal, and that's what we're counting down to," he said.
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A US evangelical Christian has predicted that the apocalypse will take place on Saturday, prompting derision from atheist groups.
Harold Camping, 89, previously made a failed prediction that Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994.
But, the head of the Christian radio network Family Stations Inc has said that he is sure an earthquake will hit on May 21, sweeping true believers to heaven and leaving others behind to be engulfed in the world's destruction over a few months.
"We know without any shadow of a doubt it is going to happen," he said.
His Family Radio has 66 US stations and broadcasts in more than 30 languages through international affiliates.
His supporters have posted about 2,200 billboards around the United States about the coming apocalypse, and dozens of followers have driven across the country to spread the news.
Camping, a civil engineer who once ran his own construction business, plans to spend May 21 with his wife in Alameda, in northern California, and watch the doomsday unfold on television.
"I'll probably try to be very near a TV or a radio or something," he said. "I'll be interested in what's happening on the other side of the world as this begins."
Like his last prediction, Camping's doomsday date is based on his reading of the Bible and a timeline dating back to ancient events including the Biblical flood survived by Noah.
But atheists are not convinced.
In Tacoma, Washington, atheists have organised a party for Saturday night at an arcade, under the banner "countdown to backpedalling," on the assumption that Camping and Family Radio will change their story when Judgment Day does not eventuate.
At least 100 people are expected at the party, said Sam Mulvey, 33, an organiser of the event and the producer of a weekly atheist radio show in Tacoma.
"If the world still exists the next day, Family Radio is going to have to say something and most of the time they backpedal, and that's what we're counting down to," he said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...525047/Doomsayers-predict-apocalypse-now.html
http://versariesapp.com/odometerart...l=http://vrsy.us/endoftheworld&time_offset=-5
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