False Prophet To Speak Today

Harold Camping, the false prophet who led his followers down the well-worn path of doomsday, is to speak today. If he does, Statement Analysis will cover his words. Perhaps he will consider selling off all assets of Family Radio (if he hasn't already) to pay back his followers who spent money on billboards and advertising. We wouldn't recommend any follower holding breath on this one, however.

The last time he gave a "mea culpa" the root of his ego remained in tact. In 1994, after his prior date setting failed, his bitterness towards his critics only increased, as the relationship between this one man and pastors across the country deteriorated, culminating in his "call" for 'Campingites" to abandon their community churches, thus consolidating his power over those who sold their minds to him.

"Rapture" parties were held all over the United States, ridiculing Christianity, in general, due to the actions of this man.

The damage to families is not known at this time, and how deep the ruin goes remains to be seen. But to those who have sold their possessions, or wasted their retirement accounts, will have a long road of healing.

Some will harshly condemn the 'Camingites'  as mindless, while others are able to grasp that it is human nature to wish to 'belong'; whether it is a church, a library group, or even a Facebook group, we all love the feeling of 'belonging'. Yet, when coupled with a form of 'gnosticism' (a 'hidden' knowledge that only 'you' are privy to) it becomes a powerful draw.


Let us hope they can rebuild their lives. 
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The San Francisco Chronicle has tracked down the failed prophet of the Saturday doomsday prediction, Harold Camping, and found him subdued and somewhat "flabbergasted."

Ya think?

He answered his door in the early evening, hours after the world was supposed to face Judgment Day with Christian believers airlifted to Heaven. Alameda, Calif., may be heavenly but there's no pearly gate there.

It has been a really tough weekend," said Harold Camping, the 89-year-old fundamentalist radio preacher who convinced hundreds of his followers that the rapture would occur on Saturday at 6 p.m.

He told the paper he was engaged in prayer and consultations and expected to be back to his radio network office Monday to face the music -- and it's not harps. He told the Chronicle:

I'm looking for answers. But now I have nothing else to say. I'll be back to work Monday and will say more then."

Ed Stetzer, president of Lifeway Research, tweeted some very specific expectations:

Harold Camping, pls update www.family.radio.com w/your repentance statement & instructions to your now-broke followers.

At National Public Radio, Barbara Bradley Hagerty called some Camping followers on the sobering morning after the non-apocalypse.

... most didn't answer the phone. Those who did wouldn't talk on the record. But one man, his voice quavering, said he was still holding out hope that they were one day off. Another believer asserted that their prayers worked: God delayed judgment so that more people could be saved, but the end is "imminent."

But Hagerty also learned from a board member of Camping's Family Radio that he hoped they would somehow return the funds donated by believers who wanted to get out the May 21st word. But he offered no guarantees, just a hope that God would be merciful.

God may be merciful but the public? Maybe not so much.

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