rd Apocalypse: World Fails to End, As Usual (May 23 , 2011) Harold Camping is an evangelical radio broadcaster in California.

Through his radio network, called Family Radio, he had predicted the apocalypse, or destruction of the st world, on May 21 , 2011. Based on the calculation of numerical references in the Bible, Camping believed that a huge earthquake thats going to make the big earthquake in Japan seem like a Sunday school picnic was going to happen. Prior to Judgement Day, many of Campings followers had given away their possessions, and drained their savings accounts. When the world failed to end as predicted at 6 pm, followers were left confused. Keith Bauer, a tractor-trailer driver, had driven 3,000 miles to gather in California for the event. He remarked, I was hoping for it because I think heaven would be a lot better than this earth. He took last week off work, guring that he wouldnt have been alive to get his paycheck anyway. Many Americans were scofng online about the apocalypses failure to occur on cue. Christian leaders from across America had also dismissed the prophecy. Camping built a multi-million-dollar Christian media empire to announce his prediction. His organization had $104-million dollars in assets in 2009, 18 million of which came from donations from followers. He had earlier predicted the end of world in 1994, but then said he had miscalculated. This time, he said, there is no possibility that it will not happen. st According to the ancient Mayans, the next apocalypse is scheduled for December 21 , 2012, a date on which civilization will end as astronomical events converge. [259 Words]
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