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    Calif Christian group now sees end of world Friday

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California ministry has again predicted the end of the world is at hand.

    The Oakland-based Family Radio International that stirred a global frenzy when it predicted the rapture would take 200 million Christians to heaven on May 21, now says the cataclysmic event will destroy the globe on Friday.

    But the world on Friday was undergoing its usual give and take with no signs of such an event.

    This time, the ministry and its 90-year-old leader, Harold Camping, have avoided the media and perhaps a repeat of the international mockery that followed when believers awoke on May 22 to find themselves still on Earth.

    "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we at Family Radio have been directed to not talk to the media or the press," Camping's daughter Susan Espinoza wrote in response to an email request about Friday's doomsday scenario.

    Calls to the ministry in Oakland Thursday went to voicemail and were unreturned. Several followers who were contacted also declined comment.

    Camping, who suffered a mild stroke three weeks after his prediction failed to materialize in May, still spreads the word through his Family Radio International website. God's judgment and salvation were completed on May 21, Camping says in a message explaining the mix-up in his biblical math.

    "Thus we can be sure that the whole world, with the exception of those who are presently saved (the elect), are under the judgment of God, and will be annihilated together with the whole physical world on Oct. 21," he says on the website.

    Followers were crestfallen in May when the rapture did not occur, particularly those who had quit their jobs or donated some of their retirement savings or college funds for the more than 5,000 billboards and 20 RVs plastered with the Judgment Day message.

    Camping, a retired civil engineer, also prophesied the Apocalypse would come in 1994, but said later that didn't happen because of a mathematical error.

     
    • Mike 2012  •  7 mths ago
      "Camping, a retired civil engineer..."

      Ummm, would someone please go check the math on those civil engineering projects that Harold worked on, you know, things like bridges and stuff.....
      • Grow Your Soul With Love 7 mths ago
        VERY GOOD POINT!
      • Bozo 7 mths ago
        DITTO! I'm an engineer, and that didn't even occur to me till I read your post! GREAT POINT!!!
      • Mike... 7 mths ago
        lolololololol
    • PrimeDirective  •  7 mths ago
      Step 1 : Predict end of world
      Step 2: After day passes state biblical math was off
      Step 3: Dont tell anyone how you calculated it to check your results
      Step 4: Make New prediction
      Step 5: Repeat steps 1-4 until end of world??

      seriously at least 3 times hes predicted and used the same excuse why does he even get news time..
      • SarahG 7 mths ago
        You forgot the step for "Profit" after Step 3. No "???" step needed (yes, I love the Underpants Gnomes).
      • Keith 7 mths ago
        Maybe the end will be soon for him and he won't be bothering us with predictions. What is stopping his followers? They can leave anytime.
      • Wing Rider 7 mths ago
        He's actually done this 14 times now. He started back in 1978 I believe!
    • RyanC  •  7 mths ago
      Harold Camping couldn't predict 6:00 at 5:30.
      As to his followers of lemmings who give away their worldly goods, they deserve exactly what they get.
      • Kimmie 7 mths ago
        LOL @ he couldn't predict 6:00 at 5:30. Beautiful!!!
      • Teebones 7 mths ago
        6;00 at 5;30 Luv it.
      • Yosua 7 mths ago
        "Harold Camping couldn't predict 6:00 at 5:30"

        I can predict 6:00 in New York at 2:00 in Vancouver...

        "they deserve exactly what they get."

        How can you be so hard? At least these people have a good heart to give their money to warn the world about the coming endtime and divine judgment, only the date was not exact, but one day it will happen, soon. How many people today are like them? The world is full of selfish man, even "Christian" that own more than one houses and steal money from poor people that are forced to pay rent for them, even as it is written: "He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise." (Luke 3:11) Read also Acts 2:44-45...
    • Brian B  •  7 mths ago
      See you all on Saturday!
      • Ed 7 mths ago
        Brian, how dare you say that? His fairy tale is as good as mine, the FSM you get you if you do not belive in him! May the correct sauce be on him. Ramen
    • WHORBABYLON  •  7 mths ago
      I hear he had Jethro Bodine doing the math and Jethro forgot to carry the naught.
      • Eric Arthur Blair 7 mths ago
        Funniest thing I've read today. Love it! Thank you for making me laugh.
      • liz h 7 mths ago
        LMAO....what a great sense of humor...
      • 3ple2ble 7 mths ago
        funny stuff!
    • Archibald Tuttle  •  7 mths ago
      Kind of a spin on the term TGIF, eh?!
    • Robert  •  7 mths ago
      I'm surprised this guy isn't in Congress.
    • PJ  •  7 mths ago
      Baaaaa Baaaaaa - just another group of STUPID Sheep!!! Pathetic!
    • CLT  •  7 mths ago
      Why does the media pay attention to him?
    • Corky  •  7 mths ago
      How many chances does one get before they lose all credibility?
    • The Ascii-ist  •  Indianapolis, United States  •  7 mths ago
      INSTALLING RAPTURE.
      ███████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 44% DONE.
      Install delayed....please wait.
      Installation failed. Please try again. 404 error: Rapture not found.
      EVENT "Rapture" cannot be located.
      The rapture you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
    • pdc  •  Dallas, United States  •  7 mths ago
      Oh crap, How am I going to give all my money away before the end of tonight.
    • BeachBum  •  7 mths ago
      So should I quit my job, and run crazy through the streets?
    • Watchman on the Wall  •  7 mths ago
      That 90 year old man is not all there. Get him a box of fruit loops and sit him in the corner in his favorite chair.
    • Jesus saves  •  Lithonia, United States  •  7 mths ago
      from Harold C...oops! I made a mistake...what I meant was that the world would come to an end for Libya's leader.
    • KendraB  •  Irvine, United States  •  7 mths ago
      ummmm.....im still here-hows everyone else??lol!
    • Telestai  •  7 mths ago
      It's Saturday, and we're all still here -- well, we're all still here except for those who were not all there to begin with.
    • SlowNSteady  •  7 mths ago
      Yahoo? Why do you pander to this crap and publish it? Maybe the first time it might have been news. Not the second and third.
    • Kurt  •  7 mths ago
      Well, if it happens then I won't have to worry about the mortgage anymore.
    • Really!  •  7 mths ago
      Another cult will be proven to be what it is, just like the Millerist they will be exposed
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