Some say the world will end in fire;
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
- Robert Frost
Insanity: doing the same thing
over and over again
and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein
Rev. Camping personifies for me the religious leader who embraces superstition that borders on mental illness, rather than spirituality. But then, so do a number of religious figures among the conservative 'Religious Right'.- Albert Einstein
I don't doubt his sincerity, but his sanity and religious beliefs do appear more wobbly than pious. While I must admit a certain humor at the gentleman's expense, I do feel badly for him that he appears so ridiculous in such a public way, and further, that he appears deficient in that important gift of learning from our mistakes.
I wonder how many of Camping's followers will be preparing for the 'End Days' by polishing up their guns, to have at the ready? WWJD?
From MSNBC.com:
Preacher still says Oct. 21 for end of world
Harold Camping not backing down from prediction of doom
Reuters TV / Reuters file
The Rev. Harold Camping, who suffered a stroke in June and is now at home recuperating, said in a recent audio message on his site that the end on Oct. 21 will come quietly.By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
The radio preacher who predicted Judgment Day on May 21 has not backed down from his claims that the end of the world is near, despite the lack of a Rapture or world-devastating earthquakes leading up to the doomsday.In an announcement on his Family Radio Network website, Harold Camping stands by his earlier predictions that the world will end on Friday, Oct. 21. Originally, Camping had predicted hourly earthquakes and God's judgment on May 21, to be followed by months of torment on Earth for those individuals left behind. Using numerical codes extracted from the Bible, Camping set the date for the end of everything for Oct. 21.
When May 21 came and went without fanfare, Camping revised his story. The "earthquakes" he had predicted did occur, he writes on his website in a post titled "What Happened on May 21?" — only instead of shaking the Earth, God shook mankind "with fear." Likewise, although no one was raptured, God is no longer saving souls, Camping writes.
