2011 end times prediction

Predicted date of the rapture October 2025 American Christian radio host Harold Camping stated in his 2005 book Time Has an End that the rapture and Judgment Day would take place on May 21, 2011,Washington Post March 23, 2011 Judgment Day: May 21, 2011 Kimberly Winston https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/judgment-day-may-21-2011/2011/03/23/AF1V6EaB_print.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111128151834/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/judgment-day-may-21-2011/2011/03/23/AF1V6EaB_print.html dead November 28, 2011A Conversation With Harold Camping, Prophesier of Judgment Day http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/a_conversation_with_harold_cam.html New York Magazine May 11, 2011 October 13, 2011Harold Camping is at the heart of a mediapocalypse https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-may-21-la-me-rapture-20110521-story.html Los Angeles Times May 21, 2011 October 13, 2011 Christopher Goffard Christopher Goffard and that the end of the world would take place five months later on October 21, 2011. Camping, who was then president of the Family Radio Christian network, claimed the Bible as his source and said May 21 would be the date of the rapture and the day of judgment "beyond the shadow of a doubt". End of Days in May? Believers enter final stretch http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40885541 Associated Press, cited at NBC News January 23, 2011 May 9, 2011August 2024 medicmedic Camping suggested that it would occur at 6 p.m. local time, with the rapture sweeping the globe time zone by time zone,http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2011/05/16/countdown-to-armageddon-maybe-the-world-will-end-friday-night-or-sunday-morning.aspx Scocca : Countdown to Armageddon: Maybe the World Will End Friday Night (or Sunday Morning) May 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110602015818/http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2011/05/16/countdown-to-armageddon-maybe-the-world-will-end-friday-night-or-sunday-morning.aspx June 2, 2011 dead while some of his supporters claimed that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) would be 'raptured'. Camping had, in the early 1990s, posited that the rapture might occur in September 1994. The vast majority of Christian groups, including most Protestant and Catholic believers, did not accept Camping's predictions; http://relijournal.com/christianity/may-21st-the-new-christian-doomsday/ May 21st, The New Christian Doomsday ReliJournal May 6, 2011 May 11, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519093240/http://relijournal.com/christianity/may-21st-the-new-christian-doomsday/ May 19, 2011 dead some explicitly rejected them, http://www.gracevalley.org/Letter_to_Harold_Camping_True_Prophet_Or_False.pdf Letter to Harold Camping (Family Radio) True Prophet or False? May 10, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101222183254/http://gracevalley.org/Letter_to_Harold_Camping_True_Prophet_Or_False.pdf December 22, 2010 dead mdy-all http://www.christianpost.com/news/billboards-marking-jesus-return-in-may-misguided-says-nt-scholar-48083/ Billboards Marking Jesus' Return in May 'Misguided,' Says NT Scholar December 16, 2010 May 10, 2011 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/end-times-theology-an-insiders-guide/2011/05/10/AFCsXAiG_blog.html End times theology: an insider's guide May 10, 2011 The Washington Post May 10, 2011 Brian D. McLaren dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120111102343/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/end-times-theology-an-insiders-guide/2011/05/10/AFCsXAiG_blog.html January 11, 2012 https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/catholic-scholar-dismantles-may-21-judgment-day-claims Catholic scholar dismantles May 21 Judgment Day claims Marianne Medlin May 20, 2011 Catholic News Agency May 20, 2011 citing Bible passages including the words of Jesus stating "about that day or hour no one knows" (Matthew 24:36). An interview with a group of church leaders noted that all of them had scheduled church services as usual for Sunday, May 22.Church Leaders Across Denominations Reflect on Camping's Prediction https://web.archive.org/web/20190531180824/https://www.nbc29.com/story/14665758/church-leaders-across-denominations-reflect-on-the-end-of-days May 31, 2019 NBC29, May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011. Following the failure of the prediction, media attention shifted to the response from Camping and his followers. On May 23, Camping stated that May 21 had been a "spiritual" day of judgment, and that the physical rapture would occur on October 21, 2011, simultaneously with the destruction of the universe by God.Radio host says Rapture actually coming in October https://web.archive.org/web/20110529011135/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/radio-host-says-rapture-actually-coming-in-october/article2032209/ May 29, 2011 – Globe and Mail. May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13516796 BBC News Rapture: Harold Camping issues new apocalypse date 24 May 2011 September 23, 2011 However, on October 16, Camping admitted to an interviewer that he did not know when the end would come,Harold Camping Exclusive: Family Radio Founder Retires; Doomsday 'Prophet' No Longer Able to Work http://global.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-exclusive-family-radio-founder-retires-doomsday-prophet-no-longer-able-to-work-59222/ The Christian Post October 24, 2011 October 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111026172548/http://global.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-exclusive-family-radio-founder-retires-doomsday-prophet-no-longer-able-to-work-59222/ October 26, 2011 dead and made no public comment after October 21 passed without his predicted apocalypse. In March 2012, Camping "humbly acknowledged" in a letter to Family Radio listeners that he had been mistaken, that the attempt to predict a date was "sinful", and that critics had been right in pointing to the scriptural text "of that day and hour knoweth no man". He added that he was searching the Bible "even more fervently [...] not to find dates, but to be more faithful in our understanding".Letter from Harold Camping to the "Family Radio Family" https://web.archive.org/web/20120310001154/http://charismanews.com/us/32958-harold-camping-admits-rapture-prediction-was-sinful-statement March 10, 2012 , reproduced at Charisma News, March 7, 2012 Predictions Camping's predictions The rapture would occur on May 21, 2011. The end-of-the-world FAQ sheet http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=89183 San Francisco Chronicle Mike Moffitt May 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110601090041/https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=89183 June 1, 2011 dead Massive earthquakes (greater in magnitude than the 2011 Japanese earthquake) would happen across the world at 6 pm local time. Amira Dan A Conversation With Harold Camping, Prophesier of Judgment Day http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/a_conversation_with_harold_cam.html May 21, 2011 New York May 11, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110518220328/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/a_conversation_with_harold_cam.html May 18, 2011 live The end of the world would take place five months later on October 21, 2011.http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/may21/index.html May 21, 2011 – Judgment Day!; October 21, 2011 – The End of the World May 21, 1988 Ebiblefellowship.com https://web.archive.org/web/20101028050127/http://ebiblefellowship.com/may21/index.html October 28, 2010 live November 29, 2010 Related predictions by others Approximately 3% of the world's population would be called to heaven. Earthquakes would begin on May 21 on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Kiribati, at 6 p.m. LINT (0400 UTC). http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10724132 Apocalypse soon, says US preacher Frances Morton May 8, 2011 The New Zealand Herald May 20, 2011 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/149512/20110521/doomsday-may-21-new-zealand-first-to-get-earthquake-says-camping.htm New Zealand first to get Earthquake, says Camping International Business Times May 20, 2011 Citing Jeremiah 25:32, earthquakes would continue "as the sun advances" with New York, United States, to be affected at approximately 6 p.m. EDT (2200 UTC). Some earthquakes will trigger giant tsunamis 100 times taller than the average megatsunami which they claim is 100 meters (330 feet) tall. The waves will go as far inland as Colorado. Camping's revised prediction On May 23, 2011, Harold Camping stated that May 21 had been a "spiritual" Judgment Day and that the rapture would occur on October 21, 2011, together with the destruction of the world.Garance Burke, "Radio host says Rapture actually coming in October," Associated Press, May 23, 2011, at https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110524/ap_on_re_us/us_apocalypse_saturday Preacher says world will actually end in October - Yahoo! News 2011-05-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110525064617/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110524/ap_on_re_us/us_apocalypse_saturday May 25, 2011 mdy .http://www.familyradio.com/x/whathappened.html What happened on May 21? Family Radio August 22, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110811120223/http://www.familyradio.com/x/whathappened.html August 11, 2011 mdy In a web posting titled "What happened on May 21?", Family Radio explained "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 October 21, 2011, on the last day of the present five months period." Rationale "I know it's absolutely true, because the Bible is always absolutely true."Road trip to the end of the world https://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/03/06/judgment.day.caravan/index.html?hpt=C1 2025-11-03 www.cnn.com en Ravitz Jessica — Harold Camping, president, Family Radio, speaking prior to May 21, 2011 right 23% center center Camping presented several arguments labeled "numerological" by the mainstream media,End of the world? How about a party instead?August 2024 medicmedic, Associated Press, quoted at NBC News, May 18, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011 which he considered biblical proofs, in favor of the May 21 end time. A civil engineer by training, Camping stated he had attempted to work out mathematically based prophecies in the Bible for decades. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle he explained "... I was an engineer, I was very interested in the numbers. I'd wonder, 'Why did God put this number in, or that number in?' It was not a question of unbelief, it was a question of, 'There must be a reason for it. https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2010-01-01/bay-area/17466332_1_east-bay-bay-area-first-time-camping/2 Biblical scholar's date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Berton Justin January 1, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle March 12, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629044050/http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-01/bay-area/17466332_1_east-bay-bay-area-first-time-camping/2 June 29, 2011 dead mdy-all In 1970, Camping dated the Great Flood to 4990 BC. Camping Harold The Biblical Calendar of History Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 1970 22 http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1970/JASA9-70Camping.html May 16, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607021007/http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1970/JASA9-70Camping.html June 7, 2011 dead mdy-all Using this date, taking the statement in Genesis 7:4 ("Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth") to be a prediction of the end of the world, and combining it with 2 Peter 3:8 ("With the Lord a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as a day"), Camping concluded that the end of the world would occur in 2011, 7000 years from 4990 BC. Judgment Day http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/judgment/judgment.html Family Radio May 16, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110608095448/http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/judgment/judgment.html June 8, 2011 dead mdy-all Camping takes the 17th day of the second month mentioned in Genesis 7:11 to be May 21, and hence predicts the rapture to occur on this date. Another argument Camping Harold We Are Almost There! http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/waat/waat.pdf Family Stations, Inc 44–63 August 2010 May 18, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523175211/http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/waat/waat.pdf May 23, 2011 dead mdy-all that Camping used in favor of the May 21 date is as follows: The number five equals "atonement", the number ten equals "completeness", and the number seventeen equals "heaven". The number of days (as calculated below) between April 1, 33 AD, and May 21, 2011, AD, is 722,500. Christ is believed by Camping to have hung on the cross on April 1, 33 AD. The time between April 1, 33 AD, and April 1, 2011, is 1,978 years. If 1,978 is multiplied by 365.2422 days (the number of days in a solar, as distinct from lunar, year), the result is 722,449. The time between April 1 and May 21 is 51 days. 51 added to 722,449 is 722,500. (5 × 10 × 17)2 or (atonement × completeness × heaven)2 also equals 722,500. Camping said that 5 × 10 × 17 is telling us a "story from the time Christ made payment for our sins until we're completely saved." Camping was not precise about the timing of the event, saying that "maybe" we can know the hour.Countdown to Armageddon: Maybe the World Will End Friday Night (or Sunday Morning), https://web.archive.org/web/20110602015818/http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2011/05/16/countdown-to-armageddon-maybe-the-world-will-end-friday-night-or-sunday-morning.aspx June 2, 2011 Slate, May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011 He has suggested that "days" in the Bible refer to daylight hours particularly. Another account said the "great earthquake" which signals the start of the rapture would "start in the Pacific Rim at around the 6 p.m. local time hour, in each time zone."Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough, NPR, May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011 In Camping's book 1994?, self-published in 1992, he predicted that the end times would come on September 6, 1994. http://www.salon.com/news/religion/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/15/may_21_end_of_world The end of the world is here ... again David S. Reynolds Salon.com May 19, 2011 August 30, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110830053910/http://www.salon.com/news/religion/index.html?story=%2Fpolitics%2Fwar_room%2F2011%2F05%2F15%2Fmay_21_end_of_world dead When the rapture failed to occur on the appointed day, Camping said he had made a mathematical error. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/03/national/main7208264.shtml https://archive.today/20120524175449/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/03/national/main7208264.shtml dead May 24, 2012 Apocalypse Soon: Christian Movement Says May 21, 2011 CBS News January 3, 2011 May 19, 2011 Criticism thumb|right|upright|A demonstrator at Radio City Music Hall Camping's rapture prediction, along with some of his other teachings and beliefs, sparked controversy in the Christian and secular Western worlds. His critics often quoted Bible verses (such as Matthew 24:36 KJV) they interpret as saying that the date of the end will never be known by anyone but God until it actually happens. However, Camping and his followers responded that this principle applied only during the "church age" or pre-Tribulation period and did not apply to the present day, citing other verses (such as 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5:5 KJV) in their rebuttal. http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/nomanknows/nomanknows.html No Man Knows The Day Or The Hour? Familyradio.com November 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101211021108/http://www.familyradio.com/graphical/literature/nomanknows/nomanknows.html December 11, 2010 dead mdy-all In a 2001 pamphlet, Camping asserted that believers should "flee the church", resigning from any church they belong to, because the "Church Age" is over and the "Great Tribulation" has begun. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/may21/12.21.html New Dispensation? Camping: 'Leave Church' Mark Kellner May 21, 2002 Christianity Today April 6, 2011 This assertion was controversial http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/582-harold-campings-new-revelation-leave-the-church Jackson Wayne Harold Camping's New Revelation: "Leave the Church!" Christian Courier May 19, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110527154857/http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/582-harold-campings-new-revelation-leave-the-church May 27, 2011 live and drew "a flurry of attacks". Edwin M. Yamauchi critiqued Camping's dating of the Flood when Camping first published his ideas in 1970. Criticism of the May 21 prediction ranged from serious critique to ridicule. Theology professor Matthew L. Skinner, writing at the Huffington Post, noted the "long history of failed speculation" about the end times and cautioned that end-of-the-world talk can lead Christians to social passivity instead of "working for the world's redemption". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-l-skinner/apocalypse-now-or-later-o_b_839878.html Skinner Matthew L. Apocalypse Now? A Christian Understanding of the End Times' Huffington Post March 27, 2011 May 19, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110511235856/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-l-skinner/apocalypse-now-or-later-o_b_839878.html May 11, 2011 live Some columnists mocked the prediction with humorous essays. Sinners, you have four days until Judgment Day. Are you prepared? https://vancouversun.com/Sinners+have+four+days+until+Judgment+prepared/4795107/story.html Vancouver Sun May 17, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520231628/http://www.vancouversun.com/Sinners+have+four+days+until+Judgment+prepared/4795107/story.html May 20, 201110 unhealthy things to do before Armageddon Orange County Register, May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011. A group of Christians set up a website called RaptureFail with the stated intention of undermining "this embarrassment to the Body of Christ." http://www.rapturefail.org/about/ About RaptureFail May 21, 2011 May 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523232243/http://www.rapturefail.org/about/ May 23, 2011 dead mdy-all Evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins dismissed Camping's prediction, writing that "he will inevitably explain, on May 22, that there must have been some error in the calculation, the rapture is postponed to ... and please send more money to pay for updated billboards.""Science explains the end of the world". On Faith, The Washington Post. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011. California Director of American Atheists Larry Hicock said that "Camping's well-intentioned rapture campaign is indicative of the problems with religion". RJ Middleton http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/Oakland-Atheists-to-Counter-May-21-Doomsdayers-122041049.html Atheists Offer Doomsdayers a Party NBC Bay Area May 12, 2011 May 19, 2011 Prediction for May 21, 2011 Information campaign thumb|Vehicle in San Francisco proclaiming the Harold Camping prediction In 2010, Marie Exley of Colorado Springs made news by purchasing advertising space in her locality, promoting the alleged rapture date on a number of park benches. http://www.gazette.com/articles/unemployed-102074-springs-funded.html Bus bench ads on Christ's return funded by unemployed Springs woman Colorado Springs Gazette July 26, 2010 November 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100802010129/http://www.gazette.com/articles/unemployed-102074-springs-funded.html August 2, 2010 dead After that, more than 5000 "Judgment Day" billboards were erected in locations across the world, including the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho, the Philippines, Tanzania and the United States. http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/billboards/index.html May 21, 2011 Judgment Day and Rapture Billboards Ebiblefellowship.com November 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031151242/http://ebiblefellowship.com/billboards/index.html October 31, 2010 live Believers' reactions mixed to unfulfilled doomsday Garance Burke http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43126904 NBC News May 22, 2011 May 22, 2011August 2024 medicmedic Some people adorned their vehicles with the information. http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/gallery/v/moving_billboards/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100115130623/http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/gallery/v/moving_billboards/ dead January 15, 2010 Examples of 'Moving Billboards' Ebiblefellowship.com November 29, 2010 Many who believed in the prediction took time off work to prepare for the Rapture.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13489641 'Rapture': Believers perplexed after prediction fails May 22, 2011 BBC News May 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110522111941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13489641 May 22, 2011 live Others spent their life savings on advertising material to publicize the prophecy. One retired transportation agency worker from New York spent $140,000 on advertising. Family Radio spent over US$100 million on the information campaign, financed by sales and swap of broadcast outlets.http://www.latimes.com/la-me-rapture-20110521,0,1687317.story Doomsday prediction: Harold Camping is at the heart of a mediapocalypse over his Doomsday prediction Goffard Christopher May 21, 2011 Los Angeles Times May 23, 2011 Oakland https://web.archive.org/web/20110523052517/http://www.latimes.com/la-me-rapture-20110521%2C0%2C1687317.story May 23, 2011 live According to former Family Radio employee Matt Tuter, "We had a pool of about $100 million dollars, and [Camping] spent it like no tomorrow."Paulas Rick 2014-11-07 What Happened to Doomsday Prophet Harold Camping After the World Didn't End? https://www.vice.com/en/article/life-after-doomsday-456/ 2025-07-02 VICE en-US On October 27, 2010, they launched "Project Caravan". Five recreational vehicles announcing on their sides that Judgment Day was to begin on May 21, 2011, were sent out from their headquarters in Oakland, California, to Seattle, Washington. Upon arrival, teams were sent out to distribute tracts. http://www.familyradio.com/english/connect/caravan/caravan_about.html Project Caravan Familyradio.com December 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101113024538/http://familyradio.com/english/connect/caravan/caravan_about.html November 13, 2010 dead mdy-all The caravan subsequently made stops in many states in the U.S. http://www.orovillemr.com/ci_16740516 Entourage brings message of doom Oroville Mercury-Register November 30, 2010 December 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101204110741/http://www.orovillemr.com/ci_16740516 December 4, 2010 dead Gross Daniel Judgment Day caravan spreads message on campus http://www.thetowerlight.com/2011/03/judgment-day-caravan-spreads-message-on-campus/comment-page-1/#comment-10113 March 28, 2011 The Towerlight March 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110401042956/http://www.thetowerlight.com/2011/03/judgment-day-caravan-spreads-message-on-campus/comment-page-1/#comment-10113 April 1, 2011 dead mdy-all and Canada.Ben Yakas 2010-12-15 The World Ends May 2011, According To Lonely Billboard https://gothamist.com/news/the-world-ends-may-2011-according-to-lonely-billboard 2022-11-25 Gothamist enhttp://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=c1f8542e-4c51-4fd4-ae06-6d1a67740744&p=2 Calgary Herald: "Caravan of calamity heralds world's end", May 15, 2011. May 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011114256/http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=c1f8542e-4c51-4fd4-ae06-6d1a67740744&p=2 October 11, 2012 dead mdy-all Impact Camping's prediction and his promotion of it via his radio network and other promotional means spread the prediction globally. http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-16-may-21-2011-judgment-day-believers-descend-on-joburg May 21, 2011: Judgment Day believers descend on Joburg The Daily Maverick November 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100918101527/http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-16-may-21-2011-judgment-day-believers-descend-on-joburg September 18, 2010 dead mdy-all Some followers of Camping gave up their jobs, sold their homes, stopped investing in their children's college funds and spent large sums promoting Camping's claims. http://www.christianpost.com/news/rapture-prediction-to-devastate-christians-faith-50351/ Rapture Prediction to Devastate Christians' Faith? Christian Post Stephanie Samuel May 20, 2011 Christian News May 23, 2011 About 5,000 ethnic Hmong gathered at a remote town in Vietnam's Mường Nhé District in Điện Biên Province in early May, where they planned to await the arrival of Christ. The Vietnamese government broke up the gathering and arrested some people, describing them as "extremists". https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/vietnam-says-extremists-detained-after-hmong-gathering-area-still-off-limits-to-media/2011/05/12/AFo8KwxG_story.html Vietnam says 'extremists' detained after Hmong gathering; area still off limits to media The Washington Post May 13, 2011 May 19, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181212033154/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/vietnam-says-extremists-detained-after-hmong-gathering-area-still-off-limits-to-media/2011/05/12/AFo8KwxG_story.html December 12, 2018 dead mdy-all Pastor Doan Trung Tin indicated that a translated version of Camping's prediction had influenced about 300 of his parishioners to go to the assembly point, selling their belongings to be able to afford the journey via bus. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_670405.html Vietnam protesters lured by doomsday cult Straits Times Singapore May 19, 2011 Many of the Hmong Christians who escaped arrest were reportedly forced into hiding after the gathering.http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_671077.html Hundreds of Vietnam Hmong in hiding: Resident May 21, 2011 Straits Times Singapore May 23, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110525194535/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_671077.html May 25, 2011 On May 19, 2011, the search term "end of the world may 21st" reached second position on Google Trends, based on the popularity of the search term in the United States. The related searches "Harold Camping", "May 21 doomsday", and "May 21 rapture" were also represented among the top 10 positions. http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=*&sa=X&date=2011-5-19 Google Trends: end of the world May 21st May 19, 2011 May 19, 2011 The New York Police Department stated: "We don't plan any additional coverage for the end of the world. Indeed, if it happens, fewer officers will be required for streets that presumably will be empty." New Yorkers Weigh In on Pending 'Apocalypse' http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/new-yorkers-weigh-in-on-pending-apocalypse-20110519 May 19, 2011 MyFoxNY May 20, 2011 – quote is on second video under the main one, approximately two-and-a-half minutes in. Reaction Reaction from Family Radio and Harold Camping On the weekend of May 21–22, the Family Radio headquarters was closed with a note stating, "This office is closed. Sorry we missed you!"USA Today article: "Apocalypse some other time." The Family Radio network remained on the air during May 21 and May 22, mostly broadcasting its normal schedule of programming, but with no mention of the rapture and without the usual replays of Harold Camping's program Open Forum. On Sunday, May 22, Camping emerged briefly from his home, saying "Give me a day, no interviews today ... I've got to live with it, I've got to think it out."Harold Camping found in Alameda [video] – International Business Times. May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011. He said he would make a public statement on Monday, May 23. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/us/22doomsday.html Despite Careful Calculations, the World Does Not End May 22, 2011 McKinley Jesse May 2011 The New York TimesHarold Camping to Speak Monday on Failed Prediction https://web.archive.org/web/20110526214751/http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/149971/20110523/exclusive-harold-camping-to-speak-monday-on-failed-prediction.htm May 26, 2011 – International Business Times. May 22, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011. Camping said he was "flabbergasted" that the rapture did not occur, that he was "looking for answers", and would say more when he returned to work on May 23.Harold Camping 'flabbergasted' world didn't end Kane Will San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/22/BAKO1JJIK7.DTL&tsp=1 May 22, 2011 May 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110630074254/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F05%2F22%2FBAKO1JJIK7.DTL&tsp=1 June 30, 2011 dead . On May 23, he returned to his Open Forum radio program, with members of the press in attendance, and, departing from his typical format, took questions from the reporters present instead of from callers.Harold Camping Concludes Silence, Predicts October 21 Rapture The Christian Post, May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011 He stated that May 21 had been an "invisible judgment day" which was purely spiritual in nature, and that he now realized that the physical rapture would take place on October 21, simultaneously with the destruction of the universe. "We've always said May 21 was the day, but we didn't understand altogether the spiritual meaning," he said. "May 21 is the day that Christ came and put the world under judgment." He offered no apology for his earlier interpretation and said that all of his predictions had actually been fulfilled: on May 21, 1988, judgment came upon the churches; on September 7, 1994, judgment continued on the churches; then on May 21, 2011, judgment came upon the entire world. He said that the publicity campaign would not continue, explaining that since God's judgment had already occurred, there was no point in continuing to warn people about it. He added, "We're not going to put up any more billboards – in fact they're coming down right now."Rapture Predictor Harold Camping: Apocalypse Rescheduled for October 21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525234326/http://gawker.com/5804846/rapture-predictor-harold-camping-apocalypse-rescheduled-to-october-21 May 25, 2011 Gawker, May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011. Responding to a question, Camping said his organization would not return money donated by followers to publicize the May 21 prediction, saying "We're not at the end. Why would we return it?"https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24rapture.html The New York Times May 23, 2011 An Autumn Date for the Apocalypse Jesse McKinley As October 21 approached, the Family Radio website stated: What really happened (on May 21) is that God accomplished exactly what He wanted to happen. That was to warn the whole world that on May 21 God's salvation program would be finished on that day. For the next five months, except for the elect (the true believers), the whole world is under God's final judgment. To accomplish this goal God withheld from the true believers the way in which two phases were to be understood. Had He not done so, the world would never have been shaken in fear as it was.abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/harold-camping-predicts-end-of-the-world-again/ A Family Radio staffer suggested that the delay might be God's way of separating true believers from those willing to doubt the "clear biblical warnings". Reaction from Harold Camping believers thumb|right|Family Radio sign in Denver predicting the end of the world in Spanish on May 21, 2011 Individual followers who had spent time and money promoting Camping's prediction were "crestfallen" after May 21 passed without evidence of the rapture. A New York man commented "I was doing what I've been instructed to do through the Bible, but now I've been stymied. It's like getting slapped in the face."Radio host picks new date for world's end https://web.archive.org/web/20110527090043/http://www.gazette.com/articles/date-118626-world-host.html May 27, 2011 Associated Press, in Colorado Springs Gazette, May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011 There were rumors that people had killed themselves or attempted suicide to escape the predicted Judgment Day.https://lfpress.com/news/world/2011/05/12/18139906.html Suicide pacts feared on May 21 'end' Burnett Thane May 12, 2011 London Free Press 30 July 2012 September 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135238/http://www.lfpress.com/news/world/2011/05/12/18139906.html dead There was one documented case, in which a 14-year-old Russian girl killed herself on May 21. Her family told a Russian tabloid, LifeNews, that she did it because of her fear of the "terrible sufferings" predicted by Camping.http://www.christianpost.com/news/fearful-teen-commits-suicide-on-eve-of-harold-campings-rapture-50542/ Fearful Teen Commits Suicide Due To Harold Camping's Judgment Day Prediction Garcia Elena May 26, 2011 Christian Post 30 July 2012 Reaction from other Christians A group from the Calvary Bible Church in Milpitas, California offered a session to comfort those who had believed in the prophecy. Church deacon James Bynum told a local newspaper that "We are here because we care about these people. It's easy to mock them. But you can go kick puppies, too. But why?" Reaction from non-believers and protesters In response to the prediction, more than 830,000 registered as attending a "Post Rapture Looting" event on Facebook.Facebook group page: "Post rapture looting."http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43082513 End of the world? How about a party instead? Breen Tom May 18, 2011 NBC News May 30, 2011August 2024 medicmedic The group American Atheists sponsored billboards in several American cities declaring the rapture to be "nonsense". The group Seattle Atheists formed the Rapture Relief Fund which they said would be used "to help survivors of any Armageddon-sized disaster in the Puget Sound area"; http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheists-offer-post-rapture-services-50278/ Atheists Offer Post-Rapture Services Christianpost.com May 7, 2011 May 19, 2011 since the rapture failed to occur on May 21, the money will fund a camp that teaches children about science and critical thinking. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Seattle-Athiests-collect-for-Rapture-Relief-Fund-1382452.php Seattle Atheists collect for "Rapture Relief Fund" Seattle Post-Intelligencer May 13, 2011 May 19, 2011 The comic strip Doonesbury spent the week leading up to the predicted day making fun of the prediction.https://www.foxnews.com/us/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-prediction-of-saturday-rapture-is-fuel-for-faithful-doubters The End of the World as We Know It? Prediction of Saturday 'Rapture' is Fuel for Faithful, Doubters Fox News March 25, 2015"Doonesbury" strips from May 16 to May 21, 2020 On May 21, groups of protesters gathered at Family Radio's headquarters in Oakland to mock the evangelical broadcaster's failed prediction. One group released human-shaped helium balloons to simulate souls rising to heaven, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8529127/Protesters-mock-end-of-world-church.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110524145342/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8529127/Protesters-mock-end-of-world-church.html dead May 24, 2011 video: Protesters mock 'end of world' church May 22, 2011 The Daily Telegraph May 23, 2011 London while another person played The Doors' song "The End" over a boombox.Los Angeles Times article: "In the end, rapture believers weren't going anywhere." Many atheist and secular groups in the United States hosted "Rapture parties" on May 21. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13468131 'Rapture' apocalypse prediction sparks atheist reaction BBC News May 20, 2011 May 20, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13468131 May 20, 2011 live American Atheists hosted a two-day conference over the May 21 weekend in Oakland, not far from Camping's radio station. President David Silverman commented, "We're going to poke fun at these people, but in the end we need to keep in mind that there are people being hurt here ... We're hoping people look at this and learn to use their brains ... so we don't have an occurrence of this in 2012" (when some believed the Maya predicted as the Earth's final destruction).Harold Camping is at the heart of a mediapocalypse http://www.latimes.com/la-me-rapture-20110521,0,1687317.story Los Angeles Times May 21, 2011 May 30, 2011 Christopher Goffard https://web.archive.org/web/20110523052517/http://www.latimes.com/la-me-rapture-20110521%2C0%2C1687317.story May 23, 2011 live Other reactions Nickel Creek's album A Dotted Line features a song entitled "21st of May" that is based on the prediction.21st of May from Nickel Creek https://bluegrasstoday.com/21st-of-may-from-nickel-creek/ Bluegrass Today March 19, 2014 September 12, 2022 Prediction for October 21, 2011 Camping continued to predict that October 21 would mark the end of the world, based on adding the 153 fish of John 21:11 to May 21,http://www.lamblion.us/2011/03/harold-camping-end-time-scenario.html The Christ in Prophecy Journal: Harold Camping: End-Time Scenario www.lamblion.us dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110312024413/http://www.lamblion.us/2011/03/harold-camping-end-time-scenario.html 2011-03-12 but modified his prediction with words like probably and maybe. "I really am beginning to think as I've restudied these matters that there's going to be no big display of any kind," Camping said in a podcast. "The end is going to come very, very quietly."Harold Camping, rapture prophet, hedges new bet http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/20/BASV1LJD1N.DTL https://web.archive.org/web/20111020163601/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/20/BASV1LJD1N.DTL dead October 20, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle October 20, 2011 October 21, 2011 Justin Berton He kept a low profile as the date approached, and his daughter responded to a media request by saying, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we at Family Radio have been directed to not talk to the media or the press."Harold Camping avoids press despite end-of-days prediction https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1020/Harold-Camping-avoids-press-despite-end-of-days-prediction The Christian Science Monitor October 20, 2011 October 21, 2011 Reaction No statement was issued by Camping or Family Radio on October 21 or 22.http://www.news24.com/World/News/Judgment-Day-doesnt-dawn-20111021 Judgment Day doesn't dawn October 21, 2011 news24 October 22, 2011 October 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111023065111/http://www.news24.com/World/News/Judgment-Day-doesnt-dawn-20111021 dead It was later reported that Camping told an interviewer on October 16 that God has not given anyone the power to know exactly when the rapture would come. He retired from his leadership position at Family Radio. Sometime after October 21, Family Radio posted an audio message from Harold Camping on their home page. In the message, Camping stated, regarding end times prophecy, that "we are finding it very very difficult". He also told followers to "not feel abandoned by God" and that "God is still in charge of everything". As October 21 approached, the Freedom from Religion Foundation bought space on more than 40 billboards in the Bay Area to mock Camping's predictions and urge viewers to use rational judgment. The billboards featured slogans such as, "Fool me once...", "Still here", and "Every day is judgment day. Use yours. Use reason."Freedom from Religion Foundation website Media reports on October 21 and 22 stressed that Camping had been "wrong again".Harold Camping: Doomsday Prophet Wrong Again https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/10/harold-camping-doomsday-prophet-wrong-again/ ABC News October 22, 2011 October 22, 2011Harold Camping Doomsday Wrong Again; Now on to December 2012? http://global.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-doomsday-wrong-again-now-on-to-december-2012-59033/ Christian Post October 22, 2011 October 22, 2011 October 24, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111024103648/http://global.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-doomsday-wrong-again-now-on-to-december-2012-59033/ dead The International Business Times proclaimed him a "false prophet".Harold Camping False Prophet: Ministry Probably Doomed, International Business Times, October 21, 2011 On October 21, 2011, Time magazine's website listed Camping's end times predictions as one of the "Top 10 Failed Predictions", a list compiled in Camping's "honor".http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097462_2097456_2097489,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111021162503/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097462_2097456_2097489,00.html dead October 21, 2011 Top 10 Failed Predictions Time October 21, 2011 November 4, 2011 Personal developments Family Radio removed from its web site the archive of audio recordings of Camping's Open Forum program recorded prior to May 2011.http://fsiarchive1.familyradio.org/forum/mp3d.php Open Forum Download Archive July 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110728174447/http://fsiarchive1.familyradio.org/forum/mp3d.php July 28, 2011 dead mdy-all On June 9, 2011, Camping suffered a stroke and was hospitalized.Harold Camping Hospitalized by Stroke; Speech Affected http://www.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-of-family-radio-suffers-stroke-speech-affected-51102/ The Christian Post June 12, 2011 August 22, 2011 Family Radio broadcast reruns of his May 23 – June 9 Open Forum segments for several weeks. As of June 23, Family Radio began to provide new programming in his time slot.Doomsday herald Harold Camping's show goes off the air at the end of the month http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_18331982 Oakland Tribune June 23, 2011 August 22, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110710030937/http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_18331982 July 10, 2011 In April 2012, Family Radio sold its Philadelphia station WKDN to Merlin Media; upon its formal takeover of the station, WKDN broadcast the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" for several hours as a stunt referencing the failed prediction.https://radioinsight.com/headlines/56952/wkdn-gives-way-to-hannity-106-9/ WKDN Gives Way To Hannity 106.9; IQ Coming 2024-12-26 2012-05-01 RadioInsight en-US Camping died on December 15, 2013, at the age of 92, as a result of complications from a fall at home two weeks earlier. His death was confirmed by an employee of the network.https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/doomsday-minister-harold-camping-dead-92-21248011 Doomsday Minister Harold Camping Dead at 92 December 17, 2013 Associated Press ABC NewsT. Rees Shapiro https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/harold-camping-radio-evangelist-who-predicted-doomsday-dies-at-92/2012/05/16/gJQAlgpxAp_story.html Harold Camping, radio evangelist who predicted 2011 doomsday, dies at 92 The Washington Post 2013-12-13 2013-12-18 In September 2018, Family Radio announced it would no longer air programs featuring the voice of Harold Camping, and would no longer distribute literature of Camping's teachings. The decision was made as part of an effort to both move away from Camping's theology, and to reintroduce programs from outside ministries into the network's schedule. The changes went into effect on October 8, 2018.https://www.christianpost.com/news/harold-camping-programs-canceled-by-family-radio-says-teachings-not-scriptural-227627/ Harold Camping Programs Canceled by Family Radio, Says Teachings 'Not Scriptural' Gryboski Michael September 27, 2018 Christian Post 30 December 2018 Publications Camping's writings that detail the timing of the end include: Books 1994? (1992) – predicts the end times for September 1994 Time Has An End: A Biblical History of the World 11,013 B.C. - 2011 A.D. (2005) 978-0533151691 – discusses Camping's belief that 2011 is in all likelihood the end of the world. http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/CampingTimeHasAnEnd.pdf Camping Harold Time Has An End: A Biblical History of the World 11,013 B.C. - 2011 A.D. Vantage Press March 25, 2005 502pp y 978-0533151691 July 22, 2012 November 16, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091116171553/http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/CampingTimeHasAnEnd.pdf dead Booklets The End of the Church Age...and After (2002) – advises that the Great Tribulation has begun and that Christians should "flee their churches"The End of the Church Age...and After Family Stations Inc. http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/church/new/church_contents.html https://archive.today/20130414164810/http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/church/new/church_contents.html dead 2013-04-14 We Are Almost There! (2008) – contains information on how the end's date of May 21, 2011 was deducedWe Are Almost There Family Stations, Inc. http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/waat/contents.html https://archive.today/20130414190033/http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/waat/contents.html dead 2013-04-14 To God Be The Glory! (2008) – a follow-up to the book We Are Almost There!To God Be The Glory! 2008 Family Stations Inc. https://numerology101s.com/god-gives-proof-may-21-2011/ Tracts The End of the World is Almost Here! Holy God Will Bring Judgment on May 21, 2011 (2009)The End of the World is Almost Here! Holy God Will Bring Judgment on May 21, 2011 http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/judgment/judgment.html Family Stations Inc. July 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111224133107/http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/judgment/judgment.html December 24, 2011 dead mdy-all God Gives Another Infallible Proof That Assures the Rapture Will Occur May 21, 2011 (2009)God Gives Another Infallible Proof That Assures the Rapture Will Occur May 21, 2011|url=https://kimberlist.com/rapture.pdf No Man Knows the Day or the Hour? (2009)No Man Knows the Day or the Hour? http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/nomanknows/nomanknows.html Family Stations Inc. July 22, 2012 https://archive.today/20130414214746/http://worldwide.familyradio.org/en/graphical/literature/nomanknows/nomanknows.html April 14, 2013 dead mdy-all Other ministries or organizations that taught the 2011 end times prediction eBible Fellowship Owned and operated by Chris McCann,eBible Fellowship http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/ publications include: The End of the World October 21, 2011http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/generated/outreach/tracts/may21/ The End of the World October 21, 2011 eBible Fellowship https://web.archive.org/web/20110607174708/http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/generated/outreach/tracts/may21/ June 7, 2011 dead The Bible Reveals We Can Know May 21, 2011 is Judgment Day!http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/wecanknow/index.html The Bible Reveals WE CAN KNOW May 21, 2011 is Judgment Day! eBible Fellowship https://web.archive.org/web/20110815061029/http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/wecanknow/index.html August 15, 2011 dead McCann continued to teach that October 21, 2011, would be the end of the world, even after the failed May 21, 2011 prediction. And after October 21, 2011, he taught that the end of the world would occur in March 2012.The Link Between May 21, 2011 and the Feast of Purim in March 2012 http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/2012-end-of-the-world/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120324121212/http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/2012-end-of-the-world/ March 24, 2012 eBible FellowshipVideo: The Link Between May 21, 2011 and the Feast of Purim in March 2012 http://vimeo.com/36590434 eBible Fellowship At the end of 2012, McCann began teaching the possibility that the last day would be October 7, 2015.Bender William May 29, 2013 Apocalypse Shortly? http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-29/news/39582351_1_harold-camping-ebible-fellowship-judgment-day dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140220211442/http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-29/news/39582351_1_harold-camping-ebible-fellowship-judgment-day February 20, 2014 February 1, 2014 Philadelphia Weekly He said that there was "a strong likelihood that this will happen" and "an unlikely possibility that it will not".Gabbatt Adam 2015-10-06 Christian group predicts the world will be 'annihilated' on Wednesday https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/06/end-of-world-7-october-ebible-fellowship 2025-09-24 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 According to his interpretation of 2 Peter 3 NIV, the world will be destroyed by fire. Later, McCann said it was "surprising" that the world did not end at the predicted date.Gabbatt Adam 2015-10-08 Leader of Christian group adjusts incorrect doomsday prediction: 'Soon' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/christian-group-doomsday-prediction-adjustment-ebible-fellowship 2025-09-24 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 This date was arrived at by adding 1,600 days (taken from Revelation 14:20 KJV) to May 21, 2011, which McCann continued to teach at least well into 2012 was the beginning of the day of judgment. He noted that October 7, 2015, is the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, and exactly 10,000 days from May 21, 1988, which he claims is the date the Church Age came to an end.Can 1600 Furlongs Represent 1600 Days? December 27, 2012 http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/archives/2012/12/26/can-1600-furlongs-represent-1600-days/ eBible Fellowship August 11, 2015 September 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232825/http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/archives/2012/12/26/can-1600-furlongs-represent-1600-days/ dead Robert Fitzpatrick Robert Fitzpatrick wrote a book entitled The Doomsday Code, based on the writings of Camping.Robert Fitzpatrick The Doomsday Code 2010 Xulon Press, Incorporated 978-1609571214 See also Christianity San Francisco Bay Area 2012 phenomenon Blood moon prophecy End time Great Disappointment Last Judgment List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events David Meade, another end-times theorist Millennialism True-believer syndrome Unfulfilled Christian religious predictions References External links right 350px Doomsday: Earthquakes on May 21?, ABC News May 21 Doomsday Comes to New York, ABC News A 'View' of May 21 Doomsday, The View Family Radio https://web.archive.org/web/20130702190332/http://www.familyradio.com/ July 2, 2013 EBibleFellowship The Latter Rain End times prediction End times prediction Category:Christian eschatology Category:Christianity and society in the United States End times prediction End times prediction Category:Prophecy in Christianity Category:Rapture Category:Last Judgment