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Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Evangelist and founder of Family Radio Harold Camping
died on Sunday surrounded by family, two weeks after suffering injuries sustained from a fall at his home. Camping is of course best known for his failed predictions of the End Times and JC's return, applying convoluted mathematical gymnastics to bible verses to obtain dates which ranged widely from September 1994 to May 21-October 21 2011. He even made
Time Magazine's list of
"Top Ten Failed Predictions", though in March of 2012 he
apologised for being wrong and vowed to retire from the Doomsday Prediction game.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 5:57 pm
The end has come after all. at least to him.
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 6:06 pm
I deliberately didn't want to be the first to go there, though the temptation was terrible.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 6:12 pm
It is no temptation, everybody dies, even crazy fundies. I am content to let him go first.
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 6:28 pm
There are worse things than convincing people the world is going to end to make money.. But not many.
How can someone's moral compass get so broken?
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 6:30 pm
That's a pretty good run, and he was actually capable of admitting he was wrong. I hope it was peaceful.
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 6:52 pm
A man who conned millions from gullible fools, especially with his last "predictions".
Sorry for his family but, not a big loss to humanity.
People say you shouldn't speak ill of the dead. ANd that you should respect them.
Why should that be true of someone who wasn't worthy of respect in life?
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: Harold Camping dead at 92
December 17, 2013 at 6:56 pm
Fuck Camping. His followers are free to fuck off right behind him.
