Harold Camping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harold Egbert Camping (born July 19, 1921) is an American
Christian radio broadcaster.
[2] He is president of
Family Radio, a California-based radio station group that spans more than 150 markets in the United States. Camping is notable for applying
numerology to his interpretations of Bible passages to predict dates for the
End Times.
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His
2011 end times prediction was that on May 21, 2011
Jesus Christ would return to Earth, the righteous would
fly up to heaven, and that there would follow five months of fire, brimstone and plagues on Earth, with millions of people dying each day, culminating on October 21, 2011 with the end of the world.
[5][6] He had previously predicted
judgment days on May 21, 1988, and September 7, 1994.
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His 2011 prediction was widely reported, and prompted responses from both
atheist and Christian organizations.
[9][10] After May 21 passed without the predicted incidents, Camping said he believed that a "spiritual" judgment had occurred on that date, and that the physical Rapture would occur on October 21, 2011, simultaneously with the destruction of the universe by God