| As hours tick by, "Judgment Day" Looks a Dud - |
Harold Camping, the former civil engineer who heads the
Family Radio Network of Christian stations, had been unwavering in his message that believers will be swept to heaven on May well 21.
His Oakland, California-based network broadcasts more than 66 U.S. stations and by means of international affiliates. Together with the aid of supporters it posted not less than 2,000 billboards around the Usa warning of the Judgment Day.
In New York, retired transportation agency worker Robert Fitzpatrick was inspired by Camping's message to devote more than $140,000 of his savings on subway posters and outdoor advertisements warning of the Could 21 Judgment Day.
As he stood in Times Square in New York surrounded by onlookers, Fitzpatrick, 60, carried a Bible and handed out leaflets as he waited for Judgment Day to start.
By his personal studying of Bible, which was slightly diverse than Camping's, Fitzgerald expected the excellent globally occasion to begin at six p.m. Eastern Time.
When the hour came and went, he mentioned: "I don't comprehend why ...," as his speech broke off and he looked at his watch.
"I don't realize why nothing has occurred."
Camping, who previously made a failed prediction Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994, had mentioned doomsday would start at six p.m. inside the several time zones across the globe.
That meant it would begin in Asia and Oceania, but with midnight regional time obtaining come and gone in these areas, taking them very well into May well 22, and no indication of an apocalypse, Camping seemed to have gone silent.
Throughout the day, his Loved ones Radio played recorded church music, devotionals and life assistance unrelated to Judgment Day.
The headquarters of his network was shuttered on Friday and Saturday, having a sign within the door that read "This Workplace is Closed. Sorry we missed you!"
Camping, whose deep sonorous voice is regularly heard on his radio network expounding the Bible, could not be reached for comment.
The shades had been drawn and no one answered the door at his property in Alameda, California.
Sheila Doan, 65, who has lived next door to Camping seeing that 1971, said he is really a very good neighbor and she was concerned about Camping and his wife as a consequence of the focus his pronouncement has received.
"I'm concerned for them, that somebody would possibly do some thing stupid, you just don't know in this globe what is going to happen," she stated.
Tom Evans, a spokesman for Camping, mentioned earlier this week that no less than a number of tens of a large number of men and women listen to Household Radio's message.
The network is heard in far more than 30 languages by means of international affiliates, in accordance with Family members Radio.
In current weeks, dozens of Camping's followers had crossed the Usa in recreational cars emblazoned together with the May 21 warning. Volunteers also handed out pamphlets as far away because the Philippines, telling men and women God had left clear signs the globe was coming to an finish.
In Camping's description of Judgment Day, the Earth could be wrenched inside a good earthquake and many inhabitants would perish in the coming months, until the planet's total destruction on October 21.
On Saturday, some atheists in unique elements with the nation held celebrations and get-togethers to mark the failure of Camping's May well 21 prediction to come real.
In Oakland, exactly the same city where Camping's network is based, over 200 men and women gathered at an atheist convention exactly where speakers joked in regards to the Judgment Day pronouncement along with a vendor sold jewelry with all the words "Good with out God."
Cara Lee Hickey, 32, a Christian turned atheist, said Camping's prediction got individuals speaking.
"I've heard a whole lot of name-calling, but most of it is actually from other Christians calling him a false prophet," she mentioned.
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