Archive | May, 2011

How Harold Camping’s Family Radio cult almost killed a family

A woman afraid of facing tribulation in Harold Camping’s post-apocalyptic world tried to kill herself and her children in a bid to avoid the hideous suffering that awaited them. Avoiding the tribulation As reported by ABC Action News, Lyn Benedetto took a knife to her two daughter’s throats and then slashed her own in what seems [...]

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Apocalypse redux: Family Radio cult explains doomsday flop

Doomsday prophet Harold camping shocked the world one more time. Broadcasting from the Family Radio cult radio studios in California while speaking to the press, the cult leader refused to repent. He refused to apologize. He refused to offer help to the people who sacrificed all that they had to follow his false claim that [...]

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Family Radio cult leader Harold Camping breaks silence

The world has finally heard from cult leader Harold Camping after his apocalypse failed to materialize on Saturday, May 21, 2011 as he promised. In the months and days preceding the so-called “rapture,” he told his followers that the doomsday was guaranteed to happen on that day. According to IBN, the bizarre radio broadcaster says [...]

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Family Radio cult picking up pieces after Harold Camping deception

UPDATE: Read about Harold Camping’s post-Apocalypse statement from May 23. In New York’s Times Square, Robert Fitzpatrick, of Staten Island, said he was surprised when the six o’clock hour simply came and went. He had spent his own money to put up advertising about the end of the world. “I can’t tell you what I [...]

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Engaging the Apocalypse: Christian movement doomsday disappoints

UPDATE: May 21, 2011 @ 6:05 PM Eastern Time: NO EARTHQUAKES. NO APOCALYPSE. WAITING FOR OFFICIAL EXCUSE. ———— Followers of the Harold Camping doomsday cult, Family Radio are in the process of preparing themselves for their final day. Scheduled at 6:05 pm, the world’s doom is supposed to be ushered in. According to Fox News, [...]

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Harold Camping: Doomsday May 21. Radio station schedule unchaged

UPDATE: May 23, 2011 Camping defiant, tells media Judgment Day was invisible. —– UPDATE: May 21, 2011 @ 6:05 PM Eastern Time: NO EARTHQUAKES. NO APOCALYPSE. We don’t know which side of the international date line will encounter doomsday first, or whether doomsday will roll across the world’s meridian much like the rolling blackouts in California. [...]

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