The Apocalypse

Welcome to this week’s I Call Bullshit. There’s a clear contender in Harold Camping – the California-based guru of end times who says the Apocalypse is coming this Saturday. But don’t fret! Down Under we’ve got till Sunday.

The 89-year-old Camping, who looks like he sees his own personal Judgement Day in the bathroom mirror of a morning, has used maths to interpret the Bible to prove that believers will ascend in a shaft of light to eternal bliss.

He says that “at this time in history there is no valid, Biblical evidence or authority which indicates that we cannot know the precise day of judgement.”

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  • Tim says:

    02:57pm | 24/05/11

    Any good christian would know it says in the bible that NO ONE can predict the end of days… so it is a load of crap that this guy is even trying to predict it… Matthew 24:36, “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in… Read more »

  • Jaded and cynical says:

    08:41am | 21/05/11

    So, in which time zone is this world ending happening? I am assuming that the whole world ends at once, not in stages? Twits Read more »

 

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