The problem with the “May 21st = Judgement Day” campaign is not Clear Channel making money off it, it is the loss of faith and loss of face that will occur when May 22nd arrives and Judgement Day hasn’t happened. The Bible says that no man shall know:
“Mark 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”
This is a remarkable statement - insofar as that despite the communion that Jesus had with the father while on earth, that this information was even withheld from him during his earthly incarnation!
Why the heck then would it be revealed to Harold Camping?
Ridiculous...and yet he will go along his merry way, and when May 22nd rolls around mutter something about miscalculation and try and keep his radio business afloat despite unbelievers saying “oh, there go those wacky Christians again.”
Don’t get me wrong - there is plenty for unbelievers to dislike Christianity without having to manufacture stuff. like this.
Camping has predicted before and he has been wrong before. In 1994 he said the end would come and his faithful were in their Sunday best, Bibles open, waiting for the moment. Some of them believe him this time, too.
Colorado Springs: unemployed woman spend $1,200 on bench ads to proclaim 5/21
http://www.gazette.com/articles/unemployed-102074-springs-funded.html
>>“It’s just wrong,” said John Fuller, pastor of Harbor Lights Church in Colorado Springs. “Those who make predictions are just trying to get recognition for themselves.”