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May 21 is said to be the end of the world
Inquirer - Philly.com ^ | Jan. 17, 2011 | David O'Reilly

Posted on 01/17/2011 9:26:22 AM PST by topcat54

Soon it will be spring again. The snow will melt, the dogwoods flower. Trumpets will blast, graves will open, and Earth will begin a five-month descent to its fiery end.

Radio evangelist Harold Camping can hardly wait.

May 21 is Judgment Day, when "this world will be a horror story beyond anything we can imagine," he asserts.

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In a phone interview last week from his Oakland, Calif., office, [Harold] Camping warned that those who do not accept his complex calculations, including even devout Christians, will face "sudden destruction" when Jesus returns.

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Essentially, he argues that May 21, 2011, is "exactly 7,000 years after 4990 B.C., when the [great] flood began," and that these 7,000 years mirror the seven days God gave Noah to warn the world to get ready for destruction.

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Five months later, on Oct. 21, "the entire universe will be annihilated."

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


TOPICS: Theology
KEYWORDS: eschatology; nutjobs
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To: Doc Savage

Can I have all your stuff?


81 posted on 02/15/2011 1:32:03 AM PST by expatguy (Support "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" - DONATE)
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To: topcat54

I have a cousins’ wedding to go to in August, so this simply won’t work for me.


82 posted on 02/15/2011 1:35:59 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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Chick is not allowed on Free Republic at all.

Chick, okay, but how about chicks?

83 posted on 02/15/2011 1:37:17 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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To: topcat54

I’m going to party like it’s 1999.


84 posted on 02/15/2011 2:04:06 AM PST by decisis
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To: Lazamataz

As long as you are talking about small, feathered creatures that’s ok.


85 posted on 02/15/2011 6:41:57 AM PST by Religion Moderator
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To: topcat54

Rats! That’s the day I’m leaving for a 10 day vacation! I’m gonna be pissed!


86 posted on 02/15/2011 6:43:48 AM PST by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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As long as you are talking about small, feathered creatures that’s ok.


87 posted on 02/15/2011 7:03:33 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
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