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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:35 PM
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"We're not going to put up any more billboards. The world has been warned."


Camping had kept a low-profile since Saturday, the day he had forecast for the return of Jesus Christ to Earth. He and his devoted followers have been warning for months that on May 21, a select 2% to 3% of the world's population would be taken to heaven. Those left behind would face months of tribulation before perishing in the Earth's destruction, which Camping said would happen on October 21.

This is the basis for his new prediction, which Camping claims is not new at all. He told listeners on his Family Radio broadcast Monday that God is "loving and merciful," and had decided not to punish the humanity with five months of destruction.

"We've always said October 21 was the day," Camping said during his show. "The only thing we didn't understand was the spirituality of May 21. We're seeing this as a spiritual thing happening rather than a physical thing happening. The timing, the structure, the proofs, none of that has changed at all."

"We're not going to be passing out tracts," Camping said. "We're not going to put up any more billboards. We're not going to be advertising in any way. The world has been warned. We did our little share and the media picked it up. But now the world has been told, it's under judgment."

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/23/doomsday-leader-flabbergasted-that-the-end-didnt-arrive/?hpt=C2
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:37 PM
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1. Good, because I don't need any more sodium in my diet ...
so I won't have to take those "warnings" with a grain of salt anymore.

;-)
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Sonoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:38 PM
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2. Bill Tinker wants his pets back.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:38 PM
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3. Not until he finds more suckers to pay for them.
Think he was using his OWN money before?
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Billy Burnett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:40 PM
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4. A regular Jonas Nightengale


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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:46 PM
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5. That's the best this moron could do?
:rofl:
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:50 PM
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6. He's banking on one of his predictions crossing with effects of Global Warming ...
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:58 PM
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7. Yeah,that's the ticket.
:shrug:
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catbyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:59 PM
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8. LOL
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:01 PM
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9. He's hoping he will die before then. He had to backtrack back in 94' too. Asswipe. nt.
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:02 PM
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10. Is "under judgment" like being "under double secret probation?"
Camping's just embarrassed that he wasn't raptured. There were probably some helium-filled blow-up dolls that got closer to heaven than he's likely to get.
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:15 PM
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11. Why bother with more billboards?
That would eat into the profits of the donations that were left over from putting up the first round. Probably wouldn't make as much money the second time around.

TlalocW
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:17 PM
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12. After a hugely publicized fuck-up, he says "I told you so!"
By God, THAT is republican as can be! Fuck it up, blame it on somebody else and then say "I told you so!"
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:24 PM
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13. He sure looks the part he's playing.
Kudos to central casting. :thumbsup:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:28 PM
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14. The world has been warned...not to donate to Camping.
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