May 2011 doomsday prophet Harold Camping passes away
19 Dec 2013 5:30 AM IST
Camping, who was 92, died peacefully in Alameda, California, on Sunday surrounded by members of his family, said Nina Romero, marketing manager for the Oakland-based Family Radio network. Camping drew international followers and headlines in 2011 with broadcasts predicting the biblical Judgment Day would occur on 21 May of that year, launching an end-of-the-world countdown that prompted some believers to spend their life’s savings in anticipation of being swept into heaven.
To publicize his forecast, Family Radio posted more than 2,000 billboards around the country declaring that Judgment was at hand, and believers carried the message on placards in shopping malls and street corners. As far away as the Philippines, volunteers donned neon-colored T-shirts and walked the main thoroughfares of Manila, handing out pamphlets to passersby. Some atheists observed Camping’s forecast in their own way, with one group organizing a party under the banner of ‘countdown to backpedaling’.
To publicize his forecast, Family Radio posted more than 2,000 billboards around the country declaring that Judgment was at hand, and believers carried the message on placards in shopping malls and street corners. As far away as the Philippines, volunteers donned neon-colored T-shirts and walked the main thoroughfares of Manila, handing out pamphlets to passersby. Some atheists observed Camping’s forecast in their own way, with one group organizing a party under the banner of ‘countdown to backpedaling’.
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