If you have any bills due on May 22, you may not have to worry. According to Harold Camping, head of a Christian radio network based in Oakland, CA, Judgment Day will arrive exactly May 21. And guess what one of the big clues is for this impending apocalypse? Yep, itâs gay marriage, gay pride and gayâŚwell, gay anything. Gay, gay, gay!
Camping told the SF Weekly that âGod has given us an enormous amount of proof, like the gay pride movement and the extraordinary amount of wickedness in the world.â (We often get the two confused ourselves.) He uses an elaborate mathematical formula to arrive at the conclusion that Noahâs flood happened exactly 7,000 years ago, which is the timeline laid out in the Bible for the end of the world. Itâs just that no one knew about the timeline before 1988.
Or, for that matter, that no one outside of Camping and a small band of true believers recognizes that timeline. Some of those believers plan on spending all their money by the 21st since they wonât need it after that. (Donât come looking to us for a handout afterwards.)
If you have plans on May 21, finish them up before 6 p.m., because in each time zone at that local time a massive earthquake will trigger enormous destructionâapparently even in places where geography makes earthquakes nonexistent! In the midst of the destruction will come the Rapture, in which believers will be bodily snatched up to heaven. Camping admits that the end of the world is not all fun and games, even for believers.
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âItâs a mixed bag,â he says.
Those of us who remain will have no hope of salvation, although the planet will apparently be a lot gayer, at least for a short while. After 153 days, the universe and all its nonbelievers will be destroyed. On the bright side, in the intervening period, rents should fall because of the high vacancy rate.
And if May 21 comes and goes without any Rapture? Well, it wouldnât be the first time Camping got his dates wrong. He originally predicted the end of the world would come in September 1994. Apparently he confused it with the premiere of Touched by an Angel.
fagburn
What happened to the non-lame dudes who used to write for Queerty?
Anover gayblog rooned!
David
For someone complaining about the content of a written article you really should of double checked your spelling.
Scott
This is funny. I just put a post on my travel blog about this same subject and preacher.
Mikie
So, if Camping gets this one wrong, will he just go away-forever!
DannyHaszard
Watchtower Jehovahâs Witnesses have little credibility with their own fairy tale primary doctrine of Jesus âinvisibleâ second coming October 1914
Watchtower society false prophets declare end of world in 1874, 1878, 1881, 1910, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1975, and 1984….
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Danny Haszard
David Gervais
If Howard Camping and his crowd get “raptured up”, even with the earthquakes, it’s probably a net benefit top the world.
BTW, has anyone asked him if he can take the Phelps cult with him? That would be a nice bonus, or in his terms, a blessing.
Another David
@David: For someone complaining about the spelling of a written comment, you really should *have* double-checked your grammar.
Stevemd2
Every eyar there is a day when they think the world will end.
If it does end it will be beecause of religious hate and intolerance.
sick puppies –
Spooky
So God planned Gay Pride so he could end the world?
Who wrote this crap and those Christians from Hell have even put up their stupid bill boards in Queensland, Australia.
Jeffree
So wait, how could the bible predict this happening in each timezone at 6pm? I thought the fine writers of the OT believed the earth was flat, and had no concept of pesky nuances like time zones.
Message to James Franco and or Collin Farrell: OK guys, if the world is ending on 5/22 then you need to get summa me before the rapture. You know where to find me!
(kidding, doh)
nudel
Harold ‘Camping’… [snigger] đ
Pitou
@Another David: Aaaahhhhahahahaha
I Love it!
Kev C
New gays are spelling anal. Banana bread and proper spelling.
robert in NYC
So, lets go after him after May 21 and ask him why the world didn’t end as he’d predicted. You can bet he won’t be available for comment.
Andrew
Damn it! I leave for Gran Canaria on that day.
uguessedit
I find it really upsetting that the crazies of Christianity seem to ruin it for everybody else. I am a Christian, I do not think the world is going to end on May 21, or Dec 12 or 21 of 2012, I have no problem with gays, being gay, gay pride, gay marraige…ect. I believe that God created all of us and we are supposed to love each other. The so called Christians who use God as an excuse to hate people are a dissapointment and totally wrong. Christ did not hate. Regardless of if being gay is a sin or not, Jesus hung out with the sinners of his day. Read the Bible, the whole Bible, before you go using it to justify your personal agenda. People like this irritate me. Sorry world, sorry real Christians, sorry gay community.
Cam
So then if the world DOESN’T end, it must be because God LOVES the gays. Come on…admit it.
As for God punishing the world because of gay rights, would somebody please point out to this guy, that all the natural disasters we seem to be having this year are confined to the ANTI-gay areas of the country.
robert in NYC
Actually Cam, you have a point. If you look at the states where these natural disasters occur, they are primarily in red states with anti-gay legislation. Maybe we should start using that to fire back at them when they go on these tirades.
Andrew
Not to be picky, but earthquakes can happen anywhere on earth. Some places they are rare, others they are small, but the earth moves under our feet (yes, it’s a Carole King reference).
Of course, that doesn’t mean that this guy isn’t batshit crazy.
dollyknockers
@Andrew – that’s the day we are flying back. Might see if I can get a later flight. I bet there will be a party in the Yumbo Centre to celebrate this!
paul f
The really funny part is that their so-called “rapture” happened at the end of WW2. They took a line in the Bible about flesh turning to spirit in an eye blink and made up this whole line of bull-puckey about how God was gonna give them a “get out of jail free” card. What was being described was the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan. Keep in mind these were farmers and shepherds of 2000+ years ago trying to describe the effects of nerve gas, bio weapons and nukes going off as seen in a “dream” they had. It isn’t God punishing us, it’s our own stupidity that’s going to do us in. All because the religious wrong refuses to obey the golden rule. When you do nothing but spread hate instead of love, it will bite you in the ass and not in the good gay way.
ewe
It better not end. i got a hot date on the 23rd
jim
I am a Christian. I must tell you Harold Camping falls into what we call a cult. He has made many predictions and they were all wrong.You’d think he would learn. sadly he doesn’t.
Please do not paint us Christians by Harold Campings failed predictions.
Also the Bible warns against such predictions.
Peace.
robert in NYC
So Jim, could you tell us why so called “christians” of the right wing variety, the believers in the “scriptures” don’t adhere to or follow other references in the bible found in the link below? Why do they select one verse in Leviticus and exclude the rest when it comes to LGBT people? They either believe in scripture or they don’t. They can’t cherry pick which references they’re not comfortable with. So please, enlighten us. Its hard to imagine these fanatics take themselves so seriously and their belief system. It just isn’t, well….normal or rational.
http://www.fallwell.com/index2.html
jim
@robert in NYC:
First of all = I resent YOUR ATTITUDE.I was trying to enlighten you. You are calling me a fanatic. Let Me ask you a question
where is the tolerence you are suppose to have towards other people? I have nephews and nieces that are LGBT . I will admit it was hard for me to accept. But I did. I love them and we have great relationships. I would answer your question if your attitude wasnt so hate filled. And do not say it was not.
if you want to be civil I will answer your question. Thank goodness most of the people I know who are LGBT do not have your attitude.
9999nath
Did anyone see the picture of the controversial billboard that was recently put up by another spiritual group near Family Radioâs headquarters? It directly challenges them about May 21. Here is a picture of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62779138@N08/5708063636
jim
@9999nath:
This is also from a non Christian group. They call themselves christian but they are not. This is what jehovah witness’s
keep claiming. fail all the time. Why does this surprise any of you. this has been going on for years. it will never stop.these people truly believe this nonsense even though the day will come and pass and they will make up whatever lame excuse they can.
All i gotta say is if you hate Christians which you should.nt because you are all about tolerance. btw did you know when you tolerete someone that means you dont like them or “hate” them.
so I see very little good will in the LGBT community except for my relatives. So please focus your activities on something besides hate.
peace.
justin
We don’t even know
Land.Stander
@jim:
Hate is not the right word, at least for me. I do not hate Christians, but I do bristle slightly when conversing with someone who believes a book that says, quite literally, to kill me. If you are finding very little good will towards you from the LGB community, I am sorry. However, I do not find it strange. The reason is that, while conversing with most Christians, however pleasant they may be to your face, always in the back of many LGB minds is “this person thinks I am going to hell, their book tells them that.” Such thoughts tend to be dissuasive toward good will. Those of us who have not had positive interaction with Christians only hear the hate-spewing, God-hates-fags sign waving, pushing anti-gay legislation kind of Christians, who tend to be the loudest.
jim
@Land.Stander:
Well Thanks to you and your response. First of all you seem reasonable. I will say the New Testament does not say to kill
homosexuals. I find it abhorrent for people to say such things.
I also have to say even in the new testament where it does say
things about homosexuality it says the same about adulterers, thieves, etc. Pretty much everything I have done.
as for these “God hates fags “sign carriers I need to pray for these people. and I know alot of Christians and not have met one of these kind yet so please do not lump most based on a fringe group.I see this throughout this thread. I do not think you would like it if I based all my opinions about the gay community
on what I see on this thread. My goal in responding was I wanted to let people know about mr. Camping. He most definitely does NOT represent the Christian community. I think people are trying to make arguments from ignorance I find it sad.
I will say I am a Bible believing Christian. Since I am a Christian I hold to certain beliefs otherwise I wouldnt be.
God gave me mercy for my past sins. As he is merciful to all.I mean all.I truly believe in Hell and I was certainly heading that way. anyway. I appreciate your response. I have family members in the LGBT community. I wrestled with this for a while
but came to terms with it. The same way I would come to terms with alot of things.I get along with my family members. We do not see eye to eye on alot of things but thats cool. The main thing is I love them.This is what JESUS wants me to do. I do not love them only because JESUS said so. I just do.
Peace
robert in NYC
Jim, obviously you over-reacted. READ my post again, very carefully. I referenced “christians of the right-wing” variety and in no way did that suggest that you are one of them, let alone imply it. Show me where I said that? Right-wing christians ARE fanatics and if you don’t think they are, then clearly I would have an issue with you. Please illustrate where I accused you of being a fanatic and that I hated you or other enlightened christians, among others? I asked you a serious, non-frivolous question since you appear to be one of the few enlightened christians who does not spew the usual venom expected by the far-right religious nutcases.
So I’ll ask you again, why aren’t those fanatics adhering to the rest of the references contained in the link I provided? Why do they ignore them and not practice what they are supposed to do if they claim they believe in the scripture? Since I didn’t accuse you personally of anything, I don’t think I owe you an apology. If anything you owe me one for accusing me of calling you something that I didn’t, but I won’t expect any. I never bore false-witness against you either as you have of me, but I’ll let it go, this time.
jim
@robert in NYC:
Robert I apologize for overreacting. But I am not sure what
you mean by right wing. Is it political. Then yes I am right wing.
and Yes I am a Christian. Also I know many right wing conservatives that have no problem w the gay community.
This broadbrushing needs to stop. as for over reacting I am guilty.
But if you have a problem with me where is the “tolerance”
that you are suppose to grant me. I thought of any group that woul be granting tolerance would be the LGBT community.
However I may be wrong Robert but this may prove what I said earlier= that Tolerance presupposes judgement. I want you to know I have no ill will towards the gay community.Forgive my spelling please.
Again stop the broadbrushing of a particular group. You seem to be the only one Robert that has admitted to broadbrushing one group by the actionns of a few. sadly there are that few.
All I want to say is Lets get along. I have no hate for you
or what you believe in. I do not agree but I do not agree with what I do alot of the times. So I am not holier than thou. Please believe me on this one.I have been a drug abuser, a thief,
a drug dealer,alot of more things. I will say I have not killed anyone thank goodness. But hopefully you can see whre I am coming from. I am in a position to see things from a different
perspective from alot of people. and Yes I give Glory to God about this understanding that I have because they are consistent with Jesus teachings.
Jesus said to Love Your neighbor, Jesus said do unto others as you would have them do unto you.He said many more things,..
Peace
robert in NYC
Jim I accept your response and thank you. However, if the majority of politically right wing people who vote overwhelmingly republican, and are religious and who oppose full equality for gay people, does it mean that they believe that it is acceptable to kill one’s wife for committing adultery or children for insolence, among many other references in the bible? If they reject those they feel uncomfortable with, then they can’t claim to believe in scripture at all. You either believe it all or you don’t. I’m disgusted in the way that such types of so called “christians” cherry pick a specific reference to villify, denigrate, dehumanize and deny gay people a right which in all appearances is a civil right, not a religious right or rite. From my understanding, civil marriage isn’t a sacrament and therefore has no religious import or reference whatsoever, nor is there any mandate to procreate as a reason for granting a state government issued marriage license.
In Genesis 2:22-25 in the new international version of the bible, God does not actually mention marriage, but assuming what was said, bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh etc., those were words spoken allegedly by Adam, not by God. The notion that marriage was invented by God is debatable and questionable at best. No one really knows for sure, unless one believes everything that is written therein.
jim
@robert in NYC:
Robert, thanks again.
You are right we as Christians cannot cherry pick with what we feel as right. we either believe it all or not at all. This is a very good argument of yours. I have every reason to dislike what Ihear in the Bible as you do. Because of other things with my past lifestyle. Just because I do not like what some things are said does not mean it is not true. My gosh then we would have arguments in a hostile manner w everyone.I do not want that.people who just pick out references to homosexuals and none that apply to themselves are missing the point. I believe the Bible. but you keep refferring to the Old testament. which I believe. it should be taken in a historical manner. The Bible is full of Figurativism, literalism, hyperbole,
symbolism ,etc. all based on context. There are Christians who take the bible in a wooden literal sense. There is no warrant for this.We get into absurdities when we do this.
I try to correct my Christian brothers and Sisters on this.
Again I feel I am being attacked, and why is because I only commented on this post to correct statements about harold Camping.Who does not fall into the Christian camp. Just because one person says they are homosexual does that make it so?
no
same goes w peole who say they are Christians and are not. Words do not make people anything. There actions do. But I FEEL I am being attacked because I believe I am the only Christian who responded to this article, I may be wrong on that. I just feel Harold Camping should never be taken seriously on any account.
i was tring to help out.
BTW there are Republicans that are homosexual. I think you know that.anyway Robert I hope we can put this to rest I have done my best on this, At least I hope I have.
peace.
Land.Stander
@jim
Well it seems we are on the same page then! I meant no attack, in fact I think you are a serious ally. You seem at least, to be a real Christian, who listen to what Jesus meant (you know, the whole -love- thing :-D). It can be hard to separate the true teachings from the rules and opinions of a power-grabbing Holy Roman Empire, struggling to maintain a hold on their civilization. However, deep enough the message is there.
I am reminded of a reply by Mohandas Gandhi. It is said, that two men stepped up to Gandhi, and asked him what he thought of their relationship (these were two gay men). After some thought, Gandhi replied “The greatest gift that God gives us, is someone to love. Who are we to question his choice?” he said with a smile.
Believe me my friend, I do not paint you with the same brush as I paint the false prophets like Harold Camping, who spews hatred in Gods name.
Thanks a ton for the civil discussion!
jim
@Land.Stander:
Thank you very much for the civil discourse as well. And of course the kind words.Jesus really is the Way, The Truth, and the Life. GodBless everyone I spoke with today
peace.
Jim
If someone walks up to you and says the world is ending Saturday, simply say this:
“Can I have your stuff?”
And see the reaction!
If he/she really believes this they will sign their car over to you of you ask…
richard
those are only rumours,,,, just for the publicity damnshit!
heidi
So if he made all this money talking about doomsday on the radio and stuff ,about 120 million if he really beleaves the worlds gonna end then he should breack all us off some money.sinse he so sure about it.lol just saying
team smart
2011- 7000yrs = 4989 BC not 4990 years BC
SO smart
Hey
@uguessedit:
Thank you! I’m also a Christian with the same view as you. And it breaks my heart over and over again to see humans, with a human agenda use God as an excuse to further their human ideas. It sickens me.
You worded it perfectly đ