It's The End of the World (again)

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Harold Camping, Christian radio broadcaster and international spokesperson for the Apocalypse, has predicted that the world will end this October 21st.

(Coincidentally, this also happens to be the same day that The Experiments broadcasts on Channel 4.)

You probably remember a lot of hubbub about the world ending earlier this year on May 21st. You should also remember then that the world did not end and that the Faithful were not spirited off to Paradise, leaving the rest of us with their pets. That was Harold's prediction as well.

Harold divines his dates for doomsday using a complex numerological system that incorporates Jewish Feast Days, the Lunar calendar, the Gregorian calendar (naturally) and a complex method of interpreting the phrase 'begat' in the Bible as an indicator of what the year was. He's no newcomer to the End of the World racket, either. His previous predictions for our ultimate end include May 21, 1988, and September 6, 1994.

Of our latest date with destiny, Harold says:

"I do believe that we're getting very near the very end. We've learned that there are a lot of things that we didn't have quite right and that's God's good provision. If he had not kept us from knowing everything that we didn't know, we would not have been able to be used of Him to bring about the tremendous event that occurred on May 21 of this year, and which probably will be finished out on October 21, that's coming very shortly."

So you would probably be safe in assuming that if God neglects to conclude our Earthly business at the end of this month, Harold will be back on the airwaves with a new save-the-date for our souls in the not too distant future.

This reminds me of a fun game you can play when you're out and about: You can control when the traffic lights are going to change by saying: "They're going to chaaaaange…now!" until they do.

Harold Camping is also the published author of 1994? and Adam when?