The End of Facile Belief

Pastor Harold Camping, in California, has declared that the world will end in "Rapture" today, October 22nd.

He made a similar prediction a while ago - for May 21st - but noticed that nothing had happened, and revised his estimate. Meanwhile his estimated bank account is presently at $70 million.

I have no idea if Pastor Camping is a genuine believer in his own publicity, or as crazy as a donkey in a cloud of gadflies, but I'll say one thing: he judged perfectly what can get Americans to open their wallets and do irrational things.  Fear.

Truly, he's just another person who succeeded in manipulating people just like us through fear. It's time to start living in courage, hope, and determination, not fear.