a écrit le 19 mai 2011 à 21h03 Apocalypse now? We'll find out Saturday
By Richard Chin
Updated: 05/18/2011 09:33:11 AM CDT
A billboard sign on U.S. Hwy 52 proclaiming that the end of the world will occur on Saturday, May 21, 2011. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)
The end - in case you haven't seen the billboards - is near.
More precisely, this Saturday, May 21, around 6 p.m., the ground will shake, graveyards will erupt with dead bodies and the faithful few will soar up to heaven while most of us - the condemned infidels left behind - will commence with the gnashing of teeth, the tearing of hair, the rending of clothes and the wailing in despair.
In other words, Judgment Day, which will be followed by the complete destruction of the world on Oct. 21, 2011.
That's the prediction of Harold Camping, an 89-year-old engineer turned biblical scholar from California. Camping asserts that 2011 is exactly 7,000 years after the first destruction of the world - Noah's flood - and that means we're scheduled for the second and permanent destruction of the Earth.
But the reaction of Minnesotans to apocalypse now seems largely unrepentant. In fact, some plan to party like there's no tomorrow.
Camping's prophecy might not have gotten much attention, except his network of Christian radio stations, Family Radio, has been trumpeting the message nationwide that our time is short.
Camping's followers have also been traveling around the country in caravans of RVs urging an unwitting public to get ready for the second greatest story ever told.
One caravan already visited the Twin Cities and another arrived in Duluth on Tuesday.
Rick Juszkiewicz, the team leader of the caravan in Duluth, said his group has been greeted with "everything from gestures, hand gestures, that are positive, negative, hugs, kisses, tears, just everything."
By Richard Chin
Updated: 05/18/2011 09:33:11 AM CDT
A billboard sign on U.S. Hwy 52 proclaiming that the end of the world will occur on Saturday, May 21, 2011. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)
The end - in case you haven't seen the billboards - is near.
More precisely, this Saturday, May 21, around 6 p.m., the ground will shake, graveyards will erupt with dead bodies and the faithful few will soar up to heaven while most of us - the condemned infidels left behind - will commence with the gnashing of teeth, the tearing of hair, the rending of clothes and the wailing in despair.
In other words, Judgment Day, which will be followed by the complete destruction of the world on Oct. 21, 2011.
That's the prediction of Harold Camping, an 89-year-old engineer turned biblical scholar from California. Camping asserts that 2011 is exactly 7,000 years after the first destruction of the world - Noah's flood - and that means we're scheduled for the second and permanent destruction of the Earth.
But the reaction of Minnesotans to apocalypse now seems largely unrepentant. In fact, some plan to party like there's no tomorrow.
Camping's prophecy might not have gotten much attention, except his network of Christian radio stations, Family Radio, has been trumpeting the message nationwide that our time is short.
Camping's followers have also been traveling around the country in caravans of RVs urging an unwitting public to get ready for the second greatest story ever told.
One caravan already visited the Twin Cities and another arrived in Duluth on Tuesday.
Rick Juszkiewicz, the team leader of the caravan in Duluth, said his group has been greeted with "everything from gestures, hand gestures, that are positive, negative, hugs, kisses, tears, just everything."
