# End of the world has finally come for Harold Camping **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641 "2013-12-18T12:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/1 "2013-12-18T12:31:07Z")
You remember him - he’s the guy who kept predicting the Rapture, only to be wrong time after time. [Apparently he’s had his only personal rapture.](http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/17/radio-preacher-who-predicted-doomsday-dies/?hpt=hp_t2) StG ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/2 "2013-12-18T12:58:19Z")
Quick, someone channel the dude and ask to speak with Sylvia Browne! ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/3 "2013-12-18T15:15:49Z")
Even though he’s dead, I will still say it. The man was a douche and his memory deserves no respect whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/4 "2013-12-18T16:08:26Z")
The LA Times had a great first line in his obit this morning, something like “Harold Camping did not live to see the end of the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/5 "2013-12-18T16:15:49Z")
Good riddance Mr. Camping, may your grave be peed upon by drunk college students for eternity. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/6 "2013-12-18T16:26:37Z")
Rather than being one of the Raptured, he was one of the fallen. He died from a fall in his home. ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/7 "2013-12-19T04:23:22Z")
I’m sure the guy really believed in what he was preaching, but apparently his radio stations did not. I listened to Family Radio for a couple hours the day before the end of the world. They were still taking donations. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/8 "2013-12-19T06:18:18Z")
I hope Jesus kicks him in the balls. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/9 "2013-12-19T08:39:04Z")
> [@JWT\_Kottekoe](#): > > I’m sure the guy really believed in what he was preaching, but apparently his radio stations did not. I listened to Family Radio for a couple hours the day before the end of the world. They were still taking donations. Well, they maybe they were that tight for money they needed donations on a day to day basis. I think he was sincere. There’s not that much evidence that those who quit jobs & cashed in their savings gave all that money to him. More like they used the money to put banners announcing the Rapture on their vehicles & travel around spreading the Word. Plus, he was obviously crushed when it didn’t happen & pretty much faded from public sight afterwards. He was at least as much self-decieved as he was decieving. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/10 "2013-12-19T14:00:10Z")
He just thought he’d win by camping at the Pearly Gates. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/11 "2013-12-19T15:59:49Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Rather than being one of the Raptured, he was one of the fallen. > > He died from a fall in his home. You’re sooo bad in a sooo good way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/12 "2013-12-19T17:56:15Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > He died from a fall in his home. Pictures the Holy Ghost sticking out an ethereal toe… “Heh heh heh. Got 'im.” ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/13 "2013-12-19T22:46:11Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > Even though he’s dead, I will still say it. The man was a douche and his memory deserves no respect whatsoever. Amen. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/14 "2013-12-19T22:52:35Z")
For a while it seemed we had doomsday predictions every year. I miss that. There are so many idiotic ideas that people cling to. It’s nice to have a few that can be definitely disproved on a fixed schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/15 "2013-12-20T04:55:50Z")
I used to listen to him while driving at night around the country. He always seemed pretty faithful to his interpretation of the Bible. I heard him at least once explain the passages that said “No one knows when the Judgement day will come” (paraphrasing), so it was a surprise to me when he came out and said that HE knew when it would be. I wish I could have asked him what caused his turn-around. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/16 "2013-12-20T07:46:13Z")
I grew up near him, although I didn’t know about him at the time. I will say one thing: I would trust his conviction over Sylvia’s. I understand his groups solicited donations, and made a mint, but I am quite certain that Sylvia was at least intentionally bilking people. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/17 "2018-09-28T16:54:32Z")
[Camping out](http://freethinker.co.uk/2018/09/28/family-radio-kills-off-camping-five-years-after-his-death/). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/18 "2018-09-28T17:09:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [Camping out](http://freethinker.co.uk/2018/09/28/family-radio-kills-off-camping-five-years-after-his-death/). This is priceless: > [@](#): > > In 2014 Evans, then assistant general manager, said that little would change with Family Radio’s content. > > “[Family Radio] will not be altered or changed as a result of the death of Mr. Camping,” Evans said at the time, adding that there is “no one who has the biblical foundational understanding that Mr. Camping had.” > > Evans said this week that he had since changed his views on Camping’s teachings because he: > > _Began to study the Scriptures._ ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/19 "2018-09-29T00:21:28Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > This is priceless: Go figure!! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641/20 "2018-09-29T02:12:32Z")
Things like this almost make me wish for life after death, so that Harold could see his buddies throw him under the bus, I mean Camper. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-world-has-finally-come-for-harold-camping/676641.md?page=2)