# PROOF Camping is a fraud!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882 "2011-05-23T12:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 23, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/21 "2011-05-23T18:56:27Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > They have to find a way to keep the donations coming in. Oops would implicate them in the Camping Trip-up. So they will pretend it never happened. It’s times like these I regret that people are allowed to spend their money on whatever they choose. Hmm, that didn’t sound as funny as it did inside my head. Fuckit, I’m not deleting it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/22 "2011-05-23T19:01:03Z")
Camping proved he was a fraud when he preached only he had figured out the bible and the end of times. We did not have to wait for his prediction to fail. The idiot is 89. All he had to do is push the date back 10 years and he would have been a loved prophet . He would not have to face the rancor. When they start preaching , they want your money. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/23 "2011-05-23T20:54:54Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Reports are that Camping is [flabbergasted](http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110523/ts_yblog_thelookout/doomsday-prophet-followers-flabbergasted-world-didnt-end). Is that from a real source? It sure reads like an Onion article. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/24 "2011-05-23T22:26:04Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > . . . > So either he developed this elaborate website in the last 24 hours, or he had it ready to go before Saturday. With thousands more hits than it would have had had he not got the publicity this brought. Millions in free publicity is the name of his game. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/25 "2011-05-23T22:50:01Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I thought this would be about people who go “camping”, but never leave the safety and comfort of their huge RV. Hey, mind your manners! ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/26 "2011-05-23T22:53:25Z")
Just the snipe hunting. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/27 "2011-05-23T22:59:16Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Darnit, I was looking for some elaborate conspiracy theory about how nobody has ever actually gone out into the woods and slept in a tent. 😃 Even better if the OP was black. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/28 "2011-05-24T01:06:40Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > So either he developed this elaborate website in the last 24 hours, or he had it ready to go before Saturday. Wrong on both counts. The actual home page dates from August, 2010. The frame dates from October, 2009. It’s an old site. Probably resurrected from a backup tape. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/29 "2011-05-24T02:34:24Z")
Harold now says 5/21 was a silent judgement day. 10/21 is still the end of the world on which in the same day those already judged saved will be raptured. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/30 "2011-05-24T04:23:31Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Harold now says 5/21 was a silent judgement day. 10/21 is still the end of the world on which in the same day those already judged saved will be raptured. Punt! ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/31 "2011-05-24T04:44:54Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Punt! It’s not a punt. It’s a Hail Mary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/32 "2011-05-24T04:46:26Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Harold now says 5/21 was a silent judgement day. 10/21 is still the end of the world on which in the same day those already judged saved will be raptured. It makes perfect sense to me. The man has figured out the bible better than anybody else in centuries. If he says it, it must be so. i will buy back everything and then resell it next December. \ We been saved. Well for 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/33 "2011-05-24T04:54:18Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Is that from a real source? It sure reads like an Onion article. Poe’s law strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/34 "2011-05-24T05:39:45Z")
So if the judgement is over, sin does not matter for the next six months? ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/35 "2011-05-24T12:24:54Z")
> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#): > > Cite? > **[Rapture Rupture: When Your Parents or Boss Expect the End of Days](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/05/rapture_rupture_when_your_pare.html)** > > "I keep my friends as far away from them as possible." ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/36 "2011-05-24T13:35:39Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Just the snipe hunting. Whoa - whoa. Next thing you’ll be telling us there’s no such thing as a Left Handed Smoke Shifter. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/37 "2011-05-24T15:03:35Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Camping proved he was a fraud when he preached only he had figured out the bible and the end of times. We did not have to wait for his prediction to fail. > The idiot is 89. All he had to do is push the date back 10 years and he would have been a loved prophet . He would not have to face the rancor. I would love for Rev Camping to face the rancor. On the other claw, I’m not sure the rancor would want to eat him. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/38 "2011-05-24T15:31:02Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Hard to feel for people who thought they would be sucked into heaven while the rest would suffer horribly for 6 months. Fuck them. I just learned yesterday that I have a friend who held her breath in fear all day Saturday, and was relieved when 6:00 came and went and nothing happened. She then informed me that she truly and genuinely believes that she is going to be raptured up at some point. I find the absolute belief that it’s going to happen, coupled with sincere relief that it didn’t, rather incongruous. LOL When I told her that with what I know of her loving G-d, as well as my knowledge of science, I felt confident she’d die of natural causes long before the world comes to an end, she very earnestly informed me that G-d is not just loving, but He is also _wrathful_, and perhaps when she comes for lunch next week I’d let her proselytize to me. :eek: :rolleyes: G-d love her, she’s such a sweet lady. Too bad she’s a religious whackadoodle. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/39 "2011-05-24T16:22:48Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Whoa - whoa. Next thing you’ll be telling us there’s no such thing as a Left Handed Smoke Shifter. When, I was in the Boy Scouts someone who was sent out for one actually brought one back. Never did see a sky hook, though. I’m relieved also. I thought our practice of sneaking out to a Holiday Inn as soon as the sun set would be exposed. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882/40 "2011-05-24T17:24:40Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > It’s not a punt. > > It’s a Hail Mary. 😃 Well _played_, sir. _decorous applause_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-camping-is-a-fraud/582882.md?page=3)