Why judgment day isnt real

The doomsday ad campaign, on billboards and at bus stops coast to coast, is courtesy of Family Radio, a California-based nonprofit Christian network. The Rapture entails God plucking up true believers into heaven. Those left behind will hunker down or slug it out until God destroys the world five months later, according to Camping, on Oct. Nevertheless, belief in Judgment Day and the return of Jesus is part of mainstream Christianity.

A Pew Research Center poll found that 41 percent of Americans believe Jesus will return within the next 40 years. It goes like this: Camping says that because Jesus was crucified on Friday, April 1, 33 AD, and that it takes exactly You've read of free articles. Subscribe to continue. Mark Sappenfield. Our work isn't possible without your support. Digital subscription includes: Unlimited access to CSMonitor.

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What is the amount of cash you can pay or accept? What is the documentation you need? Here are some basics everyone must know. Camping previously predicted that the end of the world would be in He blames that on an error in the maths but says he has it right this time.

Besides his mathematical formula, Camping has conjured up more "evidence" that doomsday looms. He has pointed to the re-establishment of Israel — which some Christians believe is a prerequisite for the second coming of Jesus and the Rapture — as a sign from God "that the world is getting near its end".

He has said that the earthquake and tsunami in Japan were a divinely organised foretaste of what awaits most of humanity. Camping has also said that "gay pride" and same-sex marriage are "a sign from God that judgment day is very near".

In the Bible God describes His involvement with this dramatic movement … We will learn that the Gay Pride movement would successfully develop as a sign to the world that Judgement Day was about to occur," he writes. Camping isn't planning anything special. He intends to stay at home and watch the mayhem.