I hadn’t expected this development, reported by Kyle Munson of the Des Moines Register and linked to by Joel, at least not this early. Apparently the staff of Harold Camping’s radio station Family Radio are already accepting that things are not going as planned. Their spokesman Tom Evans has said that
once we reach midnight local time in the holy city of Jerusalem … he will be ready to concede that today’s rapture is a bust.
“If it’s not going to happen then, it’s obviously not going to happen today,” Evans said, “and we were wrong.”
Now midnight in Jerusalem is just over 90 minutes away as I write, and an hour before Camping’s predicted Rapture wave is expected to hit the US east coast. So it seems that Family Radio is prepared to call off their Rapture prediction in advance, as far as North Americans are concerned.
Well, perhaps that is a clever move to preserve at least something of their own credibility, and I suppose their business. But does Harold Camping agree with their position, or are they abandoning him?
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Of course Family Radio might be trying to cover their back from legal action. See this post: Rapture victims: sue Harold Camping! Thanks to a Facebook friend for the link.
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