ayin jade Posted May 24, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 24, 2011 the failed prophecy did more than just damage Camping's credibility: It also appears to have caused death and serious injury to true believers. A California woman named Lyn Benedetto was one of millions who heard Camping's message, and became concerned that her daughters would suffer terribly in the coming apocalypse. She allegedly forced her daughters, 11 and 14, to lie on a bed and then cut their throats with a box cutter. She then tried to kill herself, though police arrested Benedetto and all three survived. Others were not so lucky. An elderly man in Taiwan reportedly killed himself on May 5 ahead of the Rapture by jumping out of a building. He had heard that doomsday was imminent, and had taken recent earthquakes and tsunamis as early warning signs. There were other unconfirmed reports of doomsday-related suicides around the world as well. http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110523/sc_livescience/faileddoomsdayhasrealdeadlyconsequences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted May 24, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,088 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,829 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted May 24, 2011 that is really sad..... Like forest Gumps mother says, you just can't fix stupid..... and there's more than plenty to go around with this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted May 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 115 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 8,281 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 03/03/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/30/1955 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Won't matter to Mr. Camping; he is certifiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddavid from NC Posted May 24, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 196 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,343 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 12 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/03/1964 Share Posted May 24, 2011 The whole thing is a construct of the master of deception...and there is a whole lot more coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butero Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 While Harold Camping's predictions were definately wrong, and he was doing something he shouldn't have been doing, it is hard for me to blame him for the kind of stories mentioned in this thread. Those people were obviously unstable to begin with. Had Camping not come along, they would have probably had some other event set them off? Why would they try to commit suicide? Why not simply pray? You could have a main stream Bible teacher simply say we are nearing the end based on the signs of the times and some unstable soul would react like these people did. We need to quit trying to set dates, and live like Jesus could come back right now. Simply preach the gospel as recorded plainly in scripture, and quit trying to find "hidden Bible codes" and quit trying to guess the date of the Lord's return based on past events. Let's take the 6000 year theory for instance. While it may seem logical to men to think that Jesus will return in the year 6000 from the beginning of creation, God never comes out and says that. We can calculate dates, and they will likely continue to come and go, and people will mock us. Just preach the Word of God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LadyC Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 trying to figure out how a woman managed to force a teenager and a pre-teen to lay in bed while she slit their throats. i'm not buying that one. she had to have had help. i'm also kinda surprised that these other doomsday deaths occurred before may 21. seems to me people would just say ok God, make me ready to go with you! i have a hard time believing those were really about this stupid prophecy. i actually expected to open this thread and find that a lot of camping's followers committed suicide SINCE the day of rapture came and went. after all, those are the ones who gave up everything they owned, sold their homes and emptied their bank accounts, thinking they didn't need them. they're the ones i would have expected to be killing themselves left and right. and those are the ones who camping will certainly be held accountable for on judgment day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 that is really sad..... Like forest Gump's mother says, you just can't fix stupid..... and there's more than plenty to go around with this situation. :24: Okay, off topic, but: You must have worked at the same company I did at one time . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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