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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (612618)	5/23/2011 5:38:45 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578033

I love this. World Doesn't Come to an End == Rough Weekend. Man, I thought I had it bad. ================================ (CBS/AP) ALAMEDA, Calif. - The day after his prediction that the world would end on May 21, 2011 failed to materialize, Harold Camping told the San Francisco Chronicle he was "flabbergasted." The 89-year-old fundamentalist minister and head of the Family Radio media empire, who had led his Christian followers to believe last Saturday marked the Rapture and the countdown to Judgment Day, told the Associated Press that he will make a full statement on his radio broadcast later on Monday. But when he answered the door at his Alameda home to San Francisco Chronicle reporter Will Kane on Sunday, Camping said he was looking for answers - through frequent prayer and discussions with friends - as to why his prediction of the Rapture and the run-up to the destruction of Earth had not come to pass. "It has been a really tough weekend," said Camping. Read more: cbsnews.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (612618)	5/23/2011 7:02:58 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578033

Ted, you could be right. Personally, I don't know why anyone would continue donating to that church, especially after their much-publicized prediction fell flat. One thing I learned from the TX rapture guy who I knew in college, people who believe in the rapture believe with their heart and soul. They desperately want it to be true and they won't listen to reason.