Harold Camping, the president of Family Radio who predicted the world would end Sept. 6, 1994, has doubled down and picked another specific date for this event, namely tomorrow, May 21, and this prediction has found traction in the public psyche.
Expect rock stations to add a particular 1987 hit from R.E.M to their playlists — that’s great, it starts with an earthquake as Camping and Michael Stipe seem to agree — and expect Family Radio stations — 106.9 FM is the one for the Philadelphia area — to have record listenership as multitudes tune in for a front row seat to the Apocalypse.
And to take pleasure in the dashing of the hopes of basically decent people.
Maybe Camping will decide to mess with their heads and only broadcast white noise.
Family Radio is a Christian radio network of 52 full-power stations along with a few dozen translators. Much of its programming is gentle and uplifting with the only downside being the goofy theological advice Camping gives on his call-in show. During the malicious and aggressive secularism of the 1980s and 1990s it was about the only place one could find Christmas music that made sense.
One suspects that May 21 will be the end for it albeit not the world.
Anyway, keep Camping, who is 89, in your prayers. May 22 is going to be a real bummer for him.
Shouldn’t you have waited to post this on Sunday – just to be sure? LOL!
Just because Camping can’t make predictions doesn’t mean nobody can 🙂