An Autumn Date for the Apocalypse

An Autumn Date for the Apocalypse

OAKLAND, Calif. — A California religious radio impresario who predicted the end of the world would begin May 21 revised his prophesy on Monday, saying the end is due in October.

Harold Camping, whose Family Radio network paid millions of dollars to promote his prediction, said that Saturday had been “an invisible judgment day” of the spiritual variety, rather than his original vision of earthquakes and other apocalyptic disasters.

In a 90-minute speech, broadcast online and on his stations, Mr. Camping, 89, said his company, a nonprofit, would not return money donated by followers to publicize the May 21 prediction.

“We’re not at the end,” he said. “Why would we return it?”

Mr. Camping said he had no plans to fold his company before his new doomsday date: Oct. 21. “If it’s the end of the world, God will dissolve it,” he said.

Source: nytimes.com