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Doomsday Is Just Another Day for End-Time Evangelist
By David Moye - AOL NewsWhat would you do if you knew the world was going to end? Family Radio Worldwide evangelist Harold Camping has received a lot of attention in the last few days for announcing the exact date of the Rapture -- May 21, 2011 -- but he tells AOL Weird News that he's not making any big plans for the big day. "The Bible says the end-times will come to those who are occupied, so I will just continue working and doing the job." Camping, an 89-year-old former civil engineer-turned-biblical scholar, says he reached his conclusion after 70 years of intense study -- and a few incorrect interpretations. ...
Christian Group Says Apocalypse Coming on May 21, 2011
By not in system - AOL NewsRALEIGH, N.C. -- If there had been time, Marie Exley would have liked to start a family. Instead, the 32-year-old Army veteran has less than six months left, which she'll spend spreading a stark warning: Judgment Day is almost here. Exley is part of a movement of Christians loosely organized by radio broadcasts and websites, independent of churches and convinced by their reading of the Bible that the end of the world will begin May 21, 2011. Gerry Broome, AP Allison Warden of Raleigh, N.C., posed last month with her car, showing a message about the rapture. To get the word out, ...
When Your Pet is 'Left Behind'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyNo, this isn't about some end-of-vacation nightmare with the family dog. It's about the Rapture -- that is, when Jesus returns in glory in the Second Coming and sweeps all those who are saved up to Heaven, leaving the rest of you -- er, maybe us? -- despairing. Or confounded. Or finally cooking on that awesome backyard grill your Christian neighbor (now happily Raptured) would never let you borrow while he was around. The theology (eschatology, really) of pre-Tribulation beliefs, or Premillennial Dispensationalism, or Postmillenialism gets as complicated as it sounds. (Or see this graphic if ...
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