Results of False Rapture Prophecy

[ChiefEngineer]

We seemed to be able to make light of this in church over the weekend. I suppose the effort and media spin was to get people to consider their eternal salvation. I used this as a talking point with my children.

The consideration given to Christ in light of this by the media was none. "Camping was nowhere to be found" seems to be the phrase the media used. It's okay to make fun of Rick Warren while at the same time bashing Arnold for seemingly the same issues. The today show played Camping as stereotypical of all Christians and placed him in a poor light along with Christ.

How was it in your sphere of influence.

 

[anotherguyTN]

Thankfully Family Radio isn't in my area, so most of the talk was about the crackpot preacher who said the Rapture would happen last Saturday, whether it was among Christians or non-Christians. I don't know of any Christians in my area who really bought into it, even among the ones who are obsessed with the end times. I only talked to one person who was concerned that it might happen, and she's kind of ditzy anyway.

 

[richllewis]

In Mississippi where I live brother Camping is not heard here. I point out to my fellow Sunday School people that no one I know in Central Mississippi would not be a follower unless he is listening to Shortwave Radio. I then tell them about WYFR.

On the DXld board, we had a few people that were Mad about the Brother Camping's scam as they call it.

 

[recto101]

Could Mr Camping lose radio licenses in the USA and Philippines?

 

[Mr. Mike]

Could Mr Camping lose radio licenses in the USA and Philippines?

Possibly, considering all the criticism he's taken. But then again, anything's possible.

 

[anotherguyTN]

In flipping through the dial this morning I ran into a local Christian call-in show that had a caller defending Camping. Usually I had thought this station was fairly sound Biblically but they let him go on and did nothing to stop him. I called in afterward and made the comment that they shouldn't be allowing this guy on, but all they would say was that they disagreed with him but that they would allow him to be on. I can't see how they could just sit back and do almost nothing to respond to the guy, saying we should agree to disagree on Camping.

If this was some side issue where Christians have honest differences it would be one thing. But considering the blatant false teaching that Camping is doing, and being an embarassment to the rest of Christianity, I can't see how thay can just "agree to disagree."

 

[recto101]

If Harold Camping was Muslim and tried to predict Judgement Day from a politician's house in Pakistan. Everybody in the USA will take this as a 9/11 style threat and have the US Army and Marines bomb Mr.Campings hiding place. Except Camping is trying to use Bin Laden Tactics by doing scripted propaganda from his Various hiding places in Oakland and San Francisco.

 

[WPHA]

If this was some side issue where Christians have honest differences it would be one thing. But considering the blatant false teaching that Camping is doing, and being an embarassment to the rest of Christianity, I can't see how they can just "agree to disagree."

I agree with you 100%! That station should have provided a CLEAR refutation of the nonsense. When it was JESUS, Himself, Who said NO MAN KNOWS but GOD the Father, then that is it. Anyone claiming to know needs to be automatically DISMISSED out-of-hand. Immediately! Then they need to be rebuked, and shown that verse. If they refuse to listen, then wash the sand from your feet and move on.

 

[w9wi]

Speaking as someone who is a Christian but not at all devout...

I think you may be making too much of this. I think the vast majority of non-Christian and semi-secular America sees Mr. Camping as what he is: a deluded man who unfortunately managed to land a bunch of followers. We see him as reflecting on himself and his movement, not on Christianity in general.