Los Angeles Times (May 22)
Breathe a sigh of relief. The world is still here. In the most hyped apocalypse of the 21st century, the 89-year-old Oakland preacher Harold Camping sparked a $100 million marketing campaign proclaiming May 21 as Judgment Day. “God’s wrath was supposed to begin in New Zealand and then race across the globe, leaving millions of bodies wherever the clock struck 6 p.m.” Instead of earthquakes and disaster sweeping across the globe, nothing happened. “The apocalypse failed to materialize.” A relief for most, the non-apocalypse may prove a nightmare to Camping’s followers who walked away from possessions, quit jobs or maxed out credit cards to proclaim the end of the world.Breathe a sigh of relief. The world is still here. In the most hyped apocalypse of the 21st century, the 89-year-old Oakland preacher Harold Camping sparked a $100 million marketing campaign proclaiming May 21 as Judgment Day. “God’s wrath was supposed to begin in New Zealand and then race across the globe, leaving millions of bodies wherever the clock struck 6 p.m.” Instead of earthquakes and disaster sweeping across the globe, nothing happened. “The apocalypse failed to materialize.” A relief for most, the non-apocalypse may prove a nightmare to Camping’s followers who walked away from possessions, quit jobs or maxed out credit cards to proclaim the end of the world.
Tags: Apocalypse, Harold Camping, Judgement Day
