‘Prophet’ repents for doomsday predictions

Family Radio Stations Inc. founder and chairman Harold Camping on Monday confessed that he got it wrong that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ would happen on Oct. 21. In an audio link posted on his group’s website, the 90-year-old self-styled prophet apologized for claiming that God's so-called “spiritual" judgment had begun last May 21 and that the Almighty had stopped saving people since then. Camping made his Oct. 21 doomsday prediction after the world failed to end on May 21, as he had earlier predicted in an article published on the Washington Post. But even prior to that, he had falsely predicted the end of days would be on Sept. 6, 1994. Family Radio banners heralding the coming of the “Rapture" – when those chosen by God are supposed to be whisked away to Heaven while holy wrath destroys the rest of humanity – were even seen here in the Philippines last May, perplexing passers-by. Some Family Radio volunteers were also seen walking the streets of Manila and giving their Judgment Day pamphlets to people they meet. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) had refuted the prediction of the group that is based in Oakland, California. — MRT, GMA News