Doomsday, Party of 1

Evangelical broadcaster Harold Camping convinced followers that the world would end on September 6, 1994. As you may remember, it didn’t.

Mr. Camping looked back at his Bible-derived math and recalculated; the Apocalypse would occur on May 21, 2011.  Mercy me, wrong again.  Back to the drawing board. Okay, that’s it: October 21, 2011.

Oops, third strike. It wasn’t a total loss, though. Mr. Camping was awarded the 2011 Ig Nobel Prize in Mathematics for his efforts.

Doomsday finally arrived for Harold Camping, but the rest of the world didn’t go with him. He died last Sunday.

Apocalypse — Save the Date!

Notice: Due to unforseen circumstances, the End of the World has been rescheduled for October 21, 2011. We regret the inconvenience.

“Harold Camping ‘flabbergasted’; rapture a no-show,” Will Kane, San Francisco Chronicle

“US preacher ‘got dates wrong’ for end of the world – it’s really 21 October,” AP via The Independent

“An Autumn Date for the Apocalypse,” Jesse McKinley,  New York Times

Ticket holders for earlier doomsdays predicted by Howard Camping (May 21, 1988, September 7, 1994, May 21, 2011): tough.

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The End of the World News

In case you missed it: Experts have determined that, despite the forecasts of evangelical prophet Harold Camping, the world has not ended. You can be sure that fundamentalist ranting has not, either.

Note: The End of the World News is the title of a novel by Anthony Burgess (1917 – 1993). He was inspired by the closing formula solemnly intoned by BBC radio newsreaders: “This is the end of the World News.”

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End of the World: May 21, 2011

Today at 6:00 PM Eastern Time, the world is expected to end. Skeeter Davis (above) explains it all to you.

FAQs here.

Note: According to some, the world has already ended.

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