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Harold Camping Spent Around $100 Million on Rapture Ads
The Atlantic wire ^ | 24 May 2011 | Caitlin Dickson

Posted on 05/24/2011 11:13:58 AM PDT by Cronos

This shockingly large number comes from Matt Tuter, international projects manager at Family Radio--the California-based Christian organization that falsely predicted the world's end this past weekend--in an interview with the Christian Post.

The bulk of the $100 million, Tuter insists, came from selling off property (their KFTL television station and a FM station), fu although there appear plenty of people who donated their life savings to the cause. Tuter, whose family first got involved with the Family Radio organization when he was a baby, was also sure to clarify that "I remember when the organization was normal!" Apparently, this was before Harold Camping became a Doomsday prophet. Tuter adds that Camping "has actually made at least 10 predictions for the end times, though only a couple were announced publicly."


TOPICS: Current Events; Other Christian
KEYWORDS: haroldcamping; nexttimeforsure; solascriptura
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I'm sorry, this story just gets funnier and funnier!
1 posted on 05/24/2011 11:14:01 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

You’d think that after a few wrong predictions he’s learn that he’s not privy to information that even Jesus flatly stated he didn’t know while on earth.


2 posted on 05/24/2011 11:17:41 AM PDT by Yet_Again
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To: Cronos

$100,000,000?!?!? Holy shit!

Anyone that would send another penny to those frauds needs their head examined!


3 posted on 05/24/2011 11:17:58 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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An old webpage about past doomsday predictions said that Camping predicted the end for 9/6/94, with the second coming on 9/27. Then he predicted it for: 9/29/94, 10/2/94, and 3/31/95. “He gave up setting dates afterwards”. Again, an OLD web page. He did set dates afterwards...

http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/RED_FEATHER/doomsday/1971-1997.html


4 posted on 05/24/2011 11:18:01 AM PDT by raccoonradio (..)
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To: Cronos

“the California-based Christian organization that falsely predicted the world’s end this past weekend—in an interview with the Christian Post. “

Falsely? What if the world has really ended and we’re in a....


5 posted on 05/24/2011 11:20:18 AM PDT by mewykwistmas (Lost your job as a birther under Obama? Become a 'deather'! Where's Bin Laden's death certificate?)
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To: Cronos

What does he have for unpaid bills?


6 posted on 05/24/2011 11:20:45 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: raccoonradio

Maybe he meant the end of some world in some parallel universe? Dang, 94 — I was too young to make money off the fools, ooops, I mean help these happy to-be-raptured souls...


7 posted on 05/24/2011 11:21:25 AM PDT by Cronos (Libspeak: "Yes there is proof. And no, for the sake of privacy I am not posting it here.")
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To: Cronos

I hope this ass dies slowly. All I need is 100 grand and I could really do wonders with my house and get it the way I want (including a septic system that actually works). Meanwhile jerk offs like this waste millions.


8 posted on 05/24/2011 11:22:07 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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"An old webpage about past doomsday predictions said that Camping predicted the end for 9/6/94, with the second coming on 9/27. Then he predicted it for: 9/29/94, 10/2/94, and 3/31/95. “He gave up setting dates afterwards”. Again, an OLD web page. He did set dates afterwards..."

Well heck, even a stopped clock will get it right sooner or later...

9 posted on 05/24/2011 11:22:10 AM PDT by almost done by half
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And I bought a new $ 500,000.00 home & shiny new corvette!

I've got a big new house and new car for sale if anyone is interested.

Now I have to listen to my wife go on and on and on!

Pls Help!

10 posted on 05/24/2011 11:23:37 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Cronos

I heard on the radio this morning that Camping announced his math was slightly off, and that the end will NOW occur on OCTOBER 21.


11 posted on 05/24/2011 11:24:49 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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Not sure if its true or not, but I heard some even had pets put to sleep. If they are gullible enough to sale their homes and give away the money, I could believe they would do a ghastly act like that as well.
12 posted on 05/24/2011 11:25:04 AM PDT by NavyCanDo (Cain / Palin mmm mmm mmm)
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To: COBOL2Java

Wasn’t this a Simpson’s episode?


13 posted on 05/24/2011 11:27:05 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your pain.)
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To: Cronos

Stunning if true. Not sure if you can believe this Tuter guy - does sound a bit disgruntled.


14 posted on 05/24/2011 11:29:27 AM PDT by DManA
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Things are as bad as they seem. All he needs to do is get a bunch of black markers and change the date on the billboards and such to the new updated doomsday of Oct. 21.

Woohoo, that gives us another 5 months to max out our credit cards! Party hardy, yeehaw!


15 posted on 05/24/2011 11:30:10 AM PDT by bgill (Kenyan Parliament - how could a man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: Cronos
“There's a sucker born every minute”
16 posted on 05/24/2011 11:30:32 AM PDT by McGruff (How's that Hopey Changey Thingy working out for ya?)
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To: Salamander
Wasn’t this a Simpson’s episode?

Probably. Hey! Maybe Camping's got a crayon shoved into his brain like Homer!


17 posted on 05/24/2011 11:32:27 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: McGruff

hey — I resent that remark. These are good folks who just need to give away all their money and worldly goods. I’ll cut you in for 43% if you help market these “friendly rapture-care” services :-P


18 posted on 05/24/2011 11:36:24 AM PDT by Cronos (Libspeak: "Yes there is proof. And no, for the sake of privacy I am not posting it here.")
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It is not all that humorous to people that fell for this charlatan’s message and spent their life's fortune.
19 posted on 05/24/2011 11:40:32 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman ("...; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,... "Hosea 4:6)
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To: KoRn
Anyone that would send another penny to those frauds needs their head examined!

Anyone that would send a penny to those frauds any televangelist needs their head examined!

20 posted on 05/24/2011 11:43:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga
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