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240 days left until the world comes to an end

Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
waitasec said:
i heard conflicting reports...
did he make tons of money and spent it all on billboards?
if he made money off of this...he's no better then bernie madoff and should be arrested.
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I believe his ministry from the last 7 years raked in over 100 million in donations.
 
waitasec

waitasec

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Darkness said:
Bernie Madoff outright lied to people. Unless it can be proven that Harold Camping does not believe what he preaches and that he only did it for profit, you have no case. Otherwise we would have to begin to start policing ideas, beliefs and thoughts. If that is the case, we might have to arrest church preachers and elders who collect donations from their congregation, since there is no evidence of God's existence and would be viewed as deception.
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i know what you are saying. but if it can be proven that this was a scam...
check this out...

Also curious is why Family Radio requested an extension to file their nonprofit paperwork. The group is required to submit financial documents in many of the states where they solicit donations, and in Minnesota they requested an extension from their July 15 deadline to November 15....

...The nonprofit employed about 350 people and paid them a collective $8.3 million -- or roughly $23,000 per person -- in 2009.
What the 2009 IRS filings don't show, is how the organization's donations and expenses may have changed during 2010 and leading up to the May 21 Judgment Day prediction.
In the last few months, Family Radio billboards have popped up across the country. And the group purchased RVs to drive around the country on its evangelizing missions.
Those expenses could have changed their financial picture, but since Family Radio doesn't have to turn in their next IRS filing until November, it may not even matter.

May 21 End of the World: Harold Camping's $72M business - May. 19, 2011
 
The Sum of Awe

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What happened to Mike? People keep talking about him, did he run away or what?
 
waitasec

waitasec

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Mestemia said:
The difference being that bernie took money with the promise of services rendered.

Camping took money that for spreading his message.
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but the message was for services rendered based on the "fact" the apocalypse was real.

and he requested an extension to file the nonprofit paperwork until november is suspect...
 
Rakhel

Rakhel

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I should have gone to Time Square today. After reading this article, I do feel sorry for this guy.

The sky turned dark Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't a sign of the world's impending doom - just passing rain.
Welcome to the No-pacalypse - a disappointing finish to what doomsday believer Robert Fitzpatrick thought would be the End of Days.

"I don't understand why nothing has happened," a deflated Fitzpatrick said in Times Square just after 6 p.m. "I did what I had to do. I did what the Bible said."

"I obviously haven't understood it properly, because we're still here," added Fitzpatrick, 60, surrounded by a phalanx of reporters and skeptical onlookers.

Despite preparations, believers of apocalypse shocked when doomsday time passes without incident
HE spent $140,000 of his own money on advertising, fully believing Camping's predictions. I would not have let him slink off to wallow in his sorrow.
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Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Draka said:
According to his title he's restricted right now, so it may be that he actually can't comment. Not that he'd have much to say anyway.
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I think he can comment but restricted to certain areas. Nevertheless, I doubt he will be willing to participate in light of being restricted. He was getting rather erratic and aggressive in his postings as of late.
 
Kathryn

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
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"Sorry about weekend duty, guys - I've been raptured..."

Love that girl! Mama is so proud!
 
sniper762

sniper762

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Originally Posted by rakhel
HE spent $140,000 of his own money on advertising, fully believing Camping's predictions.

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY SHALL SOON PART
 
Penumbra

Penumbra

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I read some articles where they talked to a few of the believers about the non-event. Many of them are disappointed.

This says a lot about character. If someone is disappointed that an earthquake accompanied by the suffering and deaths of 2 billion people and their own personal ascendancy to heaven didn't occur, then it shows how focused on their own selves and their own world many members of this group were.
 
waitasec

waitasec

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Penumbra said:
I read some articles where they talked to a few of the believers about the non-event. Many of them are disappointed.

This says a lot about character. If someone is disappointed that an earthquake accompanied by the suffering and deaths of 2 billion people and their own personal ascendancy to heaven didn't occur, then it shows how focused on their own selves and their own world many members of this group were.
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it's the antithesis of being altruistic


go figure...
 
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