Harold Camping's own biblically calculated prediction, promoted heavily by his Family Radio broadcasting network, that the Rapture would occur on May 21, 2011, followed by the final destruction of the world on October 21, 2011, following an earlier, unfulfilled date Camping had set for 1994.
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Documented ResponseSourced to the subject's own accountWhen May 21, 2011 passed without event, Camping first stated publicly that an invisible, spiritual judgment had occurred that day and that the physical end would still arrive on October 21. When October 21 also passed without event, Camping acknowledged in the following months that his prediction had been wrong, and Family Radio subsequently posted its own public statement acknowledging that setting specific dates had been a mistake that should not be repeated. Camping suffered a stroke shortly after the failed October date and made no further specific predictions before his death in 2013. 2 Attributions
TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountFamily Radio, an independent, non-denominational Christian broadcasting network founded by Camping. 1 Debunked
Claimed FulfillmentSourced to the subject's own accountThe Rapture of believers into heaven on May 21, 2011, followed by the physical end of the world on October 21, 2011. Neither the Rapture nor any global catastrophe was reported on either date by any independent news organization, government body or seismic monitoring service anywhere in the world, and Camping himself, in a statement broadcast on Family Radio shortly after October 21 passed without event, acknowledged that the outcome he had predicted did not occur. 1 Dating
Predicted DateSourced to the subject's own accountMay 21, 2011 for the Rapture; October 21, 2011 for the end of the world. 1 Date AttributedSourced to the subject's own account2005, in Camping's book Time Has an End, refining an earlier calculation Camping had published for 1994. 1 Origins
Attributed Author / CompilerSourced to the subject's own accountHarold Camping, president of Family Radio. 1 Sources
Primary SourceSourced to the subject's own accountHarold Camping's Time Has an End (2005) sets out the chronology; Family Radio's own statement documents the later acknowledgment of error. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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