Something is drastically wrong with the way we think. Why does everyone act as if Harold Camping has done something strange? He predicted that, based on rather detailed calculations, the rapture would take place on May 21, 2011. His assumptions may be wrong but his calculations appear to be quite in order.
The second part of his prediction places the end of the world on October 21, 2011. He belongs to a very small group who believe that to be the case but he is not the only one to believe in the end of the world. Scientists and theologians alike predict and end of the population. One scientists predicts that it could occur in 100 million years. Most look for the end to occur when the sun becomes a red giant in several billion years. Most Christians say it could occur "at any time."
We are missing something much more important about this phenomenon. Christians are upset at Camping because they fear the failed prediction will make them look bad. Scientists have ignored him because they don't think it has anything to do with them. Both have failed to carefully analyse the event.
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Preface: I'm a staunch anti-theist, and regard people like Camping as repugnant at every level.
Lots of people do "strange" things. Camping is especially stupid because the detailed calculations he performed are based on HIGHLY inaccurate data.
Lots of non-scientists make exactly the same mistake every day. The reason why Camping got people's dander up is just the subject matter.
So, IMO, asking why people didn't more carefully analyze the Camping thing is the same as asking why people aren't more interested in a true analysis of religion.
Agreed. It cannot be insignificant that more than 50% of the planet holds to the same belief as Harold Camping. Whether they are wrong or right is irrelevant. There was a time when all our scholars believed to be true what the average elementary school student now knows to be false: that the earth was the center of the universe. The opinions of a majority of humanity demands careful consideration.
Agreed. It cannot be insignificant that more than 50% of the planet holds to the same belief as Harold Camping. Whether they are wrong or right is irrelevant. There was a time when all our scholars believed to be true what the average elementary school student now knows to be false: that the earth was the center of the universe. The opinions of a majority of humanity demands careful consideration.
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