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| death_place = Alameda, California, U.S. | occupation = Talk radio personality, self-published Christian author | education = BS, civil engineering (1942)〔 | alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley | known_for = Christian broadcasting, end times predictions | years_active = 1958–2011〔 | religion = Christian | spouse = Shirley Camping (1943–2013, his death)〔("Who Is Harold Camping Anyway?" ). ''Christian Post''. May 21, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.〕 | children = 7 | website = (familyradio.com ) | footnotes = }} Harold Egbert Camping (July 19, 1921December 15, 2013) was an American Christian radio broadcaster, author and evangelist. Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a California-based radio station group that broadcasts to more than 150 markets in the United States. In October 2011, he retired from active broadcasting following a stroke, but still maintained a role at Family Radio until his death. Camping is notable for issuing multiple failed predictions of dates for the End Times, which temporarily gained him a global following and millions of dollars of donations.〔("Biblical scholar's date for rapture: May 21, 2011" ). ''San Francisco Gate''. January 1, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2013.〕 Camping predicted that Jesus Christ would return to Earth on May 21, 2011, whereupon the saved would be taken up to heaven in the rapture, and that there would follow five months of fire, brimstone and plagues on Earth, with millions of people dying each day, culminating on October 21, 2011, with the final destruction of the world. He had previously predicted that Judgment Day would occur on or about September 6, 1994.〔("Harold Camping Says End did come May 21, spiritually; Predicts New Date: October 21" ). ''International Business Times''. Retrieved May 23, 2011.〕〔. July 30, 2009. Retrieved December 16, 2012.〕 His prediction for May 21, 2011, was widely reported, in part because of a large-scale publicity campaign by Family Radio, and it prompted ridicule from atheist organizations and rebuttals from Christian organizations. After May 21 passed without the predicted incidents, Camping said he believed that a "spiritual" judgment had occurred on that date, and that the physical Rapture would occur on October 21, 2011, simultaneously with the final destruction of the universe by God.〔("Radio host says Rapture actually coming in October" ). ''Globe and Mail''. May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.〕 Except for one press appearance on May 23, 2011, Camping largely avoided press interviews after May 21, particularly after he suffered a stroke in June 2011. October 21, 2011, passed without the predicted apocalypse, leading to comments that Camping's ministry would collapse after the false prophecy.〔("Harold Camping False Prophet: Ministry Probably Doomed" ). ''International Business Times''. October 21, 2011.〕〔("Doomsday prophet remains in hiding" ). ''The Daily Mail''. 22 October 2011.〕 Camping was reported to have retired from his position at Family Radio on October 16, 2011,〔("Harold Camping Exclusive: Family Radio Founder Retires" ). ''Christian Post''. October 24, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.〕 only days before his last predicted date for the end of the world. However, his daughter later clarified that he had not retired outright, but was maintaining a role at Family Radio while working from home.〔 Camping admitted in a private interview that he no longer believed that anybody could know the time of the Rapture or the end of the world, in stark contrast to his previously staunch position on the subject.〔 In March 2012, he stated that his attempt to predict a date was "sinful", and that his critics had been right in emphasizing the words of Matthew 24:36: "of that day and hour knoweth no man". He added that he was now searching the Bible "even more fervently...not to find dates, but to be more faithful in () understanding."〔("Letter from Harold Camping to the 'Family Radio Family'" ). ''Charisma News''. March 7, 2012.〕 After the failure of Camping's prophecies, Family Radio suffered a significant loss of assets, staff and revenue. ==Biography== Camping was born in Colorado and moved at an early age to California. Both his parents came from the Netherlands – his mother from Friesland, his father from Groningen – but they first met each other in the United States. In 1942, Camping earned a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.〔 In 1943, he married his wife, Shirley.〔 He and his family were members of the Christian Reformed Church until 1988. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold Camping」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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