Well, the 21st of May is now history. According to a fundamentalist Christian preacher, Judgement Day was yesterday. The event known as the Rapture was to take place. It is Sunday the 22nd of May, 3:25 A.M. and the planet is still revolving around the sun. The Rev. Harold Camping and his Family Radio started this campaign earlier this year. Listening to him, he was very adamant that the world would end on the 21st of May. On his show, Open Forum, he refused to even argue with people who cited Biblical quotes, namely the one where Jesus states that not even the angels nor the son knows the day...but Mr. Camping got his information from the Bible.
Is he a false prophet or attempting to make a profit? Ironically, his radio station was on the air today playing religious music and non-Apocalypse Biblical quotations were uttered. Also, the station dared to air "please send your donations to..." advertisements. How could he continue asking for money when the world was to end? How many innocents were duped into giving away all their belongings hoping to be elevated to heaven? As my mother used to say, "solo Dios sabe." Only God knows.
Later today I will be at my school's First Communion celebration. Truly, the world belongs to our children.
