The mass of followers of evangelical leaders who declared on Saturday (21 / 5) is Doomsday predictions figures confusion after they missed. Some followers of Harold Camping express amazement or say that prediction error keimananan test against them.
Meanwhile, Camping itself is not seen since the time his predictions. Camping, 89 years, predicts Jesus Christ will return to Earth on Saturday. The people who truly believe and then be lifted to heaven [raptured], he said when it announced its predictions.
He spread the prediction through a network of broadcast media and billboards in the campaign that later spread to many countries. According to Camping, the manuscript of the gospel indicates massive earthquake Saturday, which he said would begin at 1800 in various time zones around the world, will mark the beginning of the destruction of the world and before October 21, all unbelievers will die.
Deplete savings
Robert Fitzpatrick, a retired transportation official in New York, USA, said he had taken more than $ 140,000 (approximately USD 1 billion £ 86,000) from his savings before May 21 to publicize the prediction of Harold Camping.
"I do not really understand why we still here" Robert Fitzpatrick.
After 1800 hours on Saturday (21 / 5) local time and the predictions do not show signs materialized, he said:''I do not understand why .. I do not understand why it does not happen.''
''I can not tell you how I feel today. Obviously, I do not really understand why we are still here,''arnya.
Some other followers of Harold Camping say they save the doubt on that prediction. ''I am somewhat skeptical, but I try to set aside skepticism, because I believe in God,''said Keith Bauer, who traveled 4.830km, from Maryland to California, where the office of Family Radio's Harold Camping is located, to meet the Rapture [day believers lifted up to heaven].
''I expect it, because I think heaven will be better than this Earth,''said Bauer, heavy vehicle operators, who take leave to go to the office of Family Radio. Several other followers claimed the delay is another test from God to test the firmness of their faith.
'There is no backup plan'
Media in the United States reported Harold Camping is not seen since he was promoting this prediction turned out wrong, while the telephone contacts and e-mail to Family Radio went unanswered Saturday. The Washington Post newspaper reported telephone services to prevent suicide is opened to anticipate the possibility of people who believe in prophecy was depressed after doomsday predictions do not come true.
A group of residents of Calvary Gospel Church in Milpitas, California, held a Mass in the morning to comfort those who believe with the content of sermons Harold Camping, the New York Times reported. ''We are here because we care about these people,''the newspaper quoted James Bynum, one of the princes of the church.
However, many groups of Christians dismissed the views of Camping. Some even described him as''false prophets''. Most of the people who do not believe in god partying to celebrate melesetnya forecast, while a group of people who do not believe that gathered outside the headquarters of Family Radio's Harold Camping International in the area of Oakland, California, when the forecast deadline passed.
''This is probably one sad thing I have ever read, the news that there are children out there whose parents have spent a college savings fund, [and] sell their homes,''said a woman told the BBC. Camping says he knows''without any morsel of doubt''that''doomsday''will arrive, and stated no rencangan''reserve''.
He had been predicted doomsday in 1994. His followers later claimed the prophecy refers only to the stage between.
