RELIGION

Christian preacher Harold Camping's laughable attempt to upstage the Mayans, and predict the end of the world a year before the ancient Americans' billing, has gone horribly wrong, leaving his followers devastated, both financially and psychologically. Some people, reacting on Twitter, reserved the harshest comments for Harold Camping and his failed prophesy. Others have ruminated over the possible legal implications Camping will face.

With every second ticking by, the chances of Family Radio President Harold Camping being denounced as a false prophet are becoming stronger and his followers are visibly devastated and their faith shaken.

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Harold Camping's Doomsday prediction hasn't failed, according to one of his followers.

Whether observers believed it or not, a California broadcaster's unwavering conviction that doomsday was set to strike on May 21, 2011 has sparked intense interest online, with thousands of Twitter users weighing in.

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While Harold Camping's doomsday prediction hasn't panned out, there is one associated with him that is. Camping is the President of California-based Family Radio, a religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the United States.

Harold Camping, the bible teacher, broadcaster and author who predicted that May 21, 2011 would be judgment day, has not been heard from since the expected outcome of rolling mega earthquakes starting in New Zealand failed to materialize on schedule at 6 p.m. local time.

The Doomsday prediction failure by Harold Camping isn't the only one in history.

Self-proclaimed Doomsday prophet Harold Camping is nothing less than a charlatan, a fraud who has given a bad name to Christianity, according to Christian leaders.

Harold Egbert Camping was born July 19, 1921. He is a Christian radio broadcaster and president of California-based Family Radio, a religious broadcasting network that spans more than 150 outlets in the United States. It was formed in 1958 as non-profit ministry.

Harold Camping’s Wikipedia page was briefly defaced by Netizens who were outraged at how he raked in millions in donations from his followers with his false 'Doomsday' prediction.

When it comes to news value, journalists consider the impact of a story -- how many people does it affect. Given this metric, certainly the end of the world would rank high. So it should come as no surprise that 'Doomsday' preacher Harold Camping would whip media and global citizens into a frenzy. But did anyone actually believe him?

Harold Camping is a false prophet. Six p.m. local time on May 21st 2011 already passed in New Zealand without incident, the first place the apocalyptical earthquakes are supposed to have occurred. Six p.m. also peacefully passed in Sydney, Tokyo, and Beijing.

Harold Camping, leader of the independent Christian ministry Family Radio Worldwide, has prophesized that a rolling earthquake will cause the destruction of the world on May 21, 2011.

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As the final few minutes of Harold Camping's May 21 Doomsday prophecy pass without any incident, supporters and believers across the world finally realize that it was nothing but yet another failed prediction.

May 21 Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping's prediction has bombed, expectedly so. New Zealand’s Christmas Island was not hit by any earthquake even after the appointed time of the apocalypse passed the region.

It wouldn't have been quick. It wouldn't have been painless.

As believers across the world wait to witness May 21st doomsday prediction turn real, there are a number of reasons why Saturday, May 21, is not the end of the world, according to scientists as well as believers of religion.