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notseamus  ·  4644 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Harold Camping Admits Sin, Announces End to Doomsday Predictions
    Martha Ramos, wife and mother who traveled with her husband and children from North Carolina, said, “We put everything we had into Camping’s organization. We sold our house, quit our jobs and gave away our beloved family pets because we truly believed what Harold Camping was saying. We believed everything he said and spent every single penny to help with the expense of billboards and radio programs. Now we have nothing. We have no home, no job – nothing! And all for a false prophet. This has happened to thousands of families and individuals all over America. We’re heartbroken and really don’t know what to do now.”

http://westmorelandtimes.com/news/2011/05/harold-campings-en...

At least they didn't kill the pets.





thenewgreen  ·  4644 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Zero sympathy. Zero
notseamus  ·  4644 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I'm not so extreme in my feelings.

I think they were conned, they're probably not the most critical thinking people in the world, but they didn't deserve it, and I feel really bad for their kids (and all the children affected by this) too.

thenewgreen  ·  4644 days ago  ·  link  ·  
The kids, they get my sympathy. The parents are morons and would likely do the gene pool a favor by not reproducing. I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for people that decide to believe that a man is getting inside info from God about when the world will end. I guarantee these people are insane, scary and not that unlike many others.