Family Radio’s Harold Camping, the pastor who infamously predicted the Rapture would occur on May 21 of this year, has revised his prediction date to October 21.
Camping, who said he was "flabbergasted" when the end of the world did not occur on May 21, has just been released from nursing care after suffering a stroke. Soon after his release, Camping said via an audio message on Family Radio’s website that:
"We would have not been able to be used [by God] to bring about the tremendous event that occurred on May 21 of this year, which probably [will] be finished out on Oct. 21 that's coming very shortly. That looks like it will be ... the final end of everything."
Camping admitted he has "restudied" his predictions, and then added that the rapture will be quick and quiet.
"Probably there will be no pain suffered by anyone because of their rebellion against God," Camping said.
"This is very comforting to all of us because we all have children, we all have loved ones that are dear to us that we know are not saved and yet we know that they'll quietly die."
Camping said in turn true believers "will quietly receive the new heaven and the new earth."
"I really am beginning to think as I restudied these matters that there's going to be no big display of any kind. The end is going to come very, very quietly probably within the next month. It will happen that is by Oct. 21," he said.
This latest announcement has predictably set off a frenzy of activity on social networks, with the majority of people calling the minister a fake and false prophet.