The
mention of that date sparked fear in the minds of people. They were scared to
hell and could not come to terms with the fact that their dear world was coming
to an abrupt end. While many mocked this doomsday idea, others took to
preparing solemnly for the end of the world’
The date was May 21st 2011. it was the day our world was expected to
end, Christians all over the world had come to believe that the world would end
that day due to so much sponsored publicity and Biblical revelations pointing
to the fact that a sublime message in the Bible was the answer to the question,
when will the end come?. This message was made popular by the concerted efforts
of the Family Radio Impetrated, an
organization headed by new generation
preacher Harold Camping. He and his organization had spread the message
throughout the globe with print, electronic and internet media. They so
succeeded that even children as little as five years in most parts of the globe
could sense the turbulence in the air.
The whole
world waited for the day and it came. The day seemed so normal and every one waited
for five thirty in the evening. It was so amazing that the day passed without
any strange turbulence in the skies, no outburst of meteor shower, neither was
there any sign of the Armageddon except for a few reports of earthquakes in New
Zealand which of course is no strange phenomenon.
In the
United States of America where this hypothesis originated, the revelation was
received in amidst mixed feelings as some received this message with both
hands, some others remained startled at this revelation. Although some
Christians believed this message, others shoved it aside arguing that the end
was not near. Those who believed used the shortest time available to prepare
for the end. Some sold their belongings, others sold their houses while others
prayed in their cars begging God for purification. This Doomsday Propaganda
received a huge amount of criticism from various quarters. A large bulk of the
criticism emanated from the Christian faith. Most Christians all over the globe
refused to believe that the end was near. Others dwelt on the fact that the
message was too sublime and unclear, open to any interpretation which could be
wrong,
A huge
amount of Christians dwelt on the fact that the end of the world was never
announced in the Bible since Jesus Christ never knew when the world would end.
It is now over 60 days from .doomsday there seems to be no doom lurking around
except for a few natural disasters in New Zealand, and China which is not
abnormal.
The world
might surely outlive all of us and people like Harold Camping would cool their
heads and shut their mouths because a doomsday preacher is a bringer of evil
and maybe true to the words of T. S. Elliot,” this is the way the world
ends, not with a bang but with a whimper” and according to Ted Turner, “We're
gonna stay on until the end of the world. And when that day comes we'll cover
it, play Nearer My God to Thee and sign off “.
