After numerous failed doomsday predictions, Family Radio founder Harold Camping announced this month that he has no plans to predict ever again the day of God's Judgment. He also issued an apology to listeners, admitting that he was wrong.
"Even the most sincere and zealous of us can be mistaken," Camping and Family Radio staff stated in their March letter. "We realize that many people are hoping they will know the date of Christ's return. In fact for a time Family Radio fell into that kind of thinking.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Harold Camping Admits Sin, Announces End to Doomsday Predictions
I'm kind of sad that Camping is giving up. I rather enjoyed watching him make predictions and then have them fail to come to pass, over and over again.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Atheist faces jail after Facebook remark
In Indonesia:
AN Indonesian civil servant who declared himself an atheist on Facebook was arrested and is now facing jail for blasphemy after being attacked by an angry mob, police said today.
Alexander An, 30, who wrote "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page, was beaten by a mob of dozens on Wednesday in his hometown in Pulau Punjung, West Sumatra province.
"He is suspected of having blasphemed against Islam," local police chief Chairul Aziz told AFP.
"The man told police investigators that if God really exists and has absolute power, why didn't he prevent bad things from happening in this world."
An said on his Facebook page that he was brought up as a Muslim, like the vast majority in Indonesia, where blasphemy is a punishable crime carrying a maximum five-year prison term.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/atheist-faces-jail-after-facebook-remark/story-e6frfku0-1226249817335#ixzz1k2GExQSj
Friday, December 16, 2011
Hitchens: Heaven vs North Korea
In honor of Christopher Hitchens, I wish to share this classic moment where he compares heaven to North Korea:
Friday, October 21, 2011
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Ricky Gervais is making a show about an atheist in heaven:
Hoping to catch lightning in a bottle twice, British comedian Ricky Gervais – who brought The Office to the USA – is working on a new sitcom called Afterlife.
The show will follow an atheist who goes to heaven and is being developed in partnership with Dexter producer Clyde Phillips.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
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