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Rapture failed, Harold Camping flabbergasted and believers broke

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Harold Camping and his ilk are no surprise, they have always been with us. For that matter, Harold is so old he seem to have always been with us too. But it is Camping’s believers who are beyond belief! Silly me, I assumed that the T-shirts, posters, and bus ads were financed from Camping’s millions – not true.

Lawrence O’Donnell speaks with Obery Hendricks, a Professor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary. Hendricks lends insight into the ‘ordinary’ people who invest their life savings into Camping’s wild prognostications. Oh, by the way, plan another ‘end of the world party’ for October!

RJ ADDENDUM: Let me drill this in one more time. The ONLY absolute I have been able to ever find. 100% of those who have said the world is coming to an end have been 100% wrong, 100% of the time. I suppose Vegas odds would be Infinity to 1 as if it were to happen no one would be around to either collect or pay it.