Bostonians Respond To Predicted Rapture
BOSTON (CBS) -- Religious broadcaster Harold Camping is predicting that Saturday will be Judgment Day and those who have asked for God's mercy will be saved.
It's a theory that many people are mocking, but there are also many who believe.
WBZ-TV's Paul Burton has Bostonians' reaction to the doomsday prediction
On his website, Camping has outlined exactly how he has come to the date of May 21, 2011 for the Rapture citing Bible scripture.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens talked with Bostonians about what they think of the theory
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Atheists are sponsoring "Rapture parties" to mock the prediction. Most Christians also dismiss Camping's forecast that they'll vanish from the Earth that day.
Dr. David Wells, a research professor at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, says Camping is part of a long line of people who have made end of world predictions. All have been proven wrong.
"Well the most important thing is what Christ said in Mark 13 verse 32 that nobody knows, not even the angels in Heaven know the hour and the date. But Harold Camping apparently does," Wells laughed.
