{"id":761,"date":"2011-05-24T19:35:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T23:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=761"},"modified":"2011-05-24T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T23:43:11","slug":"rapture-and-the-televangelists-new-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2011\/05\/rapture-and-the-televangelists-new-clothes.html","title":{"rendered":"The May 21st Rapture and the Televangelist&#8217;s New Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the fable of the Emporer&#8217;s new clothes, a snake oil salesman talked the leader of the country into walking around naked in these fantastic new invisible clothes.\u00a0 Only those who had faith could see them. As the rumor spread through the empire that the faithful and honorable could &#8220;see&#8221; the invisible clothes, everyone was suddenly admiring the king&#8217;s wonderful new wardrobe.\u00a0 These salemen charged the Emporer for this beautiful new birthday suit.\u00a0 They ran off rich while the Emporer was finally confronted by a child who noted that he was naked.\u00a0\u00a0 Out of the mouth of babes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This month Harold Camping tried to dress his followers up in God&#8217;s invisible new clothes.\u00a0 he spun a web of math and faith that combined Nostradomas and Rainman.\u00a0 He convinced many to buy his new clothes before May 21st.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now that he and his ministry are rich and raking in the dough, he has an explanation for the &#8220;seeming&#8221; error of his predictions.\u00a0\u00a0 He came out today and reported that the rapture occurred last weekend in an &#8220;invisible&#8221; way.\u00a0 Only the faithful saw it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hmmmm&#8230;..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, I forgot, he double checked his math again too&#8230;.\u00a0\u00a0 Turns out that he forgot to carry the &#8220;1&#8221; which resulted in&#8230;.\u00a0 Well, ur, um&#8230;.\u00a0 it&#8217;s very complicated for mere mortals to understand, but the bottom line is&#8230; Um&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 The real rapture&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 I mean the non-invisible rapture will be in October&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 That is, er, um, unless, it is another nonmaterial, invisible Casper-the-friendly ghost type event that only Harold can see from his million dollar ministry with his special decoder ring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/201\/2011\/05\/That-Was-Awkward-May-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/201\/2011\/05\/That-Was-Awkward-May-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the fable of the Emporer&#8217;s new clothes, a snake oil salesman talked the leader of the country into walking around naked in these fantastic new invisible clothes.\u00a0 Only those who had faith could see them. 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