All Entries Tagged With: "doomsday"
Japan’s top court upholds death sentence against Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult member
Japan’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tomomasa Nakagawa, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for involvement in a series of incidents including the group’s sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system in 1995 and in Nagano Prefecture a year earlier.
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Preacher’s doomsday forecast fizzles out … again
Once again, the world failed to end, despite a high-profile prediction from a radio preacher in California.
When the Rapture he predicted for May 21, 2011 did not occur, Harold Camping came up with a new date: October 21.
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False prophet Harold Camping says Oct. 21 is ‘probably’ definitely Doomsday
Family Radio preacher Harold Camping, who has a record of false doomsday prophecies, insist his new date of Oct. 21st is correct — probably.
A heretic himself, Camping has turned his formerly Christian radio network into, theologically, a cult of Christianity.
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Doomsday preacher Harold Camping suffers stroke
Harold Camping, the Doomsday radio preacher who sparked international media attention by predicting the end of the world last month, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his Alameda home Thursday night.
The cult leader recently moved the end-of-the-world date to October 21.
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Where doomsday fears come from
NECN reporter Greg Wayland takes a closer look at where fear, fascination and our deepest worries all come together. His report includes comments by cult expert Steve Hassan.
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