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New York Times, May 14, 2011

The last time he predicted the world would end (on Sept. 6, 1994, to be specific) his research was flawed, Harold Camping acknowledges. Not this time, he says. Mr. Camping, a retired civil engineer and the leader of Family Radio Worldwide, an independent Christian ministry, says he is convinced, based on a close reading of the Bible, that the end will begin on Saturday, heralded by huge earthquakes. His group has erected billboards across the country urging people to repent. Volunteers have traveled the country and the world spreading the same message. One of them, Lincoln Ropp, a medical student in Florida, went to Bulgaria. “We definitely see a lot of scoffing and mocking,” Mr. Ropp told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “But really, we take this as expected. Jesus said when you speak the truth, you’ll be hated.