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Harold Camping, 89, the Christian broadcaster whose Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on May 21, has a simple explanation -- he miscalculated, Reuters reports.

He said on his "Open Forum" radio show that he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21.

Asked what advice he would give to followers who gave up much or all of their worldly possessions in the belief that his Judgment Day forecast would come true, Camping said, "People cope. We're not in the business of giving any financial advice. We're in the business of telling people maybe there is someone you can talk to, and that's God."

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老翁不服輸 延期末日

???????據路透社報道，89歲的基督徒播音員哈羅德·康平的“審判日”預言顯然沒在5月21日成為現實，但他的解釋卻很簡單——算錯了。

???????他在自己的廣播節目《開放論壇》中稱，他如今相信自己的預言正在“精神層面上”展開，并將世界的毀滅時間定在5個月后，即10月21日。

???????當被問及對于那些因相信審判日預言能成真而拋棄大多數甚至全部世俗財產的信徒他有何建議時，康平表示：“人們能對付。我們做的事兒不是給人提理財建議，而是告訴人們也許有個人你可以向他傾訴，那就是上帝。”

(China.org.cn May 26, 2011)