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BY BRANDON TWICHELL

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May 21, 2011 - that’s when Independent Christian ministry Family Radio Worldwide says God will judge the world - and save the believers.

One such believer tells CNN what will happen on Judgment Day - and beyond it.

"Once Judgment Day hits May 21, 2011, there will be a worldwide earthquake. And what’s going to happen is the dead and Christ are going to rise first, then he’s taking his people up, then October 21, 2011, there will be dead bodies all over this earth. They’re not even going to be buried.”

The ministry says these events take place 7,000 years after the flood Noah built his ark to escape. A member of a similar - yet unaffiliated - group called WeCanKnow.com tells the LA Daily News - she’s heeding the warning.

“I see it as an invitation to learn more, if you're interested... Think how devastating it would be to realize (following Christ's return) that May 21 is Judgment Day and no redemption is possible after May 21."

But a professor tells Tampa Bay’s Fox affiliate WTVT - the Bible says man will never know the correct judgment date.

“I think it’s all simply misplaced. You know, the Bible itself does not encourage anyone to calculate dates. But that’s not going to stop people. (FLASH) The people who are committed to believing that a certain date is correct, if they live through that date and it doesn’t happen, they simply regroup and recalculate.”

Finally, an opinion writer for northwest Oklahoma’s Enid News says - life is too important to play the waiting game.

“Life is far too brief to waste a moment worrying about it suddenly coming to an end. Why squander precious time worrying about dying when we could be using it to live? Christ didn’t tell us to sit around waiting for him. Instead he told us to love, to share, to give, to honor, to teach, to learn, to lead, to follow.”

This is not the first time Family Radio Worldwide founder Harold Camping has predicted Judgment Day. According to Latin in America, Camping previously predicted it would occur in 1994. Camping maintains the 2011 date is correct this time.

 

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