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Daniel Silliman

Daniel Silliman is a U.S. historian. A Lilly Fellow at Valparaiso University, he writes about religion in American culture.

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Religion Dispatches
“God has given sooo much information in the Bible about [the end of the world],” Camping said, “and so many proofs, and so many signs, that we know it is absolutely going to happen without any question at all.”
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Religion Dispatches
Harold Camping admits he was wrong, but only in the most technical way. He wasn’t really wrong, he is saying, because he trusts God, and was just passing God’s false prophecy along. It’s not that he’s wrong, that’s not the point, and not that he’s sorry. This, Camping says, is just “how God brings His messages to mankind.” Apology and repentance this is not.
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