THE "SECOND" COMING

I think Mr. Camping initially was searching for a temporary "attention getter" and he struck a gold mine. He then recognized that he could make a significant profit in following this subject and he has been subsequently milking this cow for a number of years. He has not finished yet, but is keeping the idea alive by sliding the date. It is true that the news media reported a few people selling or giving away their assets in sincere anticipation of the "second" coming. However, compared to the hundreds of millions who did not react at all, these few hundreds or thousands can be considered to be on the fringe of credibility. I would guess that just about as many people believe that Elvis is still alive, that aliens have landed on this planet, and that Obama is not an American citizen.

It seems to me that we can be better Christians by performing mundane "good" acts daily and letting future events over which we have no control or knowledge unfold without our attention. Besides, each of us has his/her own individual date with rapture/hell within an uncomfortably short period of time.