{"id":2415,"date":"2011-10-21T07:27:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T11:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2011-10-21T07:27:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T11:27:03","slug":"the-end-of-harold-campings-rap-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/10\/the-end-of-harold-campings-rap-tour.html","title":{"rendered":"The End of Harold Camping&#8217;s Rap Tour?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.newhumanist.org.uk\/2011\/10\/is-rapture-is-coming.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewHumanistBlog+%28New+Humanist+Blog%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harold Camping\u2019s<\/a> rap tour, which began in <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/blaghag\/2011\/10\/happy-end-of-the-world\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fblaghag+%28FTB%3A+Blag+Hag%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">May<\/a>, is scheduled to draw to a close today.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/10\/21\/the-end-again-if-it-is-we-thank-you-for-your-time\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this wouldn\u2019t be the first time that he postponed<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/10\/21\/in-case-of-rapture\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">end<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2011\/05\/harold-camping-rap-tour-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"369\"><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/05\/24\/harold-camping-rap-tour-2011\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The above image is one I originally posted back in May<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harold Camping\u2019s rap tour, which began in May, is scheduled to draw to a close today. 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