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Go take a look at my post \u201cWhy There Will Be No Rapture\u201d over on my blog\u2019s new home at Patheos<\/a>, in order to see why I think Harold Camping is wrong not merely about when the Rapture will be or whether we can predict it, but whether it makes sense to expect a Rapture at all.<\/p>\n

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