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Harold Camping, 89, the Christian broadcaster whose Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on May 21, has a simple explanation -- he miscalculated, Reuters reports.

He said on his "Open Forum" radio show that he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21.

Asked what advice he would give to followers who gave up much or all of their worldly possessions in the belief that his Judgment Day forecast would come true, Camping said, "People cope. We're not in the business of giving any financial advice. We're in the business of telling people maybe there is someone you can talk to, and that's God."

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老翁不服输 延期末日

       据路透社报道，89岁的基督徒播音员哈罗德·康平的“审判日”预言显然没在5月21日成为现实，但他的解释却很简单——算错了。

       他在自己的广播节目《开放论坛》中称，他如今相信自己的预言正在“精神层面上”展开，并将世界的毁灭时间定在5个月后，即10月21日。

       当被问及对于那些因相信审判日预言能成真而抛弃大多数甚至全部世俗财产的信徒他有何建议时，康平表示：“人们能对付。我们做的事儿不是给人提理财建议，而是告诉人们也许有个人你可以向他倾诉，那就是上帝。”

(China.org.cn May 26, 2011)