THE END.....IS IT NEAR?

Billboards advertise "Judgement Day" KMTR-TV EUGENE (KMTR) –Area billboards are making drivers a bit uneasy stating “Judgement Day” is nine days away on May 21st, 2011. One of the signs is located on I-5 near Pioneer Parkway in Springfield and another is on West 11th Avenue in Eugene. The group behind the billboards is Family Radio, a non-profit, non-commercial Christian radio network. NewsSource 16 tried to contact the group but no one was available to comment. Harold Camping is the president and general manager of the business and according to the website, has studied and analyzed the Bible for more than five decades. “Given the overwhelming biblical evidence, the Family Stations, Inc. Board of Directors made a determination to dedicate all available resources to proclaim the warning May 21, 2011. God has prepared Family Radio for this important time in history. Given the population of the world, radio and internet are perfect vehicles to deliver this warning.” Camping states Judgement Day was derived solely from evidence and signs he found in the Bible. “These proofs alert believers that May 21st of 2011 is the date Christ will return for His people and begin a period of the final destruction of the world.” Harold says two major events will occur on May 21st. Harold refuses that May 21st will end without something happening. Family Radio, Inc. is broadcast in more than 61 languages online and worldwide. The same billboards, more than 2,000 of them, can be found throughout the world and on traveling RV caravans. Camping also wrote a book in 1992, titled 1994?. In the book, Camping inferred Christ would return in 1994, however said later that important information was not yet known and therefore the book was incomplete. He said he overlooked something and hence included the question mark into the title. In the book, he mentioned the 2011 date as another probable year. The billboards have been up for months. Area radio stations listed under Family Radio, Inc. include KQFE in Springfield, KPFR in Pine Grove and translators are listed in Florence, Roseburg, Newport, Coos Bay and more. Click here to read this story on www.kmtr.com