Did I Say May 21? Sorry, I Meant October 21

Think you dodged The Rapture Saturday? Think again:

 

California preacher Harold Camping said Monday his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on Oct. 21.
Camping, who predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven Saturday before the Earth was destroyed, said he felt so terrible when his doomsday prediction did not come true that he left home and took refuge in a motel with his wife. His independent ministry, Family Radio International, spent millions — some of it from donations made by followers — on more than 5,000 billboards and 20 RVs plastered with the Judgment Day message.
But Camping said that he's now realized the apocalypse will come five months after May 21, the original date he predicted. He had earlier said Oct. 21 was when the globe would be consumed by a fireball.
Saturday was “an invisible judgment day” in which a spiritual judgment took place, he said. But the timing and the structure is the same as it has always been, he said.

Now it may well be that this guy is a crazy nut and that we're giving him way too much attention. Nonetheless, people buy into this, and when people are convinced God is about to bring about the end of the world, there's no telling how that might influence their behaviour (case in point). Therefore, there's probably some value in exposing Camping's nonsense.
Clearly Camping is a fringe figure as far as Christians are concerned. Mind you, the criticism from most Christians seems to be "oh, no one can know when Judgment Day will occur", meaning most believe Judgement Day will occur - we just don't know when.
To me, that creates a picture of God not as a loving figure, but a rather vengeful one: a god who would save only those he deems worthy and vanquish to an eternity of torture those deemed unworthy. Living a good life, being a kind, loving, and generous person, but worshipping the wrong god - or not worshipping any god - is still enough to book your ticket to Hell.
Anyway, if you can handle it, here's the very long explanation from Harold Camping: