Poor Harold Camping. Yes, I pity him. He thought he was so right about the beginning of the end. He didn't appear to be in it for money or power. Unlike others in the mass media world of religion, he really appeared to believe what he was saying.

Now what's he going to say to all who believed what he was saying? Sorry, I got it wrong. Sorry that you spent a bunch of your retirement money on billboards, etc now you're up a creek without a paddle until the end really does come.

Religion is one of those quirky things that is based only in faith. Proof is not required or possible. You can't really sue someone over something like this. No contracts, no legally binding documents, just faith. No recourse.

Many followers of Camping put out big bucks for billboards, pamphlets and other forms of advertising to enlighten the non-followers of what was coming. Families divided, college funds and retirement funds were raided and for what? For nothing.

The twist in all of this is that those who spent all their money may very well be looking to those who just kept on with life as usual for help. Non-believers. Maybe even atheists will be tapped for help. You know them, those terrible people who don't believe in god. Those people who live among the religious, day in and day out, doing what needs to be done. They don't do it in the name of some deity, they do it because it needs to be done.

I hope that kindness and compassion are given to the followers who did nothing but show a complete lack of judgment in financial matters and help to fill advertisers pockets. Christ suffered for their sins, and they should have to take responsibility. The bible reminds them that they should worship the only true god. Let Harold Camping be their hard reminder of that law.