About 200 million souls will be saved, but the other 6.5 billion or so are doomed when the planet turns to crispy cinders on Oct. 21.
That should end all those worries of obliteration on Dec. 21, 2012, as allegedly predicted by the Mayan calendar, or of Donald Trump being elected president.
All of this becomes moot if, as predicted by the movie Terminator, Skynet becomes self-aware at 8:11 p.m. Tuesday and Judgment Day arrives a week from Thursday.
Those skeptical or nervous might take solace in knowing that Camping has been wrong before, as has anyone else who previously set a date for Armageddon.
"We have indeed already taken bets on the end of the world on many occasions without, as yet, paying out!" said Graham Sharpe, spokesman for British bookmaker a William Hill. ". . . We may have to settle winning bets in Heaven - but we do have branches in the alternative destination as well."
Also comforting is that NASA hasn't released any planet-evacuation plans (yet) - or found any killer asteroids.
Here's a list of previous Doomsday dates.
Into the black hole. On Sept. 10, 2008, physicists turned on Europe's Large Hadron Collider, and contrary to alarmists, no planet-swallowing mini black hole was created, although comic Al Franken did get the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota.
Man of many dates. God's Church minister Ronald Weinland wrote two books forecasting the death of millions and the downfall of the United States by the fall of 2008. Church fasting inspired God to mercifully delay, "But NOW, time has run out!" Weinland blogged in February. ". . . God's righteous judgment must NOW be executed in order for His Kingdom to be established at the coming of His Son on May 27, 2012."
