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Harold Camping

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Televangelist

The Resume

    (July 19, 1921-December 15, 2013)
    Born in Boulder, Colorado
    Founder and president of Family Stations, Inc.
    Preached the Bible as sole and authoritative word of God on radio and TV stations, and his website
    Published the books 'We are Almost There!' and 'To God be the Glory'
    Predicted the Rapture would occur on May 21, 2011 and the end of the world would occur on October 21, 2011

Why he might be annoying:

    His name could be interpreted as singing the praises of outdoor life.
    His middle name was Egbert.
    He shielded his personal life from everybody, including the names of his wife and seven kids.
    His theological doctrine became so outlandish he separated himself from the Christian Reformed Church in 1988.
    He taught that everybody is predestined to either be saved or not, that no amount of prayer or good deeds will save one's soul, and that all churches are for morons.
    He ran Family Stations, Inc. like a dictatorship - anyone who remotely questioned him about anything was fired on the spot.
    He predicted the Rapture eight previous times, and each time Jesus Christ was a no-show.
    He told his followers that since the end of the world was soon at hand, they should rack up debt and spend beyond their means because they wouldn't have to pay anything back.
    He was a pathological, 'date-setting' liar, and a certifiable whack job.
    He was once again left wondering why his prediction of the Rapture did not come true (May 21, 2011).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He attended the University of California, Berkeley and earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1942.
    Unlike many other snake oil hucksters passing themselves off as televangelists, he doesn't beg for money, yet became a self-made millionaire.
    He believed in annihilationism, where sinners and those not chosen by God are not bound for Hell to be tormented forever in a lake of fire, but simply destroyed (how nice).

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 56 Votes: 32.14% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 134 Votes: 42.54% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 80 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 46 Votes: 54.35% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 57 Votes: 50.88% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 123 Votes: 65.04% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 62 Votes: 72.58% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 220 Votes: 66.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 44 Votes: 59.09% Annoying