Whitewashing Harold Camping

With thanks to Zeke Piestrup for pointing out this story on the death of Harold Camping in the Christian Post:

A recently aired tribute to the life of Harold Camping by the Family Radio network omitted any mention of the former president and founder’s much publicized end times prophecies.

For years, Camping had predicted that the Rapture would occur on May 21, 2011, according to his interpretation of what the Bible said about the End Times. The radio segment, which aired Friday evening, focused instead on other projects and endeavors of the controversial Christian radio host.

How could Camping have gotten it all so wrong?  The Post writes

With a degree in civil engineering, Camping had no official academic background in theology. He concluded that his knowledge of the Bible came from studying it in his own time.

Or, in other words, if you aren’t trained as an exegete and theologian you should practice a bit of humility and not speak about things you don’t really know.  Let Harold be a lesson.