The Harold Camping saga appears, for better or worse, to have at least one more chapter. The "documentarian" who revealed that Harold Camping was retiring from Family Radio may not have represented himself—or Camping—honestly. Shortly after The Christian Post reported in a "Harold Camping Exclusive" that Camping was retiring, Camping's daughter disputed the claim. Camping has stepped back from some responsibilities, said Susan Espinoza, but remains the general manager for Family Radio. Brandon Tauszik, she claimed, had concealed his journalistic intentions in order to penetrate the inner circle of Camping's fellowship and family.
Camping also posted an audio message on the Family Radio website in which he apologizes for questioning the salvation of those who did not believe in his doomsday prophecy. Seeking to understand why the expected judgment day failed to materialize, Camping says that he has been "checking my own notes more carefully than ever" and he finds that "there is other language in the Bible that we still have to look at very carefully." While the 90-year-old radio preacher does not seem to have abandoned the notion that esoteric biblical codes can reveal the dates of critical events in God's salvific plan, he does sound a humbler note. The story of his failed predictions "seems embarrassing for Family Radio," but God was the storyteller and He could have changed the plot at any time. "God is still on the throne," and "we must not feel for a moment that we have been abandoned."
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