Confidence and Doubt

In regards to the "May 21" prophecy by Harold Campen that predicted the end of the world: I was surprised that there was so little doubt by those believers. All of them were supremely confident that the world was ending, to the point where they wouldn't even entertain the "what-if this isn't true".

I was also pondering about Harold Campen, whether he could be considered a false prophet. I don't think he could, simply because he wasn't claiming that God told him, just that he took numbers and crunched them. He claims that it took revelation from God to understand, but not that God told him, thus he can't be labelled as a "false prophet" technically.

But aside from that, what caused such single-minded fervence in his followers to where they wouldn't even entertain the notion of there being a 5/22.

Then it hit me: when you are deceived, you won't doubt because doubt and deception comes from the same source. The enemy gives deception and not doubt to those that are deceived, and the enemy gives doubt to those that are in the truth. Doubt will come to you when you are doing right. Few Christians question the notion of there being a "trinity" of gods in heaven, but those that believe in One God, Jesus-name baptism will question it, even if the entire Bible backs it up, simply because it IS truth.

Bottom line: If you are finding resistance, if you feel like you are battling, if the enemy is fighting you, you're probably on the right track.