KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – May 21, 2011, is guaranteed to be Judgment Day by Harold Camping and thousands of others who follow him.

This unlikely charismatic leader of the Family Radio syndicate has caused genuine fear in the minds of many millions who are terrified they won’t be “raptured” on May 21. They are afraid they will be left behind to experience an enormous worldwide earthquake that is thousands of times more powerful than anything ever experienced.

According to Camping, the day begins a five-month period that will destroy all life on our planet and culminate on Oct. 21, 2011, in the annihilation of the entire universe.

On May 22, Clovice A. Lewis Jr. will deliver a sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Community of Lake County entitled “May 22, 2011 – A Day to Celebrate.”

Lewis passionately repudiates what he says is a “neo-Calvinistic theology of death and self-loathing that has no relevance in the modern era.”

He writes, “My opinion is that if the writers of the Bible knew what we know now about our place in this vast universe, with its statistically uncounted numbers of other life forms – if they knew about the obvious evolutionary processes in the cosmos, its age and composition, and the quirky realities of the quantum realm – then they would have been inspired to create an entirely different kind of theology. I doubt they would concoct a story that is so earth-centered as to predict the destruction of the entire universe on Oct. 21, 2011 simply because we human beings angered God.”

All are invited to join the Unitarian Universalists in what promises to be a “spirited” discussion of the apocalyptic religious mindset. The service starts at 10 a.m. at the Kelseyville Senior Center on 5245 Third St. Childcare is provided and all are welcome.

For more information, call 707-587-4243.