At least Camping's followers had the courage of their convictions even if they were misguided. Theres an awful lot of christians who are into this at the moment (just view the you tube vids and the comments following) who seem to believe that events in this month, (blood moon tetrads etc) signal the coming of Armaggedon. Doubt if many of them would be so sure to part with their wordly goods.
Svejk
The bookies bets are on how the world will end not when!
Range from 11 -1 Ice Age to 1,000 to 1 eaten by Zombies !
http://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/novelty-bets/end-of-the-world
It is a win / win for them as the bets are void after May 2016 and of course they will not be around to pay out if the bet comes up!