Judgment Day Billboards From California to Iraq

Canoga Park, Calif.

Using an expression most commonly associated with weddings certainly grabs your attention when paired with the words, “Return of Christ.” It also puts high gas prices in perspective.
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Cambridge, Mass.

The juxtaposition of typical billboard images (such as the woman on the right) with the “Judgment Day May 21” message adds to their odd mystique. The clouds in this photo were clearly Photoshopped in, but nonetheless provide an appropriately ominous feel.

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Lebanon

Family Radio kept the message simple in Lebanon. Just May 21.

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Basra, Iraq

Iraq got a double billboard warning.
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Bhimavaram, India

Michael Garcia, special projects coordinator for Family Radio, estimates that the organization placed about 200 billboards in India. Here, a billboard at a bus stop.
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Nawojowska, Poland

“Better than buying Mercedes and gold watches, we’re warning people about what’s coming to this land,” Family Radio billboard coordinator Garcia explained when asked why he felt it was important to invest large amounts of money—and time—to warn people across the world of the coming apocalypse.
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Wegierska, Poland

Family Radio’s big buy of 3,000 to 4,000 billboards across the world is more common for a major brand like McDonald’s than a religious group, said Stephan Freitas of the Outdoor Advertising Association. Here, in Poland, the billboards go head-to-head.
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Chingola, Zambia

The lack of Internet access in parts of Africa did not stop Family Radio’s efforts. Here billboards encourage people to write for free information.
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Nebraska

Back in the United States, the end of the world competes for attention with a furniture outlet ... which is hiring.

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Chicago

Just when you thought you’d seen the word awesome used in every possible way ... Family Radio takes it in a new direction.
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Columbus, Ohio

On a handful of billboards, Family Radio also experimented with a more elegant font to get the message out.
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