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10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Benjamin Radford
Date: 04 November 2009 Time: 03:23 AM ET
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Comets feature prominently in at least a couple notable doomsday scenarios. In fact nature may eventually destroy us with an icy space rock, but so far none of the predictions related to comets or any other doomsday prognostications have come true.
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With the upcoming disaster film "2012" and the current hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in context.
Most prophets of doom come from a religious perspective, though the secular crowd has caused its share of scares as well. One thing the doomsday scenarios tend to share in common: They don't come to pass.
[The Draw of Doomsday: Why People Look Forward to the End]
Here are 10 that didn't pan out, so far:
The Prophet Hen of Leeds, 1806
History has countless examples of people who have proclaimed that the return of Jesus Christ is imminent, but perhaps there has never been a stranger messenger than a hen in the English town of Leeds in 1806. It seems that a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" was written. As news of this miracle spread, many people became convinced that doomsday was at hand — until a curious local actually watched the hen laying one of the prophetic eggs and discovered someone had hatched a hoax.
[End of the World? Top Doomsday Fears]
The Millerites, April 23, 1843
A New England farmer named William Miller, after several years of very careful study of his Bible, concluded that God's chosen time to destroy the world could be divined from a strict literal interpretation of scripture. As he explained to anyone who would listen, the world would end some time between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844. He preached and published enough to eventually lead thousands of followers (known as Millerites) who decided that the actual date was April 23, 1843. Many sold or gave away their possessions, assuming they would not be needed; though when April 23 arrived (but Jesus didn't) the group eventually disbanded—some of them forming what is now the Seventh Day Adventists.
Mormon Armageddon, 1891 or earlier
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, called a meeting of his church leaders in February 1835 to tell them that he had spoken to God recently, and during their conversation he learned that Jesus would return within the next 56 years, after which the End Times would begin promptly.
Halley's Comet, 1910
In 1881, an astronomer discovered through spectral analysis that comet tails include a deadly gas called cyanogen (related, as the name imples, to cyanide). This was of only passing interest until someone realized that Earth would pass through the tail of Halley's comet in 1910. Would everyone on the planet be bathed in deadly toxic gas? That was the speculation reprinted on the front pages of "The New York Times" and other newspapers, resulting in a widespread panic across the United States and abroad. Finally even-headed scientists explained that there was nothing to fear.
Pat Robertson, 1982
In May 1980, televangelist and Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson startled and alarmed many when — contrary to Matthew 24:36 ("No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven...") he informed his "700 Club" TV show audience around the world that he knew when the world would end. "I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world," Robertson said.
Heaven's Gate, 1997
When comet Hale-Bopp appeared in 1997, rumors surfaced that an alien spacecraft was following the comet — covered up, of course, by NASA and the astronomical community. Though the claim was refuted by astronomers (and could be refuted by anyone with a good telescope), the rumors were publicized on Art Bell's paranormal radio talk show "Coast to Coast AM." These claims inspired a San Diego UFO cult named Heaven's Gate to conclude that the world would end soon. The world did indeed end for 39 of the cult members, who committed suicide on March 26, 1997.
Nostradamus, August 1999
The heavily obfuscated and metaphorical writings of Michel de Nostrdame have intrigued people for over 400 years. His writings, the accuracy of which relies heavily upon very flexible interpretations, have been translated and re-translated in dozens of different versions. One of the most famous quatrains read, "The year 1999, seventh month / From the sky will come great king of terror." Many Nostradamus devotees grew concerned that this was the famed prognosticator's vision of Armageddon.
Y2K, Jan. 1, 2000
As the last century drew to a close, many people grew concerned that computers might bring about doomsday. The problem, first noted in the early 1970s, was that many computers would not be able to tell the difference between 2000 and 1900 dates. No one was really sure what that would do, but many suggested catastrophic problems ranging from vast blackouts to nuclear holocaust. Gun sales jumped and survivalists prepared to live in bunkers, but the new millennium began with only a few glitches.
May 5, 2000
In case the Y2K bug didn't do us in, global catastrophe was assured by Richard Noone, author of the 1997 book "5/5/2000 Ice: the Ultimate Disaster." According to Noone, the Antarctic ice mass would be three miles thick by May 5, 2000 — a date in which the planets would be aligned in the heavens, somehow resulting in a global icy death (or at least a lot of book sales). Perhaps global warming kept the ice age at bay.
God's Church Ministry, Fall 2008
According to God's Church minister Ronald Weinland, the end times are upon us-- again. His 2006 book "2008: God's Final Witness" states that hundreds of millions of people will die, and by the end of 2006, "there will be a maximum time of two years remaining before the world will be plunged into the worst time of all human history. By the fall of 2008, the United States will have collapsed as a world power, and no longer exist as an independent nation." As the book notes, "Ronald Weinland places his reputation on the line as the end-time prophet of God."
Benjamin Radford is managing editor of the Skeptical Inquirer science magazine. His books, films, and other projects can be found on his website. His Bad Science column appears regularly on LiveScience.
So, as you can see by the information above there are many many false date settings that have happened over the years.
None of which came true.
This is cause all of them misintrepreted the Bible, to suit their own means as do many false teachers, of many false religions, and cults today.
One day,the rapture will take place,but it will in God's timing,not on some radom time frame that someone else has set up for him.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
False Teacher Proven Wrong Again?
Harold Camping predicted the date from Rapture to be today at 6 pm.
He was wrong in 1994, 1998, and multiple other times in the past, when he predicted a date for this. Yet, he still had many followers in the past, and still does now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110521/sc_livescience/norapturenojudgmentmay21doomsdaypredictionfails;
"Are you relieved or disappointed? Doomsday came and went without a peep, as May 21 failed to bring about earthquakes, a rapture or the mass excavation of all the world's dead.
The rumor that May 21 would kick off the end of the world was started and propagated by Harold Camping, the president of the Oakland, Calif.-based Christian radio broadcasting network Family Radio. Camping, who also made a failed doomsday prediction in 1994, had claimed that his mathematical interpretation of the Bible pointed to May 21 as the day of the rapture. Earthquakes were supposed to shake the globe, throwing the dead from their graves as believers' souls ascended to heaven. Five months later, on Oct. 21, 2011, the universe was supposed to end.
Camping has not commented publically on the failed prediction.
Camping is far from the first doomsayer to falsely predict the end of the world. In fact, doomsday experts say that a belief in the end is comforting to some people who see the world as irredeemably evil."
The website source include in this blog post tonight,shows how once again he was proven wrong.
The above paragraph in quotation marks shows some of the article about that false prediction reactions on the website that already show as a source on this topic.
Why are people so surprised about this?
What do his followers think of him now?
He is obviously a false teacher.
No amount of time,math,etc. will help him, or any one else for that matter figure out the day,week,month,year,minute,hour,or day of the rapture.
Only God knows when the rapture will take place!
It is because of false teachers like, this Camping man, that people will continue to make fun of the rapture, and deny that it will ever happen at all.
Others will continue to predict dates, and there predictions will proven wrong too.
So,stop listening to false teachers people!
Listen to what God has to say in the Bible instead!
There are no math calculations,formulas, or so called codes within the Bible.
The Bible has no hidden messages.
So Read it today!
Apply what you read to your life from the Bible!
Don't follow after false teachers.
This will get you no where soon,by following after date setters.
Believe God!
Take his Word for it,as it is!
Rapture takes place in God's timing!
He was wrong in 1994, 1998, and multiple other times in the past, when he predicted a date for this. Yet, he still had many followers in the past, and still does now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110521/sc_livescience/norapturenojudgmentmay21doomsdaypredictionfails;
"Are you relieved or disappointed? Doomsday came and went without a peep, as May 21 failed to bring about earthquakes, a rapture or the mass excavation of all the world's dead.
The rumor that May 21 would kick off the end of the world was started and propagated by Harold Camping, the president of the Oakland, Calif.-based Christian radio broadcasting network Family Radio. Camping, who also made a failed doomsday prediction in 1994, had claimed that his mathematical interpretation of the Bible pointed to May 21 as the day of the rapture. Earthquakes were supposed to shake the globe, throwing the dead from their graves as believers' souls ascended to heaven. Five months later, on Oct. 21, 2011, the universe was supposed to end.
Camping has not commented publically on the failed prediction.
Camping is far from the first doomsayer to falsely predict the end of the world. In fact, doomsday experts say that a belief in the end is comforting to some people who see the world as irredeemably evil."
The website source include in this blog post tonight,shows how once again he was proven wrong.
The above paragraph in quotation marks shows some of the article about that false prediction reactions on the website that already show as a source on this topic.
Why are people so surprised about this?
What do his followers think of him now?
He is obviously a false teacher.
No amount of time,math,etc. will help him, or any one else for that matter figure out the day,week,month,year,minute,hour,or day of the rapture.
Only God knows when the rapture will take place!
It is because of false teachers like, this Camping man, that people will continue to make fun of the rapture, and deny that it will ever happen at all.
Others will continue to predict dates, and there predictions will proven wrong too.
So,stop listening to false teachers people!
Listen to what God has to say in the Bible instead!
There are no math calculations,formulas, or so called codes within the Bible.
The Bible has no hidden messages.
So Read it today!
Apply what you read to your life from the Bible!
Don't follow after false teachers.
This will get you no where soon,by following after date setters.
Believe God!
Take his Word for it,as it is!
Rapture takes place in God's timing!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Math Does Not Prove A Date for the Rapture
When will people wake up to the truth about the rapture?
It takes place after the dead in Christ rise from the dead,and since we do not know when this will happen,we do not know the day of the week,month,year, or hour it will take place.
Besides,even the Bible itself does not give the exact date of the rapture like some man named Camping is trying to claim, or like a lady elsewhere says.
Math calculations do not give us answers about the rapture.
The truth is that the rapture takes place in God's timing!
So wake up to reality! Wake up to the truth people!
It takes place after the dead in Christ rise from the dead,and since we do not know when this will happen,we do not know the day of the week,month,year, or hour it will take place.
Besides,even the Bible itself does not give the exact date of the rapture like some man named Camping is trying to claim, or like a lady elsewhere says.
Math calculations do not give us answers about the rapture.
The truth is that the rapture takes place in God's timing!
So wake up to reality! Wake up to the truth people!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Ugh! Rapture Date Prediction Again!
* Every year some predicts the date for the rapture again.
-Each time the person says to know the month,day, and year of this!
- This is impossible for someone to really know this.
-Some predictors of the past claimed the knew this from math equations they got from the Bible. -What?
-Where?
_ I do not notice this at all.
_Others say if you have enough faith the answer to the date of rapture will come to you.
**The Truth is...
_No man knows the date of rapture, or ever will be able to know it.
-Only God knows when it will take place.
_It will happen in God's timing.
-The Bible calls these predictors false teachers, false prophets,wolves,and deceivers.
* Now the New Year of 2011 has only recently started and already a date has been predicted once again as to the rapture's exact timing.
-By whom?
- a woman,named Marie Exley,who claims she know this will be in May of this year.
-She even goes so far to say it is the 21st of May.
-claims that Bible teaches this is the date for it to take place
-What Bible?
_she never says what passage she supposedly found this in
_ or which part of the Bible it is in,Old or New Testament
**More Truth-Marie Exley is a fraud.
-Do not listen to her date predictions.
-They are opposed to what the Bible really says.
_She is not to be trusted.
_ She is wrong.
****The Bible never contradicts itself.
"Beware, for many anti-christ have gone into the world.." -warning from John and Colossians
-Each time the person says to know the month,day, and year of this!
- This is impossible for someone to really know this.
-Some predictors of the past claimed the knew this from math equations they got from the Bible. -What?
-Where?
_ I do not notice this at all.
_Others say if you have enough faith the answer to the date of rapture will come to you.
**The Truth is...
_No man knows the date of rapture, or ever will be able to know it.
-Only God knows when it will take place.
_It will happen in God's timing.
-The Bible calls these predictors false teachers, false prophets,wolves,and deceivers.
* Now the New Year of 2011 has only recently started and already a date has been predicted once again as to the rapture's exact timing.
-By whom?
- a woman,named Marie Exley,who claims she know this will be in May of this year.
-She even goes so far to say it is the 21st of May.
-claims that Bible teaches this is the date for it to take place
-What Bible?
_she never says what passage she supposedly found this in
_ or which part of the Bible it is in,Old or New Testament
**More Truth-Marie Exley is a fraud.
-Do not listen to her date predictions.
-They are opposed to what the Bible really says.
_She is not to be trusted.
_ She is wrong.
****The Bible never contradicts itself.
"Beware, for many anti-christ have gone into the world.." -warning from John and Colossians
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Lost People Anti-Pre Tribulation Rapture & So Are the Backsildden Christians
The only reason lost people are against the pre-tribulation rapture is because they...
1. Do not want to accept Jesus as their personal LORD and Savior,and they do not want to be have to be judged by God during the tribulation period by themselves.
2. They know the rapture will mean that a lot of their relatives,acquaintances,friends,co-workers,etc. will be gone
3. They know the Holy Spirit will be gone out of the world after the rapture takes place.
4. Ultimately they are afraid of what happens as a result of the rapture
5. They are afraid to face the future of the tribulation period on their own
6. They are afraid of being separated from loved ones
The only others who are against the rapture being before the tribulation period are the backslidden people...
1. They are miserable because they no longer serve God.
2. They are worried that God will be angry with them for neglecting to do what is right in his sight.
3. They do not want their loved ones to be left behind,but are not willing to speak up about God to them,for fear of being called a hypocrite.
4. They are afraid of being caught doing something wrong at the time of the rapture,but do not want to what is right by God either. They enjoy fitting in with the popular crowd,while being cowards-little Christians-that are not growing in the LORD at all.
5. They think if they teach something contrary to the Bible about the rapture,they can somehow make God change his mind about when it will be.
6. They are having fun in thier sin and avoiding the repentance that leads to their joy in the LORD being renewed, restored to them.
1. Do not want to accept Jesus as their personal LORD and Savior,and they do not want to be have to be judged by God during the tribulation period by themselves.
2. They know the rapture will mean that a lot of their relatives,acquaintances,friends,co-workers,etc. will be gone
3. They know the Holy Spirit will be gone out of the world after the rapture takes place.
4. Ultimately they are afraid of what happens as a result of the rapture
5. They are afraid to face the future of the tribulation period on their own
6. They are afraid of being separated from loved ones
The only others who are against the rapture being before the tribulation period are the backslidden people...
1. They are miserable because they no longer serve God.
2. They are worried that God will be angry with them for neglecting to do what is right in his sight.
3. They do not want their loved ones to be left behind,but are not willing to speak up about God to them,for fear of being called a hypocrite.
4. They are afraid of being caught doing something wrong at the time of the rapture,but do not want to what is right by God either. They enjoy fitting in with the popular crowd,while being cowards-little Christians-that are not growing in the LORD at all.
5. They think if they teach something contrary to the Bible about the rapture,they can somehow make God change his mind about when it will be.
6. They are having fun in thier sin and avoiding the repentance that leads to their joy in the LORD being renewed, restored to them.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Date of Rapture?: Only God Knows This for Sure!
Many people try to play guessing games when it comes to the rapture.
They try to predict a certain day of the week,month,year,and time of day for it.
However,the Bible warns against such people.
In fact these people are called false teachers,prophets,and liars!
The truth of the matter is that only God knows the exact day,month,year,and time of day that the rapture will take place!
No angels know when it will be.
No people know when.
Only God does!
The only hint about the timing of it from the Bible is the tribulation takes place after the rapture of the church.
This is found in I Thessalonians,in I Corinthians,and various other places in the Bible.
Also,no matter how popular,or unpopular a pre-tribulation rapture may be, God still teaches in his word that the rapture is pre-tribulation so there!
In Romans there is a verse that says "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
This means that God does not condemn-or have those who accepted him-Jesus Christ as personal LORD and Savior, to hell,the great white throne judgment, the lake of fire,or the tribulation period.
The Tribulation period is judgment only on the lost souls/lost people who rejected Christ all thier lives who did not die before the rapture,so they will be left behind when the rapture takes place,and will suffer the wrath of God,while those in the church-those who did accept Jesus as LORD and Saviour,will be gone to heaven by then(either due to dying physically and going there,or being part of those on the earth who were raptured before the tribulation.)
The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is Coming in God's Timing Not Man's!
No man can predict the accurate date for this,so why try too?
They try to predict a certain day of the week,month,year,and time of day for it.
However,the Bible warns against such people.
In fact these people are called false teachers,prophets,and liars!
The truth of the matter is that only God knows the exact day,month,year,and time of day that the rapture will take place!
No angels know when it will be.
No people know when.
Only God does!
The only hint about the timing of it from the Bible is the tribulation takes place after the rapture of the church.
This is found in I Thessalonians,in I Corinthians,and various other places in the Bible.
Also,no matter how popular,or unpopular a pre-tribulation rapture may be, God still teaches in his word that the rapture is pre-tribulation so there!
In Romans there is a verse that says "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
This means that God does not condemn-or have those who accepted him-Jesus Christ as personal LORD and Savior, to hell,the great white throne judgment, the lake of fire,or the tribulation period.
The Tribulation period is judgment only on the lost souls/lost people who rejected Christ all thier lives who did not die before the rapture,so they will be left behind when the rapture takes place,and will suffer the wrath of God,while those in the church-those who did accept Jesus as LORD and Saviour,will be gone to heaven by then(either due to dying physically and going there,or being part of those on the earth who were raptured before the tribulation.)
The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is Coming in God's Timing Not Man's!
No man can predict the accurate date for this,so why try too?
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Rapture still to come no matter what anyone says or thinks
The rapture did not happen yesterday, or this morning,but it still to come! When, the scoffers, might say... In God's Timing! That is when! It is true,the rapture will indeed come in God's Timing,when people least expect it too it will take place!
It is an event that no one can stop!
It is an event to prepare for if you have not already.
Prepare for the rapture!
Accept Jesus Christ as your Personal LORD and Savior before it's to late! No time like the present to get this taken care of!
Accept Jesus Christ now!
Accept him while you still can!
Prepare for the rapture to come!
Prepare!
Be ready!
When the rapture happens,hope you are ready!
I know I am ready!
No one else knows when the rapture will be!
Only God knows when this big event will take place!
Be ready, for the day,and hour will come that no man,woman,child, or teenager,will be able to get ready anymore!
Someday the rapture will happen!
Do not put accepting Jesus off any longer procrastinators!
Accept Jesus Chris t this very moment in time!
Make sure you are ready!
Are you ready for the rapture?
Are you 100% prepared for the rapture to take place when God wants it too?
Make sure you are !
Make sure!
Be sure!
Be 100% ready for this!
Doubt no more!
Be sure!
Be sure!
It is an event that no one can stop!
It is an event to prepare for if you have not already.
Prepare for the rapture!
Accept Jesus Christ as your Personal LORD and Savior before it's to late! No time like the present to get this taken care of!
Accept Jesus Christ now!
Accept him while you still can!
Prepare for the rapture to come!
Prepare!
Be ready!
When the rapture happens,hope you are ready!
I know I am ready!
No one else knows when the rapture will be!
Only God knows when this big event will take place!
Be ready, for the day,and hour will come that no man,woman,child, or teenager,will be able to get ready anymore!
Someday the rapture will happen!
Do not put accepting Jesus off any longer procrastinators!
Accept Jesus Chris t this very moment in time!
Make sure you are ready!
Are you ready for the rapture?
Are you 100% prepared for the rapture to take place when God wants it too?
Make sure you are !
Make sure!
Be sure!
Be 100% ready for this!
Doubt no more!
Be sure!
Be sure!
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