Same thing happens at the turn of just about every century. There was a Christian fundamentalist movement that thought the end of the world was going to happen in 1800, then again in 1850, then again in 1900...I think they finally gave up after the 3rd time didn't come to pass.
-----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:h...@ilsweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:24 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Forget 2012. BP's gonna kill us all before Christmas! On 7/13/2010 8:07 AM, Sisk, Kris wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/12/methane_bubble_of_doom/ > > Bit of amusing junk science and conspiracy theory. Good for a laugh > though. > > On a related note, have people always been convinced the world was going > to end tomorrow and I've just never noticed till now or is it a recent > trend? Not recent at all. If you enjoy history, look up some accounts on how many people gave up *everything* they posses, convinced that the world would not exist after the year 1000. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322967 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
