I know about one of those. 1848: Some preachers did some math based on Daniel and made some assumptions that they probably wouldn't have had they bothered to look up the Jewish ritual being referenced. People believed them and did stuff like sell off everything they owned. We call it the 'Great Disappointment'. There's actually a passage in Revelation that talks about it. It was after that that people started studying the Bible for themselves instead of just believing everything the preacher man said. That's how my denomination got started.
As for 2000, there were plenty of people who said that was when Christ was coming back. I think it just wasn't as big a deal because there are so few Christians these days and even in the church there were plenty of us who thought that idea was ludicrous. That whole year I couldn't get through a week without someone telling me it was just around the corner. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Roberts [mailto:ow...@threeravensconsulting.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:00 AM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Forget 2012. BP's gonna kill us all before Christmas! 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:322972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
