-Caveat Lector-
Jeez, all the Millerites did in 1843 (not certain of the date), when their
leader's prophecies of the Second Coming failed, was to go off and found the
Seventh-Day Adventist church! (Their prophet, William Miller, instructed
them to go up on their rooftops dressed in white gowns to await the Rapture.
The first time, they waited for something like three days; then he
recalibrated his timeline, and they tried again, obviously without result.
After the third failure, Miller wandered off in disgrace, and some of his
followers wound up founding the Adventist church. Needless to say, the
Adventists are NOT very fond of this part of their history...)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MICHAEL SPITZER [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 8:29 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] 9/9/99 Cultists Murdered Amid Doomsday No-Show (fwd)
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> From:
>
> http://news.excite.com/news/r/990913/08/odd-indonesia-cult
>
>
> Cultists Killed Amid Doomsday No-Show
>
> Updated 8:01 AM ET September 13, 1999
>
> JAKARTA (Reuters) - Three Indonesian cult members were beaten to
> death by fellow cultists when the 9/9/99 doomsday prediction
> failed to materialize, the Jakarta Post said Monday.
> Like many cults across the country, members were told to prepare
> for the end of the world at 9 a.m. on September 9. They sold
> their personal possessions and for nine days before the big day,
> locked themselves up in their homes.
>
> When nothing happened, the cult members lost control, the
> newspaper said.
>
> "The members were really mad," said Saadi Arsam, village chief of
> Sukmajaya, east Java.
>
> Police are investigating.
>
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