Over 1000 years of apocalypticism. Over 1000 years of crap.
992 - End of the world according to Bernard of Thüringen
1524 February 20 - Worldwide deluge according to German astrologer Johann Stoffler (later moved to 1588)
1533 - The Millennium would occur according to Anabaptists
- Return of Christ in Strasbourg according to Melchior Hoffman
1759 - God's anger against the wicked would be demonstrated in 1759 according to Christopher Love
1761 April 5 - destruction of London according to a soldier named Bell
1844 October 22 - Believed to be the return of Jesus Christ by the Millerites
1882 & 1911 - End of the world according to Scottish astrologer Charles Piazzi Smyth based on the calculations of the great pyramid of Giza
1889 March 8 - Christ would return according to Claas Epp, Jr.
1914 - End of the world according to Charles Taze Russell
1919 - Conjunction of 6 planets would make the sun explode, according to meteorologist Albert Porta
1925 - End of the World according to Jehovah's Witnesses
1928 May 29 - End of the world according to The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message by David Davidson and Herbert Aldersmith.
1936 September 6 - End of the world according to George F. Riffel (he later claimed that it had actually predicted the abdication of Edward VIII)
1953 August 29 - End of the world according to the 1940 edition of The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message
1952 - "It's all going to be over" evangelist Billy Graham
1967 December 25 - Nuclear holocaust, according to Anders Jensen of Orthon Disciples
1981 - Kingdom of Heaven according to the Unification Church (rescinded)
1982 - End of the world according to Pat Robertson.
- Jupiter effect, astronomical alignment of planets on the one side of the sun would cause lethal solar flares - according to UK authors John Gribbin and Stephen Plageman
1988 - Rapture according to The Late, Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey
1991 - End of the world (attributed to Mother Shipton)
1992 October 28 - Return of Christ / Rapture (Lee Jan Rim)
1993 November 14 or November 24 - End of the world according to Ukrainian White Brotherhood
1998 May 31 - Rapture according to evangelist Marilyn Agee
July 5 - X-Day according to the Church of the SubGenius
2000 - End of the world according to Jeanne de Roger
2003 May 15 - end of the world according to Pana Wave Laboratory (later changed to May 22)
2006 June 6 - Date predicted by some for being Number of the Beast day (6/06/06)
I give some credit to Hinduism, though. Even if they believe in an "end," they put the date at something like A.D. 428900. Of course, there's obviously some Hindu cults that conveniently put the end of the world in the near future.
Aren't we tired of this bullshit yet?
Melon
992 - End of the world according to Bernard of Thüringen
1524 February 20 - Worldwide deluge according to German astrologer Johann Stoffler (later moved to 1588)
1533 - The Millennium would occur according to Anabaptists
- Return of Christ in Strasbourg according to Melchior Hoffman
1759 - God's anger against the wicked would be demonstrated in 1759 according to Christopher Love
1761 April 5 - destruction of London according to a soldier named Bell
1844 October 22 - Believed to be the return of Jesus Christ by the Millerites
1882 & 1911 - End of the world according to Scottish astrologer Charles Piazzi Smyth based on the calculations of the great pyramid of Giza
1889 March 8 - Christ would return according to Claas Epp, Jr.
1914 - End of the world according to Charles Taze Russell
1919 - Conjunction of 6 planets would make the sun explode, according to meteorologist Albert Porta
1925 - End of the World according to Jehovah's Witnesses
1928 May 29 - End of the world according to The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message by David Davidson and Herbert Aldersmith.
1936 September 6 - End of the world according to George F. Riffel (he later claimed that it had actually predicted the abdication of Edward VIII)
1953 August 29 - End of the world according to the 1940 edition of The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message
1952 - "It's all going to be over" evangelist Billy Graham
1967 December 25 - Nuclear holocaust, according to Anders Jensen of Orthon Disciples
1981 - Kingdom of Heaven according to the Unification Church (rescinded)
1982 - End of the world according to Pat Robertson.
- Jupiter effect, astronomical alignment of planets on the one side of the sun would cause lethal solar flares - according to UK authors John Gribbin and Stephen Plageman
1988 - Rapture according to The Late, Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey
1991 - End of the world (attributed to Mother Shipton)
1992 October 28 - Return of Christ / Rapture (Lee Jan Rim)
1993 November 14 or November 24 - End of the world according to Ukrainian White Brotherhood
1998 May 31 - Rapture according to evangelist Marilyn Agee
July 5 - X-Day according to the Church of the SubGenius
2000 - End of the world according to Jeanne de Roger
2003 May 15 - end of the world according to Pana Wave Laboratory (later changed to May 22)
2006 June 6 - Date predicted by some for being Number of the Beast day (6/06/06)
I give some credit to Hinduism, though. Even if they believe in an "end," they put the date at something like A.D. 428900. Of course, there's obviously some Hindu cults that conveniently put the end of the world in the near future.
Aren't we tired of this bullshit yet?
Melon