Guest guest Posted October 29, 1998 Report Share Posted October 29, 1998 More famous cases from Nikhila s library of soothsayer celebrities : 5. Famous Christian cult leader Montanus announced in the second half of the second century the coming end of the world. The heavenly jerusalem would soon manifest in between two villages in Phrygia, in Greece. thousands of Christians came there expectantly. When nothing happened they went back home. 6. Pope Sylvester prayed with trembling hands on the evenning of 31st Dec 999 in Rome before a huge crowd. he expected the end of the world for midnight. When the sun rose everyone felt relieved. The pope said " It is the prayer that saved us fom the disaster." Obviously. Hallelujah ! 7. Several astrologers in London announced doomsday for the 1st of feb 1524. This time it was going to be final. 20.000 people left the town and climved the nearby hills to be nearer to God. In the morning they returned. 8. The American baptist preacher William Miller calculated from infos in the Bible that doomsday would come either in 1843 or for sure in 1844. When the world still turned in 1845 he proclaimed that with 1843 actually the beginning of the Christians purification commenced. Since that year there exists the religion of the Adventists and a new doomsday date : 1999. Hosianna ! 9. Jove's witnesses announced after about a dozen of failed doomsday dates that in the year 1975 it would now definitely be going to happen ( Magazine "Awake " no 8 of 22th Apr 1967 ). However since 1976 they concluded that the "end of the system " is a process which may take an indefinitely long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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