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Punches · 46-50, F
They have been saying "end times" and "rapture" for over 2,000 years now.
Back in the early 90's, they were REALLY convinced that it was the end. Yet here we are.
OH and every time they predict this nons3nse, they have all this evidence that THIS time, it is for real. Just like every other time when the world didn't end. Remember Dec 21 2012 when everyone was scared but that day came and went?
Back in the early 90's, they were REALLY convinced that it was the end. Yet here we are.
OH and every time they predict this nons3nse, they have all this evidence that THIS time, it is for real. Just like every other time when the world didn't end. Remember Dec 21 2012 when everyone was scared but that day came and went?
ElwoodBlues · M
@Punches Some of my favorite Armageddons
An Assyrian clay tablet dating to around 2800 B.C. bears the inscription: “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”
In the Apocrypha it was prophesied that the world would end in 1,000 years. Fanatics all over Europe believed that the Last Judgment was to be expected at Jerusalem on the last day of 999.
In 1213, Innocent III wrote: “A son of perdition has arisen, the false prophet Muhammed, who has seduced many men from the truth by worldly enticements and the pleasures of the flesh… we nevertheless put our trust in the Lord who has already given us a sign that good is to come, that the end of this beast is approaching, whose number, according to the Revelation of Saint John, will end in 666 years, of which already nearly 600 have passed.”
In 1499, the German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Stöffler predicted that a vast flood would engulf the world on February 20, 1524. (His calculations foretold 20 planetary conjunctions during this year—16 of which would take place in a “watery sign,” a.k.a. Pisces.)
In Europe, more than 100 different pamphlets were published endorsing Stöffler’s doomsday prophecy. Business boomed for boat-builders, not least for German nobleman Count von Iggleheim, who constructed a three-story ark on the Rhine.
Although 1524 was a drought year in Europe, a light rain did fall on the designated day. Crowds of people—hoping to gain a seat on Iggleheim’s ark—began to riot. Hundreds were killed and the count was stoned to death.
Stöffler later recalculated the actual date to be 1528, but by then his reputation as a soothsayer had been ruined.
An Assyrian clay tablet dating to around 2800 B.C. bears the inscription: “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”
In the Apocrypha it was prophesied that the world would end in 1,000 years. Fanatics all over Europe believed that the Last Judgment was to be expected at Jerusalem on the last day of 999.
In 1213, Innocent III wrote: “A son of perdition has arisen, the false prophet Muhammed, who has seduced many men from the truth by worldly enticements and the pleasures of the flesh… we nevertheless put our trust in the Lord who has already given us a sign that good is to come, that the end of this beast is approaching, whose number, according to the Revelation of Saint John, will end in 666 years, of which already nearly 600 have passed.”
In 1499, the German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Stöffler predicted that a vast flood would engulf the world on February 20, 1524. (His calculations foretold 20 planetary conjunctions during this year—16 of which would take place in a “watery sign,” a.k.a. Pisces.)
In Europe, more than 100 different pamphlets were published endorsing Stöffler’s doomsday prophecy. Business boomed for boat-builders, not least for German nobleman Count von Iggleheim, who constructed a three-story ark on the Rhine.
Although 1524 was a drought year in Europe, a light rain did fall on the designated day. Crowds of people—hoping to gain a seat on Iggleheim’s ark—began to riot. Hundreds were killed and the count was stoned to death.
Stöffler later recalculated the actual date to be 1528, but by then his reputation as a soothsayer had been ruined.
Punches · 46-50, F
@ElwoodBlues
I cannot even imagine the rioting when it started to, not even rain but drizzle. 😄
How come they keep having to recalculate when the end of the world will be?
MY main lesson that it is all BS was this -
About 1991, these televangelists were pushing the rapture HARD. Jesus would come back maybe 1993, there would be seven years of tribulation, and the world would go kapluey in 2000.
I mean if some man of God was saying this on TV, it must be true?
I asked my dad why people were just living normal lives, like nothing was going to happen. I mean wasn't Jesus going to come back, save the good folk, and send the rest of us to h3ll?
All he said was, "Oh they have been saying that for 2,000 years."
At that point I should have known better. But when he said that, it ended my concerns.
Although 1524 was a drought year in Europe, a light rain did fall on the designated day. Crowds of people—hoping to gain a seat on Iggleheim’s ark—began to riot.
I cannot even imagine the rioting when it started to, not even rain but drizzle. 😄
How come they keep having to recalculate when the end of the world will be?
MY main lesson that it is all BS was this -
About 1991, these televangelists were pushing the rapture HARD. Jesus would come back maybe 1993, there would be seven years of tribulation, and the world would go kapluey in 2000.
I mean if some man of God was saying this on TV, it must be true?
I asked my dad why people were just living normal lives, like nothing was going to happen. I mean wasn't Jesus going to come back, save the good folk, and send the rest of us to h3ll?
All he said was, "Oh they have been saying that for 2,000 years."
At that point I should have known better. But when he said that, it ended my concerns.
Punches · 46-50, F
@walabby I forget the source but supposedly the author of that book thought it would happen between Sept 11th and Sept 13th. It is said that the morning of the 12th, he had pretty much given up hope.
Even before the web, the doomsayers had no problems spreading their word of end times predictions.
About Dec 12 2012 - I was at a friend's house and real close to midnight, had to use the restroom. I was thinking, "Hopefully if the world blows up, it can wait til I am done in here."
Even before the web, the doomsayers had no problems spreading their word of end times predictions.
About Dec 12 2012 - I was at a friend's house and real close to midnight, had to use the restroom. I was thinking, "Hopefully if the world blows up, it can wait til I am done in here."
