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Predictions of apocalyptic events that will result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the Common Era. [1] Most predictions are related to Abrahamic religions, often standing for or similar to the eschatological events described in their ...
2000 Frank Cherry: Founder of the Black Hebrew Israelite religion, who predicted the end would occur in A.D. 2000. [38] Ed Dobson: This pastor predicted the end would occur in his book The End: Why Jesus Could Return by A.D. 2000. [39] Timothy Dwight IV: This President of Yale University foresaw Christ's Millennium starting by 2000. [2]: 81 ...
Computerworld ' s 1993 three-page "Doomsday 2000" article by Peter de Jager was called "the information-age equivalent of the midnight ride of Paul Revere" by The New York Times. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The problem was the subject of the early book Computers in Crisis by Jerome and Marilyn Murray (Petrocelli, 1984; reissued by McGraw-Hill under the ...
Heading into a new millennium on the eve of Jan. 1, 2000, there were a lot of predictions as to where the United States was headed. Here's how they turned out.
The year 2000 was settled on as the final, compelling date for the sect's predictions of the apocalypse. [8] In 1992 the group was ordered out of Rwashamaire by village elders, and moved to Kanungu District, where Mwerinde's father offered an extensive property for their use. [9] The next year the group's school was closed due to a measles ...
The Times for 29 June 2000 reported that "The revelation on Monday that there were no doomsday predictions has provoked angry reactions from the Portuguese church over the decision to keep the prophecy secret for half a century". [29]
And while such doomsday predictions may sound like something most likely to be found in a sci-fi novel or dystopian film, the Turkish-Iranian economist has been accurate with his extreme calls before.
The failure of Russell's prediction did not significantly alter the movement's short-term, date-focused orientation. In early 1881 Russell asserted that 1878 had, indeed, been a milestone year, marking the point at which "the nominal Christian churches were cast off from God's favor".