Editing List of predicted dates for the end of the world

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The end of the world has been predicted many times. To date, every prediction has been wrong.

* '''1st or 2nd century CE''': Numerous passages in the [[Bible]] predict that the [[Second coming]] will occur within the lifetime of [[Jesus]]' disciples.
* '''Jan. 1 1000''': Coinciding with the early [[crusade]]s, many Christians believed this would be the end of the world. This could have been far worse than the [[Y2K]] computer problems, if mass communication had existed and more people actually knew what day of the year it was.
* '''1284''': [[Pope Innocent III]] added 666 years to the date Islam was founded.
* '''1794''': [[Charles Wesley]] one of the founders of [[Methodism]], used Revelations to predict the end times.
* '''1806''': [[The Prophet Hen of Leeds]] a hoax involving a chicken laying eggs that said "Christ is coming". 
* '''1832''': [[Joseph Smith]] founder of the [[Mormon]]s included a prediction in his writings.
* '''1850''': [[Ellen White]] founder of the [[Seven Day Adventist]]s made several predictions about the end of times.
* '''1936 or maybe 1998''': [[Edgar Cayce]], born in 1877 received message in a trance from the “Source”. His end time prophecies involved Atlantis reappearing, the West Coast of the United States falling away, Japan sinking and earthquakes in South America. 
* '''1947''': [[Herbert W. Armstrong]] founded the [[Worldwide Church of God]]. He created the “[[Plain Truth]]” magazine extolling his personal version of Christianity. He never choose a specific date, but taught extensively of Armageddon and the coming of Jesus. A controversial figure, he died in 1986. The church he left behind is now considered  mainstream.
* '''[[Jim Bakker]]''': began a television ministry, The [[Praise The Lord Club]], claiming that it would broadcast twenty-four hour Christian television until the return of Jesus Christ. He set the mold for much of Christian TV to follow. In 1988 he was charged with fraud for illegal fund raising for a theme park called Heritage USA. 
* '''Sep. 13, 1988''': In his book ''[[88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988]]'', [[Edgar Whisenant]] predicted that the [[Rapture]] would occur between Sep. 11 and Sep. 13, 1988.
* '''1994''': [[Harold Camping]]
* '''May 21, 2011''': Harold Camping
* '''2006''': [[Michael Drosnin]] has written software, available on the Internet, that draws words out of the Bible by selecting letters according to formulas. He claims to have found predictions for 9/11, Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination and the end of days. 
* '''2006''': [[Shoko Asahara]], an acupuncturist from 1980 mixed Eastern and Western traditions including Nostradamus and claimed he conversed with people from the future (for him then, that was 2006). They told him WW III was coming. His followers somehow figured it was best to bring these predictions into reality, so they released Sarin nerve gas into the Tokyou subway system on March 20, 1995. 
* '''Oct. 21, 2011''': Harold Camping
* '''7 October, 2015''': [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/christian-group-doomsday-prediction-adjustment-ebible-fellowship Chris McCann of the eBible fellowship]

== See Also ==
* [[Rapture]]
* [[Omphalism]]
* [[Apocalypse]]
* [[Second coming]]
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfulfilled_Christian_religious_predictions Unfulfilled Christian Religious Predictions on Wikipedia]
*[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/ Apocalypse! on PBS Frontline]
*[http://alma-geddon.com/ Alma-Geddon]
*[http://www.abhota.info/end1.htm A Brief History of the Apocalypse]
*[http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm 46 failed end-of-the-world predictions] on [[Religious Tolerance]].

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