The emergence of a 2012 film based on the prediction of the Mayan calendar end of the world make a lot of people talk about the last days. Many who consider the prediction error. However, there is also a little trust. However, predictions of doom turned out that most come from religious backgrounds have often expressed. Ten of them-which later proved to miss-is:

1. Chicken Astrologer of Leeds, 1806

History records many of which declared that the era marked the end was coming with the arrival of the prophet. However, perhaps “prophet” of the strangest was a chicken laying of the City of Leeds, UK, 1806. Chicken was originally thought to produce eggs that reads “Christ will come”. As news spread of this miracle, many people believed that the end was coming, so a curious residents watched the end when the egg-laying chickens and watched swindler who wrote that sentence.

2. The Millerite, 23 April 1843

A New England farmer named William Miller, after several years of studying the Bible, concluded that the time chosen by God to destroy the world can be inferred from a literal interpretation of scripture. He explained this to anyone that the world would end between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844. He preached and published quite a lot and led thousands of people (who called the Millerite) who believed that the date would end the 23 April 1843. Many were sold or donated all his possessions because they believe they no longer needed, but when April 23 comes (but Jesus did not come) so that the group was disbanded, and some of them form a movement that until now known as the Church of Seventh-day Adventist (Seventh Day Adventist).

3. Armageddon / Apocalypse of Mormon, 1891 or earlier

Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, the church held a meeting in February 1835 to tell him that he spoke to God. During that conversation, Smith admitted that Jesus will return in the next 56 years, and then the end times will soon begin.

4. Halley’s Comet, 1910

In 1881, an astronomer, from the spectral analysis, found that the comet tails contain a deadly gas called cyanogen (the origin of the word cyanide). This was not too interesting until someone realized that cross the earth will intersect with the tail of Halley’s comet in 1910. Would the planet’s surface would be covered by the poisonous gas? That speculation is printed on the front page of The New York Times and several other newspapers, which caused widespread panic across the U.S. and other countries. Finally, the scientists coolly explained that it was not worth worrying about.

5. Pat Robertson, 1982

May 1980, televangelists and Christian Coalition founder, Pat Robertson, startling and scaring a lot of people when he stated in his TV show, “700 Club”, to viewers around the world that he knows when the world will end (although the Bible itself in Matthew 24:36 about the Resurrection declared “About the day and at that time no one knows, not even the angels in heaven do not know”). “I guarantee that in the year 1982 there will be judgments of the world,” said Robertson.

6. Heaven’s Gate, 1997

When comet Hale-Bopp appeared in 1997, came rumors that an alien aircraft that was following the comet. It was covered by NASA and the astronomy community. Although the allegations were denied by the astronomers (and can anyone argue with a good telescope), this issue could broadcast the radio show “Coast to Coast AM” Art Bell hosted and paranormal themes. These allegations inspired a cult of believers UFO (Unidentified flying object that is considered an alien aircraft) in San Diego calling itself Heaven’s Gate to believe that the world will end soon. The world was ending for the 39 cult members who committed suicide on March 26, 1997.

7. Nostradamus, in August 1999

Paper Michel de Nostradame a very confusing and metaphorical has attracted the attention of many people for over 400 years. The writing, the accuracy is highly dependent on a highly flexible interpretation, has been re-translated and translated in dozens of different versions. One of the articles mentioned line, “In 1999, the seventh month / From the sky came a great king of terror.” Many followers of Nostradamus became upset because she thought that this was the vision of the famous seer of the Apocalypse.

8. Y2K, January 1, 2000

As the last century is almost over, many people worried that computers would lead to an end. The problem, known since 1970, is that many computers would not be able to distinguish between the years 2000 and 1900. No one knows exactly what effects, but many are expected to be a disaster, ranging from light mass die until a nuclear explosion. Increased arms sales and getting people to survive in a bunker. But in fact, not many errors occur when the new millennium begins.

9. May 5, 2000

If it was not Y2K error occurs, then the global disaster is guaranteed to happen by Richard No one, author of the book 5/5/2000 Ice: The Ultimate Disaster in 1997. According to No one, the mass of ice in Antarctica will be 3 miles thick on May 5, 2000, a date that also coincides with the parallel of the planets in the solar system, which somehow will lead to a fatal global freezing. Date passed and the earth has not frozen, but the book was actually “hot” in the market. It is also possible, prevent the recurrence of global warming ice age.

10. God’s Church Ministry, autumn 2008

According to the minister of God’s Church, Ronald Weinland, the end times have arrived, again. His book in 2006, 2008: God’s Final Witness, show that hundreds of millions of people will die, and at the end of 2006, “the longest 2 years left before the world was experiencing the worst time in human history. In the fall of 2008, America will fall as a powerful country , and never will be again an independent state, “and the book was also noted,” Ronald Weinland its reputation as the end-time prophet of God. ”

ten predictions that did not happen, so it’s good we did not worry too much about the end-time prophecy in 2012. Are not many posts mentioning that no one will know the time?