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Opening Arguments

The end is . . .oh, never mind

The disaster film "2012," based on all the hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, prompted this, 10 end-of-the-world predictions that, well, didn't turn out. I call your attention to this one, since Pat is still around and apparently not even a little bit embarrassed at having been so wrong:

In May 1980, televangelist and Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson startled and alarmed many when — contrary to Matthew 24:36 ("No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven...") he informed his "700 Club" TV show audience around the world that he knew when the world would end. "I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world," Robertson said.

On the other hand, perhaps there was a judgment on the world at the end of 1982, which could explain the state we're in now. The story also lists Y2K, the Hale-Bopp comet and a Nostradamus quatrain that supposedly put the end in the year 1999. It is strangely silent, however, on global climate change, so maybe I should start paying more attention to Al Gore.

Posted in: Religion, Science
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