End of the world and life altering events have been going on for centuries. Just since 1960 (when I was born) there have been dozens and dozens. Jeanne Dixon thought a planetary alignment in 1962 would destroy the planet. Jim Jones led his followers to death because he was sure a nuclear holocaust was coming in 1967. Charles Manson, in 1969, was sure a race war was going to kick off that would wipe out most of the people in this country. David Berg was sure a comet passing was heralding the end of the world in 1974. Louis Farrakhan was certain, in 1991, that the first Gulf war was the biblical War of Armageddon. Y2k brought the doomsayers out of the wood work. How about those jazzy Taiwanese, the True Way that was sure God was coming back on 3/25/88 to pass judgement on us. Oh ,by the way, he would look just like their leader. Harold Camping has calculated and recalculated the end of the world a number of times. How about the Mayan Calendar end of the world on 12/21/12?
Every time we get a new president since the 1980’s (and maybe before) everyone was certain that was a sign of the end of times.
I think the next one we will see/hear will be a revisiting of the Yellowstone Caldera erupting. But here’s the funniest part about all this…one day, one of these people will actually be right. They would almost have to be, statistically. And when they are, no one will be left to say “I Told You So!”