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Why are we all still alive?

What were the predictions about 2012?

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Welcome to the next b'ak'tun?

What other doomsday predictions have you heard about?

A respected German scholar and priest, Johannes Stoeffler, predicted in 1499 that the world would be flooded again because all six of the planets known then would be in conjunction in the constellation of Pisces.

English astrologers set the date for February 1, 1524. Boat companies got filthy rich on people wanting themselves an Arc

Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498

Savonarola sought to purge and cleanse Europe from clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor, prophesized the Italian War, dethroned Medici of Florence and was burned as a heretic.

Sandro Boticcelli was an avid believer in Savonarola and was convinced that he was living in the times of the Tribulation

The Christmas the Aliens Didn’t Come

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Dorothy Martin, December 21 1954 World Flood, Guardians and the Saucer

Her group went out 5 times to face the failure over and over The effect of Alien-less Christmas was thoroughly researched from inside. One of the scientists wrote a book devoted to cognitive dissonance – how people behave when something directly contradicts to their beliefs

There are several ways to get rid of the dissonance: -to forget -to change your mind -find updated information -to believe even more -to find another similar belief

Mrs Carmody preaches to the choir, the Mist, 2007

Maria Devi Christos

The Y 2 K Bug

I am sending this message from the year 2025. Things are looking bleak here, and some of you will carry blood on your hands.

Why are we doomsday believers?

-Illusion of predictable mortality -Fatalistic reassurance for victims -Absence of individual responsibility -Mistrust in authority (conspiracy) -Romanticizing the End of Times

What end of the world did/do you believe in?