According to Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (1979), an Assyrian clay tablet dating to approximately 2800 BC was unearthed bearing the words "Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. There are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end. Bribery and corruption are common." This is one of the earliest examples of the perception of moral decay in society being interpreted as a sign of the imminent end.
Thank you for the link. I shall read with interest.
The end of the world is not nigh. Things have always been the same. In some ways, it's better now than ever.
The only thing that has changed is media ; it's got better. Now we can see the badness in the world on television, in the newspapers, and everywhere we look. People of times past were not subjected to such media coverage.
When we get to 80, we shall fantasize about how when we were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and there was never such badness around when we were young. But there was, and there always will be.
The hoax of the time of the end has plagued mankind for too long.
That is a good link and well worth the look.Indeed predictions of doom and gloom have followed mankind since the beginning.
Many that make such predictions are doing nothing more than using their claims to control and manipulate peoples lifes to their own advantage.The WT is just one more in the string of false prophets. It just never ends does it??
amazing how since the begining of human civilization people were always displaying that negative energy proclaiming doomsday instead of focusing on bettering themselves. what is driving them ? jealousy,self-importance,arogance or maybe they are in so much pain or problems that they wish everybody what they feel?
I agree with Makaveli, we probably live in most exciting time in human history.
maybe if we can put our energy on helping each other more, maybe we can make "doomsdayers" silent.
I wish I had seen information like this 20 years ago.
This from the same site
1872
Michael Baxter predicted another Armageddon in 1871-72 or thereabouts. (McIver #351)
1874
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses. This was to become the first in a long string of failed doomsday prophecies by members of this group. (Gould p.50, Kyle p.93)
The Parousia according to the newly formed Seventh Day Adventists, a group founded by former Millerites. (Abanes p.339)
1878
The end of the world according to the Jehovah's Witnesses. (Kyle p.93)
