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Religion: Latter-Day Saints and Mormonism
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Religion: Lakota Indians
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Religion: Millerism
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Religion: Rastafari
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Religion: Heaven’s Gate
End Time Date: The 7,000 year of human existence (Mormons believe that we are in the early 6,000 range).
End Time Prophecy: After the return of the Jews to Israel, and the building of a few temples (including a temple in Missouri) Jesus will appear in said Missouri temple as well as the main Mormon temple in Salt Lake City, Utah (using a set of doors on the east side of the temple that are unused and reserved for Jesus). At some point, the nations of the earth will be gathered to fight Israel, and Jesus will return and the wicked will be consumed by fire. Afterwards, a period of 1,000 years of peace will be ushered in and everyone who has ever lived will be resurrected and judged.
Weirdest Part of the Prophecy:
After the final judgment, Jesus will split most people into three heavens. How evil you used to be decides which heaven you will go to. Murderer? Rapist? No problem! You are still going to the third level of heaven (which is said to not be an unpleasant experience). You may be wondering where Satan is, and he is in outer darkness, floating around with the few people in the world who refuse to believe that Jesus was standing in front of them, resurrecting everyone who has ever lived, and ruling the world for 1,000 years.
End time Date: Unknown
End time Prophecy: Darkness will descend over the tribe and the world will be thrown out of balance. Earthquakes, fires, and other natural disasters will occur. All of this will lead up to the time when…
Weirdest Part of the Prophecy:
A white buffalo calf woman will purify the world. No, not a half woman/half white buffalo calf, but an ancient woman with mystical powers. Legend has it that a few scouts found her one day, and one got a little frisky with her and she made him disappear in a cloud of white smoke. She then proceeded to bring gifts to the tribe and spread knowledge, and then left with the promise to return.
End Time Date: Sometime between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844… wait no no, it will definitely happen by April 18, 1844. No huh? Ok… then how about October 22, 1844?
End Time Prophecy: The basic Christian end time philosophy, beasts, horsemen, etc.
Weirdest Part of the Prophecy:
William Miller was a preacher that thought he had figured out when Jesus would appear again. He was so sure of himself that he predicted that it would happen in only a years time (from 1842). When it did not, he figured he must have had the dates wrong. When it still did not happen, he tried again. Miller then decided to quit predicting an exact date, yet the damage to his reputation was already done. Miller seemed generally shocked that the second coming of Jesus had not happened by the time of his death in 1849.
End Time Date: 1930-present?
End Time Prophecy:
The Rastafarians believe that the end times where started by the crowning of Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, in 1930. They believe that he is God and that he will call a day of judgment and bring home the lost children of Israel (taken on the slave traders ships) to live with him in peace. They believe that after this they will become immortal and live with Selassie in peace, love and harmony.
Weirdest Part of the Prophecy:
Haile Selassie continuously refused to say whether or not he was a god, although I am pretty sure that I have figured this one out. He died on August 27, 1975 without making anyone immortal.
End Time Date: Sometime around 1997
End Time Prophecy: The members of Heavens Gate decided that the earth was about to be wiped clean. They believed everything would be recycled and renewed, and that the only way to escape it would be if their souls caught a ride on a space ship traveling behind the Hale-Bop comet. To make sure they did not miss out on their ride, they committed mass suicide.
Weirdest Part of the Prophecy:
The theory that there was a UFO following the Hale-Bop comet was spread predominately by late night, paranormal talk radio, host Art Bell. Art Bell had allegedly been given a photograph of the UFO in the comets wake, and posted it on his website. One day after he posted it, he was contacted by the original photographers and was informed that the picture he had displayed was a hoax. Art Bell then quickly started to backtrack on the story, but it appears that no one informed the members of Heavens Gate.
Great article.
Interesting and well researched, great concept for an article. Enjoyed it!
thanks guys, and thanks to whoever dugg this! or stumbled this!
nice article it was awesome!
Much time must have been spent on researching this piece. I enjoyed reading it, it was informative, well written, and the graphics are fantastic.
Great job.
And Scientology isn’t as weird???
Great job Shawny,
Must of took you forever to research all of that.
i agree great job!
Great article, Shawny! I must agree with the others as this piece must have taken a lot of research to write, but then again your writing creativity is impressive. You told a fine story.
I think that commenter #9 is trying to start a religious flame war by making those comments about the Catholic Church. These kinds of comments usually end with hurt feelings, angry fits of rage and lots of rude name-calling, so please no respond directly to this commenter.
I am not a Catholic, but I am a devote born-again Christian and that is all I will say about that.
God Bless,
Nelson Doyle
the topic is good hope can i can do the same soon..
i got a question… what do the Amish believe about the topic of the apocalypse?
thanks for the comments everyone
How obout Moslem or Cristian?
Based on what you new about Mormonism, I’m not sure the accuracy of the rest of the article.
First of all, why did you use a picture of farmers for Mormons? It sounds like you don’t really know anyone that’s LDS.
Second of all, the 7,000 years of human existence is incorrect. Most fundamental Christians believe that and believe the earth was created in 7 literal days, which is a ridiculous notion. Doctrine of the Mormon church states a belief in 7 periods, or dispensations, of time, which the length of the periods are unknown. There are many people in their church that give speculation, but the length of the 7 periods is unknown. The 1000 years per period is symbolic, such as the “God created everything in 7 days” or how the use of the number “40″ is used continually in the Bible. In Hebrew, the use of the word 40 signifies “a long period of time,” which is why it is used so often. You are correct, however, that Mormons believe they are in the 6th period, or the last days as spoken of by John the Revelator.
Third, the doors on the SLC Temple are not “reserved for Jesus.” LOL. It was simply part of the design.
Why not talk about the crazy beliefs put forth by Protestants about the last days, such as \”The Rapture\” (which has no doctrinal basis in The Bible and wasn’t created until 1827 by John Darby and not popularized until 1908 by William Eugene Blackstone.) Now that’s comical!
Fascinating read! Thanks!
very dumbed down and innacurate, but a nice platform from which to do further research. Heaven’s Gate is an amazing story (Jonestown and the purple cool-aid).
Honestly, it’s like you had an idea for a web page and just spit one out after using Google for your “research”. Probably impressive to those new computer users from the Midwest.
How is Scientology not on here?
The Lakotas are so mellow compared to other tribes.
And Jordan, sorry to break this to you *spoiler*……
Mormons are freaking nuts, just like the rest of em.
Interesting article, no criticisms here.
What do YOU believe yourself?
I am a hebrew israelite myself and i believe in some what you say nice writing
What about Muslims and Islam?
That is the TRUE religion.
Please go back and research that, and you’ll realize it is actually the correct religion.
Btw good research, just missed the correct religion
I have done A LOT of research on the Mormon church, and I would like to say that Jordan’s comments/ corrections are correct. The article did give bits and pieces of basic info. As weird as it may seem, I don’t see how any of that is crazier than any other Christian religion.
Hey! If you are a man, the Mormon religion is the way to go! If you are a woman, you should have better sense!
However, a very interesting posting. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
There are several small things in here that are incorrect, that I noticed right off the bat, it just makes me wonder how much shoddy research was done in writing this article.
Where is Tom Cruise and the Scientologists? Surely they should be included?
Very interesting, I liked it.
What about the Astec Mias and December 22, 2012 ?
We’re ready, are you?
There is something to Dec 22, 2012. You see if you start with one third of earth burned up like revelation says, it has to be opposite Israel. The closest thing in the ocean of blue besides water opposite Israel is Easter Island. Easter Island is on the tropic of Capricorn. So it would be fitting for this to be the ground zero of the mountain of fire. Venus and Plieadies are in sync astronomically. Venus could be the morning star refered to in Revelation 2:28. So if the mountain of fire would make the earth be with a cloud and better but like venus this would be the way the Messiah has the morning star given to him in more than one way. The Bible talks about PLieadies. Kimah is the Hebrew and may have been what Killed Job’s sheep and Gave Ezekeil sores and burned up sodom and gomorah if it is the portal into the universe by which Jesus speaks. Jesus has seven stars in His hands in Revelation 1:16 and other places. It seems to go all together for it to be fire from plieadies. Plus earth quakes could start it all off as a bad day when the earth reverses polarities. The astronomy we see of this cant lie if what we are being told is true.
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Nice work…It just makes you wonder…When will the world end? Tahnks
Thanks for all the comments people. What I believe is unimportant to this article. As for the “mis-information” it appears that some people in different religions believe things differently than everyone else in the same religion……so of what I said that was misinformed was probably from a source that was not one you know of. That or I screwed up, either way, it’s all good.
How about 2012?
i was thinking we were all gonna die back in 2000 new years eve… but we didn’t…
huh yah i know we r all going to die duh
everyone die
its nothing to be wrry abt lol
who born will die once lol and evryone know this
all this 2012 and other stuff are just freaking lies lol
and the one who beleive tht is stupid
it is the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine! go REM snore…
It’s crass to critize…but truth be told…God will hold the rest of us us who read it like it is…without excuse. His word says: Yes we’re gonna die…but being prepared makes the differance. Try John 3:16. God doesn’t lie.
Okay..
That was a awesome Article
Hi Shawny,
This was a very interesting article. I’m a born again Christian. You must of put a lot of work into it. For those of you who don’t believe that the world will come to an end, is evidently not a Bible believing Christian. We can’t predict the exact day when Jesus is coming back. He did said that He’s coming back. The angels in Heaven don’t even know the day nor hour when He’ll return, but He said be ready. That’s the important thing!
Great presentation, even the on Art Bell!
lol we should all already be dead
calmubeag,
Maybe we already are!
yea we should be dead…
You will notice that in Matthew 24 it says to be ready, no one knows the day the son of man will be revealed. This does not say no one knows when Jesus is coming back. The son of man could be some one other than Jesus as the OT calls Daniel, Ezekiel to name a few the sone of man.
David the PRince might be Jesus’ vice regent who is revealed. NO one knows when that exact thing will happen.
interesting piece of work..wonder how many of us have ever actually read their own religious scriptures.
Heyy Shawny - this article is pretty cool. Thanks for the interesting read!
and PS - we’re not gonna all die in 2012 - gimmie a freakin break w/ that crapola already.
Regarding your comment on Mormonism, the doors on the East side of the temple, they aren’t reserved for Jesus. They’re just old. Over a hundred years old. They don’t use them anymore because of the wear on the joints, and they’ve constructed a seperate entrance. As for the rest, you’ve hit the nail on the head.
Good job.
Well actually cracked already did this exact survey. So it doesn’t take much to research if it’s all ready been done for you.
Well actually, a lot of people have done this same concept many times, cracked included. Actually, cracked wasn’t the first people to ever do it. I actually saw a “Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader” with a lot of different end time theories, and it was actually published before the year 2000, actually.
You’re kidding me, right? You have MORMONISM as the FIRST ON THE LIST, along with having quite a few mis-conceptions about our beliefs (what, did you get this from the worst info site, wikipedia?), and scientology ISN’T EVEN ON THERE!!? If you don’t believe in Christ, you can still get into the second two levels, along with the first with Baptism of the Dead. Also, there are certain sins that will get you into the outer darkness, and murdering and raping are CERTAINLY among them. Don’t post “facts” about what you know nothing about, you foolish retard.
Great comments everyone! I don’t know about these different beliefs or apocolypse mythologies to really comment on them but I do know that My house is over a hundred years old #44 and I still use it!
There’s also the House of Yahweh, from Abilene, TX. They said a nuclear war was supposed to start in 2006, bringing about the end of days; when it didn’t, they changed it and said that it was the start of a nine month period, and at the end of that period, the nuclear war would start.
They’ve had people go onto the various college campuses there for recruiting purposes, and have been kicked out. I think they’re not allowed on campus anymore, but I don’t remember. There was a lot of publicity in Abilene a few years ago, though, because they don’t believe in modern medicine, and won’t allow their members to go to the doctor or take their children to the doctor or anything, so a lot of kids die. They get compared to Scientologists a lot.
i love how u gays want to die god made us 4 a resun and u can all go to hell bc deep in side u dont but u now that life is suput to be pluzzle and all that bc if it wasnt live wood not be worth liveing