Is the End of the World at Hand?
The world then to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
That was originally attributed to Mother Shipton, who may herself be a myth, but Charles Hindley later admitted to creating the lines himself, and adding them to the reprints he did of Mother Shipton’s prophecies.
In the 20th century, the “prophecy” resurfaced and was once again attributed to Mother Shipton:
The world then to an end shall come
In nineteen hundred and ninety-one.
Well, we survived.
Back in the year 999 A.D., many people feared the end of the world then too. They thought the then-current Pope was the anti-Christ and that the end of days would soon be at hand.
Didn’t happen.
Of course, we all remember 1999, when so many people were concerned about Y2K and massive computer failures that would plunge the world back to the middle ages. Or, at least back to the mid-century. We survived that too.
Seems every time there is some bad news, people start worrying about the end of the world. We’re all going to die! Even when there isn’t much bad news, people start worrying then too. Good things don’t last forever. We just blissfully ignoring our own imminent demise.
At any rate, maybe you’ll feel better after reading these 10 predictions of the apocalypse that didn’t happen.
Of course, if you still want to party like it’s 1999, just remember that when the world doesn’t end, you’re gonna be stuck paying the bills…
Scientists say humans are the only animal that knows we will die. Knowing that, people still believe they’re going to heaven…they are wrong. They are worshiping the wrong God. I now worship God-2, the correct god. The bible and all other folklore were planted here by Satan-2 to trick us into worshiping God, which is actually Satan-2’s secret identity. This has been proven in a federal study and funded by Bill Gates, son of God-2.
When the world ends, we won’t be here to reflect on it. Too bad nobody will be able to claim credit for predicting the correct date!
Okay, if you worship God-2 and God is actually Satan-2, does that mean that God-2’s secret identity is Satan?
No what that means is Bobby’s secret identity is Satan… which begs the questions why do you let Satan post comments on your blog?
You two are confusing me…perhaps I was incorrect about the whole thing!
You’re just changing your story because Michelle outed you.
Well Dan, there are two things in life that are certain,
1. Death
2. Bills (Taxes)
So if we are to party like it’s 1999 then what the heck, we are all gonna die sometime and bills will be here forever while we are alive. Catch 22 situation really…
By the way, are you sure you don’t have an iPod? You keep referencing so many song lyrics I am beginning to wonder
No iPod. I stocked up on CDs in the old days.
I got sucked into the Y2K craze and actually bought a bunch of bottled water. We still have it. And it’s expired! Water expires!
I think there are some containers that are designed to hold water for 10-years, or something like that. The small bottles are probably not designed to last that long.
Seems to me that pop goes flat faster than it used to. Maybe it’s the plastic bottles? But, then I’ve had that happen with cans too.
Hahahahaha, that is funny, water expires?!?! What type of water is it? How could it possibly go bad, except for maybe the BPA from the bottles
I’m with Phil- it expired because the toxins from the plastic finally leached into the water at critical mass… I don’t drink out of plastic anymore, just aluminum camping cups.