Time to quote some big lists of armageddons. Yay Wikipedia.
Supposedly, the world was supposed to end since the time of Jesus. Then, of course, year 1000 (perpetuated by one arguably insane old coot).
Then Domesday [sic], which was a book that when it was finished the world would supposedly end (didn't happen). The Fifth Monarchy Men believed the world would end in 1666 or so (didn't happen). Isaac Newton, for all his contributions to sanity and reason, believes the world will end in 2060 (still pending). People think the Mayans thought (despite them using a CYCLICAL CALENDER SYSTEM, THAT STARTS OVER WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF DAYS) that things would end on Dec 21st, 2012 (still pending, but consider for a moment that the Earth doesn't explode every New Years Eve). The Seventh Day Adventist Church voted for 1843 (nope, still here).
And this is only counting stuff worthy of being mentioned on Wikipedia. For every well publicized theory, there's most likely 2000 or so (more) crackpot ideas out there.
Number of theories: Over 9000.
Number of times the Earth has ended killing all of humanity in a glorious flash of armageddonic glory: 0.
Track record: The Invulnerable Earth: Over 9000. Human Occultism: 0.
Last edited by suomynona; May 18, 2011 at 12:23 AM.