When prophecy fails… again

The End of the World is announced almost monthly. We remember the dire warnings at the Millennium, and the Mayan calendar of 2012, while the Second Coming of Jesus has been a regular event for centuries. The Maitreya was meant to appear in the East End of London, and our Space Brothers were coming to save the elect in their flying saucers…

These prophecies all have one thing in common. Alternative religions author Dr David V Barrett looks at prophecies of the end of the world and at how prophets cover their embarrassment when nothing happens… again.