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For doomsday believers, this is the only place that will survive Dec. 21, 2012
A tiny remote village in southern France is being billed as a haven against the end of the world by Apocalypse devotees. Hundreds of websites suggest that the rocky outcrop – or the upside-down mountain, as it is known – that soars above the village of Bugarach harbours a series of caverns and tunnels that have magical power and may even serve as a base for aliens.
Scientist debunks doomsday predictions
Doomsday predictors and self-proclaimed “prophets” who scare children, adults and seniors beware: Laura Venner isn’t buying into the doom and gloom. The Meadowlands Environmental Center (MEC) astronomy educator and observatory specialist has heard and seen her share of apocalyptic predictions.
French Officials Concerned About Town’s Doomsday Safe Haven Reputation
In the potpourri of doomsday predictions (Harold Camping’s misfire included), most do not include a way out or a safe haven. Enter a small town in France and the New Age cults prophecy for Armageddon on December 21, 2012.
What is America’s Fetish This Week? Armageddon
There was supposed to be chaos. There was supposed to be confusion. There was supposed to be collapse. There’s wasn’t any, of course. For Americans in 2011, the end of life as we know it is becoming, well, endless.
Armageddon fatigue sets in as Americans constantly anticipate, well, Armageddon
The American press feeds off of bad news. There was Harold Camping’s May 21st prediction that set Americans on edge for months before the predicted end of the world didn’t happen (and Camping made 72 million off of it).
Computer technology viewed as the Antichrist, with 2012 as world’s end
With all the bad things happening in the world, it’s no wonder that New Agers attending the recent “Oregon Country Fair” here in the Eugene suburb of Veneta would exclaim that both the 2012 Mayan prophecies and Nostradamus “ point to the “Antichrist Mabus” as computer technology that will trigger the end of the world or Armageddon.
The hype of 2012 … don’t lose any sleep over it
This week, we’re featuring Randy Mann’s views on 2012. Perhaps later, I’ll give my predictions, perhaps not. Many subscribers and students have been asking us about the possibility of cataclysmic events in 2012. There have already been a number of television documentaries and even a major Hollywood movie about 2012 starring John Cusack.
Kathryn Reese-Taylor on the Mayans and 2012
Doomsday and 2012. You’ve probably heard rumblings, if not more, about a supposed connection. Many people point to an ancient Mayan calendar – made 1,200 years ago – as the source of the rumors.
May 21, 2011: The End of the World?
Well, tomorrow, May 21, 2011, is supposed to be the end of the world. Wait, I thought the Mayans said it was supposed to be December 21, 2012? Either way, it gets a lot of publicity. (This post is a good example.)
End of the world not yet, says space sciences expert
If the planets are sending any message at all from the cosmos, it’s that earthlings should stop worrying and just enjoy the show. The conjunction of Earth’s heavenly neighbors—Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter—is a regular phenomenon attributed to their normal orbit around the sun, not a cosmic conspiracy that signals the end of the world as doomsayers fear, a space sciences official has said.
