If you had big plans this weekend, David Meade regrets to inform you that the world will be ending Saturday.
Meade, a Christian numerologist and self-described "researcher," says Sept. 23 is foretold in the Bible's Book of Revelation as the day a series of catastrophic events will begin, and as a result, "a major part of the world will not be the same," the Washington Post reports.
The Bible prophecies a woman "clothed with the sun" and a "crown of 12 stars" giving birth to a boy who will "rule all the nations" while she fights off a seven-headed dragon. The woman, Meade says, is the constellation Virgo, which on Saturday will be positioned under nine stars and three planets, per Popular Mechanics.
The baby boy will be the planet Jupiter, which will be moving out of Virgo on that night.
According to Meade, who says he studied astronomy at an unspecified university in Kentucky, the great change in our world will be the result of the arrival of Nibiru, a planet famous in conspiracy circles but which astronomers say doesn't exist.
http://wnep.com/2017/09/20/researcher-says-this-saturday-will-be-the-end-of-the-world/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/09/17/the-world-as-we-know-it-is-about-to-end-again-if-you-believe-this-biblical-doomsday-claim/ (soft paywalled)
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday September 21 2017, @06:14PM (5 children)
Thanks...that helps so much to hear, you have no idea. I've always, always been alone, fighting by myself, so it helps to know it's not just me versus the void...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 21 2017, @08:38PM (1 child)
I'm in the mix too! But I like forcing TMB to use his shady tactics to unmask me, make him face his true nature. Pretty sure I push back against jmo/jlo/jmoustache (I think I like the last one, mild overtones of Hitler worship there) more than you Azuma :)
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday September 22 2017, @03:50AM
But who are you? Posting as AC means you could be anyone or several anyones, and the only way to know for sure would be to be an admin who can see the IPs. And even then, an IP doesn't necessarily correlate to a single person.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by turgid on Thursday September 21 2017, @09:06PM
The world is in a very strange place just now. History is rhyming with some very unpleasant periods from the past. Part of the Alt-Wrong's modus operandi is to DoS us with constant and seemingly unstoppable stream of misinformation, hatred, intolerance, stupidity, willful ignorance, history and science denial, you name it.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday September 22 2017, @08:38AM (1 child)
You'll be dismayed to hear that you're sharing a tent with Buzz...
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday September 22 2017, @05:34PM
Hell no I'm not sharing a tent with him. Incidentally anything he might say about snakes, scorpions, or similar wee beasties in his sleeping bag has naught to do with me :)
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...