Something I found completely inspirational and heartwarming.

Some fun history lessons from BBC.



Tons more...

Amazing Super Powers is doing a quick contest which is ending tomorrow on monday.  The contest is just taking a blank comic stripe and adding dialogue.  If you're interested all you have to do is make a comment with your proposed dialogue here

So here is my entry!

The actual comic stripe.

The hidden ending.

The hover text.

Thank yoooou!

While members of DeviantART will not affect the decision of the Supreme Court or any government body, US or foreign; our display of support on this site shows our commitment to Marriage Equality as well as encourages anyone else who shares our values of equality for all.

It would be a wonderful thing for you to show your support.










Why 'Marriage?'Why can't gays have all the rights as married straight couples, just not the title of marriage?
Why can't women have all the same voting rights as men, just not the title of being a voter?
Why can't immigrants have all the same rights as natives, just not the title of being American?
Why can't Muslim Americans have all the same religious rights as us, just not the title of being patriotic? 
Why can't black people get the same water as white people, just not from the same water fountain? 
Because to accept anything less than equality is inequality. 
If a couple is dedicated and works hard to achieve something such as a long-term relationship, they deserve the title.  They do not deserve to have their efforts cast aside and labeled with some second-class bastardization of the reward.  


A marriage is a marriage.  Accept nothing less. Day Of Silence - a UsUk Fic
 "Alfred, why do you have tape on your mouth"

"..." The boy pointed to the paper he pinned to his chest. His brother looked over it, reading what it was generally about.

"Day of Silence?" Alfred nodded. Matthew gave him an incredulous look.

"I give you an hour." Then he stalked off, a newly tape-mouthed Gilbert following close behind.
 'I'll show them'

~One Hour later~

"Alfred! .... Why is there tape on your mouth?" Alfred, once again, pointed to his shirt. His boyfriend was looking over the paper, reading it. Arthur looked up questioningly.

"Why are you doing that?" Alfred poked the green-eyed brit's chest, as if saying,  'For

If you know of any more relating to marriage equality or just equality, please share.

I'm a fan of Queen and now I am a fan of Max Raabe.

I originally was going to repost T for Tolerance Response as I was really entertained and impressed, but I decided on a full journal feature while I was at it.  *8manderz8 responds to a rap(?) video which basically tries to justify that "hating gays and treating them like second class citizens because your religion says so somehow does not make you an asshole" with a rap(?) video of her own.  Her video is just below but I would recommend watching the original video on her journal to have better context.

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Holy fucking shit.  XD  This...this is beautiful.  I fucking love Christian fan music.

If I can say one good thing about this: at least it wasn't bashing only girls for not being modest.  Though, girls are attached to armpits?  What the fuck?  It seems like when these young men made this video they didn't bother asking girls their age what they thought was attractive.  I guess ignorance is half the battle.

Because I use Deviantart as a tumbler paaaaaaaaage!

A part of my life that I don't really bring to DeviantART is that I am an ecology student.  As many of my friends who are obligated to watch my page know, my internship for a local restoration non-profit has started.  As such, I have really been neglecting many of the groups I admin here and I am sorry. D=  

I have also been really putting off making those commissions for *8manderz8 and ~annieisokay for doing an amazing job winning a contest.  I am really sorry and I promise to get it done.  On a related note, I do take requests but may not get to it in a few months.

I have also been wanting to get around to drawing some more opinionated jokes (I know that is why I have most of my watchers XD ) but it seems like drawing RP stuff is taking up most of my time.  My gentleman friend is currently finishing up his first published (free pdf) dungeon adventure.  I and another artist have been rushing to get the art done because we work for free like saps.  Something more exciting is that I have been asked to draw some message pages like "coming soon" or "404 error" for a website.  The site is shark themed so been practicing drawing different sharks lately.

That's all from me!  Have a great day!

I've had this joke in my head for a long time because of reading Fuck No Religious Fanart [link] and I've decided I'll likely not get around to making it.  Basically, the joke is WHY THE FUCK DO PRO-LIFERS USE "CHOICE" IN THEIR ARGUMENTS?  Pro-lifers, I do not think, can use "choice" in their argument without the translation being "Women should choose what I want."


What part of "choice" don't you understand?


I was about to yell, "What part of 'choice' don't you understand" at this one too but then I realized why this image had so many trigger warnings and offensive warning around it.  Support rape victims...who choose to keep their babies.  Not just "support rape victims," but just the ones who don't have abortions.  And some people wonder why pro-life is considered anti-women.  Also, for comments I've seen that do that "what if a women decides to keep their rape kid?"  Well, what part of CHOICE don't you understand?


This image, you tend to see it a lot concerning pro-life protests.  Am I the only one who finds it extremely ironic that this protest is symbolically silencing women so they can't speak about their opinion and choice?  Every time I see an image like this, I can't help but think, "You don't have an option here, now shut the fuck up."  

At least the icon of understood that irony.

And speaking of other pro-choice awesomeness.

Some more of mine!


I'm not a sonic fan.  I don't really understand the appeal of the characters either.  They're so fucking G rated with cardboard personalities.  The only Sonic game I played was Sonic 2 for the game cube and because of that game I do understand the entertainment in the type of game sonic is.  It's suppose to be a roller coaster game which is limiting but combined with a player's twitchy reflexes Sonic can be very entertaining.  Plus, raising evil Chaos doesn't hurt either.  

This song though...City Escape.  My god, such a bland, perfectly safe pop song, but god damn, catchy as fuck.  I likes it.




1960 Pollyanna

I'm kinda tempted to call this a Christian movie but that isn't quite right.  Pollyanna is the kind of movie you'd likely find being played in a Catholic school.  Which I should know because I went to catholic schools and they played this movie a lot.  This movie seems to emulate the kind of world Christians thought the world was like in the early 1900's.  A world they wished existed again but one that never existed in the first place.  Pollyanna I believe was suppose to take place in 1913 and to most white Christians today, this was when the world was "truly a better place with better moral fiber" or something like that.  It was a better time...if you were white and male...fucking sucked for everyone else.  Nowadays, the movie seems to be a nostalgia trip through very rose colored lens for that Christian audience.

Can't tell you why I like the movie though.  Maybe cause I had to watch it too many times.  The little girl Pollyanna is perfect, and as a result a boring character, but in a darker way, she is quite a little manipulator if you have seen the movie.

"The title character is named Pollyanna Whittier, a young orphan who goes to live in Beldingsville, Vermont, with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's philosophy of life centers on what she calls "The Glad Game", an optimistic attitude she learned from her father. The game consists of finding something to be glad about in every situation. It originated in an incident one Christmas when Pollyanna, who was hoping for a doll in the missionary barrel, found only a pair of crutches inside. Making the game up on the spot, Pollyanna's father taught her to look at the good side of things—in this case, to be glad about the crutches because "we didn't need to use them!"

With this philosophy, and her own sunny personality and sincere, sympathetic soul, Pollyanna brings so much gladness to her aunt's dispirited New England town that she transforms it into a pleasant place to live. The Glad Game shields her from her aunt's stern attitude: when Aunt Polly puts her in a stuffy attic room without carpets or pictures, she exults at the beautiful view from the high window; when she tries to "punish" her niece for being late to dinner by sentencing her to a meal of bread and milk in the kitchen with the servant Nancy, Pollyanna thanks her rapturously because she likes bread and milk, and she likes Nancy.

Soon, Pollyanna teaches some of Beldingsville's most troubled inhabitants to "play the game" as well, from a querulous invalid named Mrs. Snow to a miserly bachelor, Mr. Pendleton, who lives all alone in a cluttered mansion. Aunt Polly, too—finding herself helpless before Pollyanna's buoyant refusal to be downcast—gradually begins to thaw, although she resists the glad game longer than anyone else.

Eventually, however, even Pollyanna's robust optimism is put to the test when she is hit by a car and loses the use of her legs. (In the movie adaptation, she falls off a tree after sneaking out of the house). At first she doesn't realize the seriousness of her situation, but her spirits plummet when she was told what happened to her. After that, she lies in bed, unable to find anything to be glad about. Then the townspeople begin calling at Aunt Polly's house, eager to let Pollyanna know how much her encouragement has improved their lives; and Pollyanna decides she can still be glad that she at least has her legs. The novel ends with Aunt Polly marrying her former lover Dr. Chilton and Pollyanna being sent to a hospital where she learns to walk again and is able to appreciate the use of her legs far more as a result of being temporarily disabled."

#Fightin-Females is a collection of art and literature featuring fictional female characters in convincing compact attire and in non-sexualized poses.  As a fan of fantasy and art, I often find myself being hesitate to read comics or watch shows with a female protagonist because it seems inevitable that the writers and artists will sexualize the character out of context for the sake of fan service.  Well, I'm tired of it so here is a collection of female characters doing just not that!
















feminism lol

Did you know that hefty women used to be considered more attractive than skinny women?  Being plump was considered to mean that a woman was wealthy to afford food and was healthy.  Skinny women were unattractive because they looked sickly and starving which likely mean a woman was poor  Skinny women also did not look like they could have children well.

Oh my god, too much, my sides hurt! XD  Be sure to watch the guy in the back.  He's the best part.

It's a group to share comics and photos about personal experiences.  Total exaggerations or honest stories are welcomed!  Please check it out!

See? It can be done.

I highly encourage you to read and love Awkward Zombie comics especially if you like video games.

I love it.

I've been a fan of the Escher Girls blog for awhile.  The idea behind the blog is beautiful and simple.  Archive professional work depicting women in distorted positions and sexualized out of context.  [link] To give an example, If you can somehow twist a woman's body enough to show both boobs and both butt cheeks, (a.k.a The Ass/Boob pose) then you belong on Escher Girls.



I normally don't read the written entries on Escher Girls.  I go there just to look at the art for a fun distraction now and again.  However, a mention about the Hawkeye Initiative recently caught my attention.

This is what I read originally from Escher Girls about the Hawkeye Initiative  [link]

"There's some really nasty shit lurking not too far under the surface of some of the drawings.  In some cases, like the ones where they switch clothes, it's not even too deep.
Making choices of clothing based in femininity/femme-ness on a dood isn't a context free choice.  Doubly so when you are mocking something.  It relies on the deep history of cissexism and oppositional sexism in our culture.  Even if that's not the intent of the artist, it is impossible to look at these drawings and not have all the jokes about guys wearing women's clothing or "acting like a girl" come up.  That's the POINT of these drawings.
And that point pins trans women to the wall as a side effect of (rightly) critiquing the sexism in comics."

"And that point pins trans women to the wall as a side effect of (rightly) critiquing the sexism in comics.
Despite the best of intentions, the vibe comes across as really anti-femme, anti-trans women, and ultimately, anti-women. After all, if we're unable to talk about the mistreatment of women without bringing men into the picture, what does that really say about us? If we're unable to talk about the mistreatment of women without considering how it effects all women, what does that really say about us?
However. Putting men in women's clothing and poses can quickly and easily slot into homophobic and transphobic ideas about the "proper" way to do masculinity and the obligation to do so. As said above, even if the artist's intentions are pure, the image can still provoke bigoted reactions in the audience. Art is not created in a vacuum."

"The Hawkeye Initiative is challenging the connection between femininity and sexualization, but it's like a hydra - while you're cutting off the "women shouldn't be considered sex objects" head, the "sexualized men must only be doing it for the gay male gaze" and "men acting like women is unnatural and wrong" heads are coming up behind you."

First off, I call bullshit.  The point of the Hawkeye Initiative is simple.  Find drawings of distorted and sexualized women in comic books (exactly what Escher Girls is doing) and draw Hawkeye in that pose.  In other words, show how ridiculous these poses are by displaying them on a man instead of a woman.  Show how we wouldn't find these poses acceptable for a man so why should we find them acceptable for a woman.



Though beyond that, these statements get to me.  I just want to yell, "Social Justice, you're doing it wrong!"

Here are my points:


"...it is impossible to look at these drawings and not have all the jokes about guys wearing women's clothing or "acting like a girl" come up."

That's only assuming if you consider clothing like this



or even this



to be what women would normally wear.  Even in the context of fantasy, this clothing is unbelievable.  Clothing, in order for it to be distinct and cool for a character, tends to be unpractical and that's fine.  But clothing like what is shown in the women above is unpractical because it is sexual rather than cool.  Sexualized clothing does not equal "women's kind of clothing."  We are not laughing because men are wearing "women's clothing," we are laughing because men are being sexualized by this kind of clothing women have been made to wear in comic books.

"...the vibe comes across as really anti-femme, anti-trans women, and ultimately, anti-women. After all, if we're unable to talk about the mistreatment of women without bringing men into the picture, what does that really say about us?"

God, I really tend to hate that argument.  Yes, often when talking about social problems women face, men tend to get whinny and want to change the subject to a social problems men face.  It's a matter of changing the subject to a different kind of social issue.  Both men and women tend to do it.  However, the Hawkeye Initiative isn't doing that.  It's still addressing the same problem that women are sexualized in comic books.  It's a lesson in empathy.  How would men feel if they were drawn in stupid sexualized clothing and poses?  It clearly communicates that feeling.



Also, what does that mean we can't talk about the mistreatment of women without bringing men into the picture?  If you are talking about the mistreatment of women...well...mistreatment from who?  Men?  Oh, we can't talk about them I guess.  How are we suppose to address mistreatment of women without addressing men?  To bring up another point, this is a matter of Feminism which is more correctly about gender equality rather than just women's equality. Therefore, also addressing problems men may face helps women as well and vice versa.  As an example, you can't address problems like the double standard on sex in which men are praised for being sexuality active and women are shamed for the same thing without addressing men.  Men and young boys are expected by society (and in comic books) to be buff, sexually hetero and active, and dominate.  That in turn hurts how men portray and treat women.




"The Hawkeye Initiative is challenging the connection between femininity and sexualization, but it's like a hydra - while you're cutting off the "women shouldn't be considered sex objects" head, the "sexualized men must only be doing it for the gay male gaze" and "men acting like women is unnatural and wrong" heads are coming up behind you."

That's only if you assume that there is a connection between femininity and sexualization at all.  And in my experience, the gay men I have known and seen don't behave like this except in stereotypes.



I wouldn't want any character, male, female, gay, straight, or trans to behave like that in any comic book because regardless of your sex or gender the sexual poses and clothing doesn't make sense unless you're in a porn comic.  It's always out of context regardless of the character.

Also, "men acting like women is unnatural and wrong" is only assuming you think stuff like this is natural for women to do in the first place.  Far from me to try to define "what is woman," but I'm pretty sure that if you're fighting a snake, your clothing doesn't tear so suggestively just for being a woman.



In short, the Hawkeye Initiative isn't about defining femininity or making some statement that men cannot be feminine.  It's about making fun of this kind of sexual poses and sexual clothing which looks stupid as fuck on ALL characters, male, female, or trans who are suppose to be in a superhero comic book setting.

It's not something I always talk about but my family is actually quite active in the US military.  My mother and father both served 20 years for the military.  It's where they met and got married.  My older brother and I were real military brats moving from base to base with our mom.  My dad would be stationed elsewhere and he would visit normally on Christmas.  The military has been a major part of our lives.  My brother and I received plenty of benefits being children of two Lieutenant Colonels.  Even as an adult I get nice privileges and access simply because my parents served and were injured during service.  My mother served as a dentist for the air force and my father served as an Intelligence Officer for the air force as well.

My brother as he grew up really enjoyed the military I think.  He liked soldiers and he liked strategy.  He eventually joined the military himself has is now an officer in the Army.  He actually just recently got back after a year long training session in South Korea.  He is certainly doing what he wants to do and what I think he loves.


Though now he has just been deployed to Afghanistan where he will spend 9 months.  He and I are not exactly close.  We were more close as kids but as we grew up we clearly had different interests in our lives and career goals.  We have nothing against each other, but it's simply a matter of having little in common as two individuals.  Therefore, I never thought to keep in touch or even worry when he went to South Korea.

But being deployed to Afghanistan has really stirred up something bitter in me.  He is going to a city near the border of Pakistan and it's not a friendly city.  He is going to be outnumbered and overworked in a hostile city and the closer the US gets to a withdraw date the more there will be tension with locals.  At this point in this long "war" there is nothing left to do.  Obama is suppose to be recalling troops soon.  So my brother is only going there to maybe get killed but overall contribute nothing.  My brother wants to do this and at least there is that.

But this "war" has been going on for most of my life.  The Twin Towers fell when I was in 5th grade and I still remember being taken to the library to watch it on TV.  Now I'm 22 and my brother is 25 and he is gonna go see the last of a failed crusade in the middle east for shit.  He's just a target for radicals and I simply wish he didn't have to go.

Everybody has a few!

What is a guilty pleasure?  It's when you enjoy something even though you're perfectly aware it is horrible, worthless, bad, poorly made, etc etc.  Contrary to popular belief, a guilty pleasure doesn't have harmful to you or others, like cigarettes as an example.  A guilty pleasure can simply be an entertainment like a book or a TV show that you know has no good qualities but you love anyway.  It can be tricky to define a guilty pleasure because sometimes we can't see our own poor taste.  Other times we may just be too stubborn to admit it.  But it's okay!  If you like something and it's not harming others, you don't have to explain yourself!  Just embrace your poor taste already!

Here are three of mine:

1) Fuck no Religious Fanart

It is a brutally honest theme.  A blog completely dedicated to showing off poorly drawn religious art.  The majority of the content are drawings of favorite game or movie characters worshiping Jesus or praying.  For some reason, Christians seem to really really REALLY love Sonic the Hedgehog.


Oh, and My Little Pony and Pokemon too.

It's not all Christian art of course, though with anything concerning religion, Christianity tends to be the majority.  I've seen pagan, muslim and jewish content in there as well.

I could try to justify my love for this blog.  My best case would be some of the art is anti-atheism and being an atheist I feel I'm entitled to laugh at the people who do a pathetic and meme-filled job at trying to make me feel worthless.  After all, if you are of the belief that your religion truly gives you the moral high ground in all matters, then anything I say or do against you is just plain intolerance!  Can't argue with that!  
But no, I'm not going to justify my love for this blog because 80% of the time it is just mean spirited.  I don't care though.  It is likely the poor quality of art and the sincerity that gets me laughing every time.  Maybe it is because I used to be a Christian and I remember drawing shitty religious art myself.  Whatever it is, it doesn't matter.  This blog is simply gold.


lol, wut?

2) Battlefield Earth

It's a movie and considered the worst sci-fi of all time.  It was based off a book written by L. Ron Hubbard, the same guy who founded the Church of Scientology.  



I. Don't. Know. Why.  I just like this movie.  I first watched it on the Sci-Fi channel and remember it fondly.  I KNOW it's a bad movie.  I really really do.  But...I simply like it.  I can't give you any reasons why.  I don't have any.

....

This movie simply has my approval and I don't want it to.

3) Dress-up Games

I



fucking



love



dress-up



games!

634 BCE :Romans: Many Romans feared that the city would be destroyed in the 120th year of its founding. There was a myth that 12 eagles had revealed to Romulus a mystical number representing the lifetime of Rome, and some early Romans hypothesized that each eagle represented 10 years.

389 BCE :Romans: Some Romans believed that the mystical number revealed to Romulus represented the number of days in a year, so they expected Rome to be destroyed around 365 AUC (389 BCE).

1st century CE :Albert Schweitzer, Johannes Weiss: Jesus' statements in Matthew 16:28 and Matthew 24:34 have been interpreted by some biblical scholars including Albert Schweitzer and Johannes Weiss as a prediction of an imminent apocalypse.

1st century CE :Early Christians: Some first-century Christians expected Jesus to return within one generation of his death. According to some scholars, Paul the Apostle was one of these.

66–70 CE Essenes It is believed this sect of Jewish ascetics saw the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 66–70 as the final end-time battle.

2nd century CE Montanists Members of the Montanist movement, founded in 156, predicted that Jesus would return sometime during their lifetimes.

365 CE Hilary of Poitiers Announced that the end would happen this year.

375–400 CE Martin of Tours Stated that the world would end before 400. Writing ""There is no doubt that the Antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power."

500 CE Hippolytus of Rome, Sextus Julius Africanus, Irenaeus All three predicted Jesus would return in the year 500.

793 CE, April 6 Beatus of Liébana The Spanish monk prophesied the second coming of Christ and the end of the world that day to a crowd of people.

799–806 CE Gregory of Tours Calculated the End occurring between 799 and 806.

800 CE Sextus Julius Africanus Sextus Julius Africanus revised the date of Doomsday to 800.

848 CE Thiota Declared that the world would end this year.

992–995 CE Various Christians Good Friday coincided with the Feast of the Annunciation; this had long been believed to be the event that would bring forth the Antichrist, and thus the end-times, within 3 years.

1000, January 1 Pope Sylvester II The Millenium Apocalypse. Various Christians predicted the end of the world on this date, including Pope Sylvester II. Riots in Europe.

1000, December 31 Various Christians The end of the Christian Millenium. When the Millenium Apocalypse failed to materialize, many believers asserted that the Millennium would end on this date instead. Riots recurred in Europe.

1033 Various Christians Some believed this to be the 1000th anniversary of the death and resurrection of Jesus, and his second coming was anticipated.

1184 Various Christians Various Christian prophets foresaw the Antichrist coming in 1184.

1186 John of Toledo Predicted the end of the world during 1186, based on the alignment of many planets.

1260 Joachim of Fiore The Italian mystic determined that the Millennium would begin between 1200 and 1260 CE.

1284 Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III predicted that the world would end 666 years after the rise of Islam.

1290 Joachimites The followers of Joachim of Fiore rescheduled the End to 1290 CE when his 1260 prophecy failed.

1335 Joachimites Second revised date of Joachim of Fiore.

1346–1351 Various Europeans The black plague spreading across Europe was interpreted by many as the sign of the end of times.

1370 Jean de Roquetaillade The Antichrist was to come in 1366 and the Millennium would begin in 1368 or 1370.

1378 Arnaldus de Villa Nova This Joachite wrote that the Antichrist was to come in this year.

1504 Sandro Botticelli Believed he was living during the Tribulation, and that the Millennium would begin in three and a half years from 1500.

1524, February 1 Astrologers Predicted the world would end by a flood starting in London based on calculations made the previous June.

1524, February 20 Johannes Stöffler A planetary alignment in Pisces was seen by this astrologer as a sign of the Millennium.

1525 Thomas Müntzer This year would mark the beginning of the Millennium, according to this Anabaptist.

1528 Johannes Stöffler Revised date from Stöffler after his 1524 prediction failed to come true.

1528, May 27 Hans Hut Predicted the end would occur on this day.

1533 Melchior Hoffman This Anabaptist prophet predicted Christ's Second Coming to take place this year in Strasbourg. He claimed that 144,000 people would be saved, while the rest of the world would be consumed by fire.

1533, October 19 Michael Stifel This mathematician calculated that the Judgement Day would begin at 8:00am on this day.

1534, April 5 Jan Matthys Predicted that the Apocalypse would take place on this day and only the city of Münster would be spared.

1555 Pierre d'Ailly Around the year 1400, this French theologian wrote that 6845 years of human history had already passed, and the end of the world would be in the 7000th year.

1585 Michael Servetus In his book The Restoration of Christianity, the Spanish born reformer claimed that the Devil's reign in this world began in 325 AD, at the Council of Nicea, and will last for 1260 years, thus ending in 1585.

1588 Regiomontanus Predicted the end of the world this year.

1600 Martin Luther Predicted the end of the world would occur no later than 1600.

1624, February 1 Astrologers The same astrologers who predicted the deluge of February 1, 1524 recalculated the date to February 1, 1624 after their first prophecy failed.

1648 Sabbatai Zevi Using the kabbalah this rabbi from Smyrna, Turkey, figured that the Messiah would come in this year.

1654 Helisaeus Roeslin This physician made a prediction that the world would end this year based on a nova that occurred in 1572.

1656 Various Christians Some Christians believed the world would end this year as 1656 is the number of years between Creation and the Great Flood in the bible.

1657 Fifth Monarchists This group of radical Christians predicted the final apocalyptic battle and the destruction of the Antichrist were to take place between 1655 and 1657.

1658 Christopher Columbus Columbus claimed that the world was created in 5343 BCE, and would last 7000 years. Assuming no year zero, that means the end would come in 1658.

1660 Joseph Mede Mede claimed that the Antichrist appeared in 456, and the end would come in 1660.

1666 Sabbatai Zevi Following his failed prediction of 1648, Zevi recalculated the end of the earth in 1666.

Various Christians The presence of 666 in the date led to superstitious fears of the end of the world from some Christians.

1673 William Aspinwall This Fifth Monarchist claimed the Millennium would begin by this year.

1688 John Napier This mathematician calculated the end of the world would be this year based on calculations from the Book of Revelation.

1689 Pierre Jurieu This prophet predicted that Judgement Day would occur this year.

1694 John Mason This Anglican priest predicted the Millennium would begin by this year.

Johann Heinrich Alsted Predicted the Millennium would begin by this year.

Johann Jacob Zimmermann Believed that Jesus would return and the world would end this year.

1697 Cotton Mather This Puritan minister predicted the world would end this year. After the prediction failed, he revised the date of the End two more times.

1700 John Napier After his 1688 prediction failed to come true, Napier revised his end of the world prediction to this year.

Henry Archer This Fifth Monarchists claimed the second coming of Jesus would occur this year.

1700–1734 Nicholas of Cusa This Cardinal predicted the end would occur between 1700 and 1734.

1705–1708 Camisards Camisard prophets predicted the end of the world would occur in either 1705, 1706 or 1708.

1716 Cotton Mather Revised prediction from Mather after his 1697 prediction failed to come true.





1719, April 5 Jacob Bernoulli This mathematician predicted a comet would destroy the earth on this day.

1736 Cotton Mather Mather's third and final prediction for the end of the world.

1736, October 16 William Whiston Whiston predicted a comet colliding with the earth this year.

1757 Emanuel Swedenborg Swedenborg claimed that the Last Judgement occurred in the spiritual world this year.

1780 Various New England residents The sky turning dark during the day was interpreted as a sign of the end times. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover.

1789 Pierre d'Ailly 1789 would bring the coming of the Antichrist, according this 14th-century Cardinal.

1792–1794 Shakers Predicted the world would end in both 1792 and 1794.

1793–1795 Richard Brothers This retired sailor stated the Millennium would begin between 1793 and 1795. He was eventually committed to an insane asylum.

1795, November 19 Nathaniel Brassey Halhed While campaigning for Richard Brothers' release, Halhead proclaimed that the world would end on this day.

1805 Christopher Love This presbyterian minister predicted the destruction of the world by earthquake in 1805, followed by an age of everlasting peace when God will be known by all.

1806 The Prophet Hen of Leeds In Leeds, England in 1806 a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" was written. Eventually it was discovered to be a hoax. The hoaxster had written on the eggs in a corrosive ink so as to etch the eggs, and reinserted the eggs back into the hen.

1814, December 25 Joanna Southcott This 64-year-old self-described prophet claimed she was pregnant with the Christ child, and that he would be born on Christmas Day, 1814. She died on the day of her prediction, and an autopsy proved she was not pregnant.

1836 John Wesley Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, foresaw the Millennium beginning this year.

1843 Harriet Livermore The first of two years this preacher predicted the world would end.

1843, April 28 Millerites Although it was not officially endorsed by their leadership, many Millerites expected the Second Coming to occur on this day.

1843, December 31 Millerites Many Millerites expected Jesus would return at the end of 1843.

1844, March 21 William Miller Miller predicted Christ would return on this day.

1844, October 22 William Miller After Christ did not return on Mar 21, 1844, Miller then revised his prediction to October 22, 1844, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture. The realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in the Great Disappointment.

1847 Harriet Livermore The second prediction of the end of the world from this preacher.

1847, August 7 George Rapp Rapp, the founder of the Harmony Society, preached that Jesus would return in his lifetime, even as he lay dying on August 7, 1847.

1853–1856 Various Many people thought the Crimean War was the Battle of Armageddon.

1862 John Cumming This Scottish clergyman stated it was 6000 years since Creation in 1862, and that the world would end.

1863 John Wroe The founder of the Christian Israelite Church calculated that the Millennium would begin this year.

1873 Jonas Wendell In 1870, Wendell published his views in the booklet entitled The Present Truth, or Meat in Due Season concluding that the Second Advent was sure to occur in 1873.

1874 Bible Student movement The first prediction of the end of the world from the Bible Student movement started by Charles Taze Russell.

Seventh-day Adventists The newly formed Seventh-day Adventists, a group founded by former Millerites, predicted the Second Coming would be in this year.

1878 Bible Student movement The second prediction of the end of the world from the Bible Student movement.

1881 Mother Shipton This 15th-century prophet was quoted as saying "The world to an end shall come, In eighteen hundred and eighty one" in a book published in 1862. In 1873 it was revealed to be a forgery; however, this did not stop some people from expecting the end.

Bible Student movement The third prediction of the end of the world from the Bible Student movement.

1890 Wovoka The founder of the Ghost Dance movement predicted in 1889 that the Millennium would occur in 1890.

1892–1911 Charles Piazzi Smyth This pyramidologist concluded from his research on the dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza that the Second Coming would occur between 1892 and 1911.

1899 C. A. L. Totten Predicted that 1899 was a possible date for the end of the world.

1901 Catholic Apostolic Church This church, founded in 1831, claimed that Jesus would return by the time the last of its 12 founding members died. The last member died in 1901.

1908 Bible Student movement The fourth prediction of the end of the world from the Bible Student movement.

1910 Camille Flammarion Predicted that the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet might destroy life on Earth, but not the planet itself.

1914 Bible Student movement "...the battle of the great day of God Almighty… The date of the close of that "battle" is definitely marked in Scripture as October 1914. It is already in progress, its beginning dating from October, 1874."

1915 John Chilembwe This Baptist educator and leader of a rebellion in Nyasaland predicted the Millennium would begin this year.

1916 Bible Student movement World War I would terminate in Armageddon and the rapture of the "saints".

1918 Bible Student movement Another prediction of the end from the Bible Student movement.

1920 Bible Student movement In 1918, Christendom would go down as a system to oblivion and be succeeded by revolutionary governments. God would "destroy the churches wholesale and the church members by the millions." Church members would "perish by the sword of war, revolution and anarchy." The dead would lie unburied. In 1920 all earthly governments would disappear, with worldwide anarchy prevailing.

1925 Joseph F. Rutherford, Bible Student movement ...we may expect 1925 to witness the return of these faithful men of Israel from the condition of death, being resurrected and fully restored to perfect humanity and made the visible, legal representatives of the new order of things on earth."

1925, February 13 Margaret Rowen According to this Seventh-day Adventist the angel Gabriel appeared before her in a vision and told her that the world would end at midnight on this date.

1935, September Wilbur Glenn Voliva This evangelist announced that "the world is going to go 'puff' and disappear in September, 1935.

1936 Herbert W. Armstrong The founder of the Worldwide Church of God told members of his church that the Rapture was to take place in 1936, and that only they would saved. After the prophecy failed, he changed the date three more times.

1941 Jehovah's Witnesses Another prediction of the end from the Jehovah's Witnesses, which branched from the Bible Student movement.

1943 Herbert W. Armstrong The first of three revised dates from Armstrong after his 1936 prediction failed to come true.

1947 John Ballou Newbrough The author of Oahspe: A New Bible foresaw the destruction of all nations and the beginning of post-apocalyptic anarchy in this year.

1954, December 21 Dorothy Martin The world was to be destroyed by terrible flooding on this date, claimed this leader of a UFO cult called Brotherhood of the Seven Rays. The fallout of the group after the prediction failed was the basis for the 1956 book When Prophecy Fails.

1959, April 22 Florence Houteff Believing that the end of time was imminent, Mrs. Houteff and her council began a campaign to evangelize across the U.S., Canada, the West Indies and western Asia. The campaign included publicity events such as equipping cars with signs that read, "Hear Ye The Rod," a Biblical reference (Micah 6:9) to "The Shepherd's Rod" Message. The cars also were outfitted with loudspeakers to broadcast the Rod message to passersby.

1962, February 4 Jeane Dixon This psychic predicted a planetary alignment on this day was to bring destruction to the world.

1967 Jim Jones The founder of the Peoples Temple stated he had visions that a nuclear holocaust was to take place in 1967.

1967, August 20 George Van Tassel This day would mark the beginning of the third woe of the Apocalypse, during which the southeastern US would be destroyed by a Soviet nuclear attack, according to this UFO prophet, who claimed to have channeled an alien named Ashtar.

1969 Charles Manson Manson predicted that an apocalyptic race war would occur in 1969 and ordered the Tate-LaBianca murders in an attempt to bring it about.

1969, August 9 George Williams The founder of the Church of the Firstborn predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur on this day.

1972 Herbert W. Armstrong The second of three revised dates from Armstrong after his 1936 and 1943 predictions failed to come true.

1973, January 11-21 David Berg Berg, the leader of Children of God predicted that there would be a colossal doomsday event heralded by Comet Kohoutek.

1975 Herbert W. Armstrong Armstrong's fourth and final false prediction.

Jehovah's Witnesses In 1966 Jehovah's Witnesses estimated it would be 6000 years since man's creation in the fall of 1975 and it would be "appropriate" for Christ's thousand-year reign to begin at that time. These claims were repeated throughout the late 1960s and in 1974 they reaffirmed there was just a short time remaining before "the wicked world's end".

1977 John Wroe The founder of the Christian Israelite Church predicted this year for Armageddon to occur.

William M. Branham This Christian minister predicted the Rapture would occur no later than 1977.

1980 Leland Jensen In 1978 Jensen predicted that there would be a nuclear disaster in 1980, followed by two decades of conflict, culminating in God's Kingdom being established on earth.

1980s Hal Lindsey Lindsey book The 1980s: Countdown to Armageddon stated ""the decade of the 1980s could very well be the last decade of history as we know it" and that the U.S. could be "destroyed by a surprise Soviet nuclear attack.". The book strongly suggests that the 1980s would see the biblical events of tribulation and end times come to pass.

1981 Chuck Smith The founder of Calvary Chapel predicted the generation of 1948 would be the last generation, and that the world would end by 1981 at the latest.

1982, March 10 John Gribbin, Stephen Plagemann Stated in their book The Jupiter Effect that combined gravitational forces of lined up planets would create a number of catastrophes, including a great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault.

1982, June 21 Benjamin Creme Creme took out an ad in the Los Angeles stating the Second Coming would occur in June 1982 with the Maitreya announcing it on worldwide television.

1982, October/November Pat Robertson In late 1976 Robertson predicted that the end of the world was coming in October or November 1982.

1984, October 2 Jehovah's Witnesses Another prediction of the end from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

1985 Lester Sumrall This minister predicted the end in this year, even writing a book about it entitled I Predict 1985.

1987–1988 Noah Hutchings, The president of the Southwest Radio Church suggested that the Rapture would take place "possibly in 1987 or 1988."

1987, April 29 Leland Jensen Jensen predicted that Halley's Comet would be pulled into Earth's orbit on April 29, 1988, causing widespread destruction.

1987, August 17 José Argüelles Argüelles claimed that Armageddon would take place unless 144,000 people gathered in certain places in the world in order to "resonate in harmony" on this day.

1988 Hal Lindsey Lindsey suggested that the Rapture would take this year, reasoning that it was 40 years (one Biblical generation) after Israel gained statehood.

1988, September/October Edgar C. Whisenant Whisenant predicted in his book 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Could Be in 1988 that the Rapture of the Christian Church would occur between 11 and 13 September 1988. After his September predictions failed to come true, Whisenant revised his prediction date to October 3.

1989, September 30 Edgar C. Whisenant After all his 1988 predictions failed to come true, Whisenant revised his prediction date to this day.

1990, April 23 Elizabeth Clare Prophet Prophet predicted a nuclear war would start on this day, with the world ending 12 years later, leading her followers to stockpile a shelter with supplies and weapons. Later, after Prophet's prediction did not come to pass, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease.

1991 Louis Farrakhan The leader of the Nation of Islam declared that the Gulf War would be the "War of Armageddon which is the final war."

1992, September 28 Rollen Stewart This born-again Christian predicted the Rapture would take place on this day.

1992, October 28 Lee Jang Rim (이장림 or 李長林)
Lee, the leader of the Dami Mission in Seoul, predicted the Rapture on this day. South Korean officials took elaborate precautions against a mass suicide, posting 1,500 riot officers to monitor about a thousand followers who had gathered in the group's headquarters to await the Rapture. Their efforts were successful, although four group members had committed suicide in previous days.

1993 David Berg Berg predicted the tribulation would start in 1989 and that the Second Coming would take place in 1993.

1994, May 2 Neal Chase This Bahá'í sect leader predicted that New York would be destroyed by a nuclear bomb on March 23, 1994, and the Battle of Armageddon would take place 40 days later.

1994, September/October Harold Camping Camping predicted the Rapture would occur on September 6, 1994. When it failed to occur he revised the date to September 29 and then to October 2.

1995, March 31 Harold Camping Camping's fourth predicted date for the end. This would be Camping's last prediction until 2011.

1996, December 17 Sheldon Nidle California psychic Sheldon Nidle predicted that the world would end on this date, with the arrival of 16 million space ships and a host of angels.

1997, March 26 Marshall Applewhite Applewhite, leader of the Heaven's Gate cult, claimed that a spacecraft was trailing the Comet Hale-Bopp and argued that suicide was "the only way to evacuate this Earth" so that the cult members' souls could board the supposed craft and be taken to another "level of existence above human". Applewhite and 38 of his followers committed mass suicide.

1997, October 23 James Ussher This 17th-century Irish Archbishop predicted this date to be 6000 years since Creation, and therefore the end of the world.

1998, March 31 Hon-Ming Chen (陳恆明)
Hon-Ming Chen, leader of the Taiwanese cult God's Salvation Church, or Chen Tao — "The True Way" — claimed that God would come to Earth in a flying saucer at 10:00 am on this date. Moreover, God would have the same physical appearance as Chen himself. On March 25, God was to appear on Channel 18 on every TV set in the US. Chen chose to base his cult in Garland, Texas, because he thought it sounded like "God's Land."

1999 Seventh-day Adventists Some literature distributed by Seventh-day Adventists predicted the end in this year.

1999 Charles Berlitz This linguist predicted the end would occur in this year. He did not predict how it would occur, stating it may involve nuclear devastation, asteroid impact, pole shift or other earth changes.

1999, July Nostradamus A prediction attributed to Nostradamus stating the "King of Terror" would come from the sky in "1999 and seven months" led to fears of the end.

1999, August 18 The Amazing Criswell The predicted date of the end of the world, according to this psychic well known for false predictions.





- 1999, December 31 Hon-Ming Chen (陳恆明)
Hon-Ming Chen's cult God's Salvation Church, now relocated to upstate New York, preached that a nuclear holocaust would destroy Europe and Asia sometime between October 1 and December 31, 1999.

- 'Before' 2000 Hal Lindsey After his 1980's predictions failed to come true, Lindsay published the book Planet Earth 2000 A.D. in 1994, which stated that Christians should not plan to still be on earth by the year 2000.

- James Gordon Lindsay This preacher predicted the tribulation would begin before the year 2000.

- Texe Marrs This conspiracy theorist stated that the last days could "wrap up by the year 2000."

- Timothy Dwight IV This President of Yale University foresaw Christ's Millennium starting by 2000.

- Jehovah's Witnesses In 1971, and again in 1984, the Jehovah's Witnesses stated the end would be before the end of the 20th century.

- 2000 - c. Peter Olivi This 13th-century theologian wrote that the Antichrist would come to power between 1300 and 1340, and the Last Judgement would take place around 2000.

- Helena Blavatsky The founder of Theosophy foresaw the end of the world in this year.

- Isaac Newton Newton predicted that Christ's Millennium would begin in the year 2000 in his book Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John.

- Ruth Montgomery This self-described Christian psychic predicted the Earth's axis would shift and the Antichrist would reveal himself in this year.

- Edgar Cayce This psychic predicted the Second Coming would occur this year.

- Sun Myung Moon The founder of the Unification Church predicted the Kingdom of Heaven would be established in this year.

- Ed Dobson This pastor predicted the end would occur in his book The End: Why Jesus Could Return by A.D. 2000.

- Lester Sumrall This minister predicted the end in his book I Predict 2000. [136]

- Jonathan Edwards This 18th-century preacher predicted that Christ's thousand-year reign would begin in this year.

- 2000, January 1 Various Predictions of a Y2k computer bug were to crash many computers and would malfunction causing major catastrophes worldwide and that society would cease to function.

- Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere An estimated 778 followers of this Ugandan religious movement perished in a devastating fire and a series of poisonings and killings that were either a group suicide or an orchestrated mass murder by group leaders after their predictions of the apocalypse failed to come about.

- Jerry Falwell Falwell foresaw God pouring out his judgement on the world on this day.

- Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins These Christian authors stated the Y2K bug would trigger global economic chaos, which the Antichrist would use to rise to power. As the date approached however they changed their minds.

- 2000, April 6 James Harmston The leader of the True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur on this day.

- 2000, May 5 Nuwaubian Nation This movement claimed that the planetary lineup would cause a "star holocaust," pulling the planets toward the sun on this day.

- 2000, October 9 Grant Jeffrey This bible teacher suggested this date as the "probable termination point for the 'last days.'"

- 2001 Tynetta Muhammad This columnist for the Nation of Islam predicted the end would occur in this year.

- 2003, May Nancy Lieder Lieder originally predicted the date for the Nibiru collision as May 2003. According to her website, aliens in the Zeta Reticuli star system told her through messages via a brain implant of a planet which would enter our solar system and cause a pole shift on earth that would destroy most of humanity.

- 2003, November 29 Aum Shinrikyo This Japanese cult predicted the world would be destroyed by a nuclear war between October 30 and November 29, 2003.

- 2006, June 6 Various Christians Fears about the date being 06/06/06 led some people to believe the Antichrist would come on this day, as 666 is said to be the number of the Antichrist.

-  2006, September 12 House of Yahweh Yisrayl Hawkins, Pastor and Overseer, The House of Yahwah, Abilene, Texas in the Feb. 2006 newsletter predicted the start of nuclear war on September 12, 2006.

- 2007, April 29 Pat Robertson In his 1990 book The New Millennium, Robertson suggests this date as the day of Earth's destruction.

- 2008, September 10 – c. Various A number of groups claimed that activation of the Large Hadron Collider experiment would bring about the end of the world through the production of planet-eating micro black holes or strangelets. Similar claims were made about 2010, March 30, when the collider reached 7 TeV, half of its maximum energy. See safety of particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.

- 2010 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn This magic order predicted the world would end in this year.

- 2011, May 21 Harold Camping Camping predicted that the Rapture and devastating earthquakes would occur on May 21, 2011 with God taking approximately 3% of the world's population into Heaven, and that the end of the world would occur five months later on October 21. 2011 end times prediction

- 2011, August–October Various There were fears amongst the public that Comet Elenin travelling almost directly between Earth and the Sun would cause disturbances to the Earth's crust, causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. Others predicted that Elenin would collide with Earth on October 16. Scientists tried to calm fears by stating that none of these events were possible.

- 2011, September 29 Ronald Weinland Ronald Weinland stated Jesus Christ would return on this day. He prophesied nuclear explosions in U.S. port cities by July 2008 as the blowing of the Second Trumpet of Revelation. After his prophecy failed to come true he changed the date for the return of Jesus Christ to May 27, 2012.

- 2011, October 21 Harold Camping When his original date failed to come about, Camping revised his prediction and said that on May 21, a "Spiritual Judgment" took place, and that both the physical Rapture and the end of the world would occur on October 21, 2011.

- 2012, May 27 Ronald Weinland Ronald Weinland stated Jesus Christ would return and the world would end on this day.

- 2012, June 30 José Luis de Jesús José Luis de Jesús predicted that the world's governments and economies would fail on this day, and that he and his followers would undergo a transformation that would allow them to fly and walk through walls.

- 2012, December 21 Various The so-called Mayan apocalypse at the start of the 14th b'ak'tun. The Earth would be destroyed by an asteroid, Nibiru, or some other interplanetary object; an alien invasion; or a supernova. Scientists from NASA, along with expert archeologists stated that none of those events were possible. 2012 phenomenon.

Christians - 46 (Concerning the second coming of Jesus, the coming of the AntiChrist, the Rapture, and Judgement Day)

Muslims - 2 (Both made by the Nation of Islam)

Jews - 2 (One made by the Essenes sect and other by a rabbi who predicted the Messiah)

The Pope - 2 (Pope Sylvester II and Pope Innocent III)

Self-Proclaimed Prophets - 9

New World beliefs & Psyches - 5



1) 1806 The Prophet Hen of Leeds In Leeds, England in 1806 a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" was written. Eventually it was discovered to be a hoax. The hoaxster had written on the eggs in a corrosive ink so as to etch the eggs, and reinserted the eggs back into the hen.

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2) Isaac Newton Newton predicted that Christ's Millennium would begin in the year 2000 in his book Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John.

Opps!

3) 2010 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn This magic order predicted the world would end in this year.

Magic is fun!

Future predictions are already in the making!  Please forgive me if I never take your end of the world story, or threat of Rapture, seriously at all. [link]

I'll make some real end of the world predictions though.

I predict that in a billion years the earth will be engulfed by our sun! [link]

I also predict that meteors will strike the earth within the next century! [link]

DUN Duuuunnn!