doomsday
Kenya doomsday cult pastor and others will face charges of murder, cruelty and more
By Tom Odula — January 16, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Survivors told investigators the pastor had instructed them to fast to death before the world ends so they could meet Jesus.
Think we’re living through the Apocalypse? So did first-century Christians
By Thomas Reese — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — If the apocalyptic writers were alive today, they would no doubt draw from the imagery of nuclear war, global warming, melting ice caps, falling asteroids and pandemics.
Cult leader executed for Japan sarin attacks still a mystery
By Mari Yamaguchi — July 6, 2018
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga confirmed doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara was executed Friday (July 6).
The ’Splainer: Will the world end on Saturday?
By Kimberly Winston — September 19, 2017
(RNS) Short answer — no. But it can be perilous to ignore the predictions.
Some Mormons stocking up amid fears that doomsday could come this month
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — September 10, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – "Preppers" believe that starting Sept. 13, the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, there will be another, even larger financial crisis, based on the United States' "wickedness." That will launch the "days of tribulation" — as described in the Bible.
Apocalypse when? New documentary examines failed prophet Harold Camping
By Kimberly Winston — May 21, 2014
(RNS) Three years after his failed prophecy about the end of the world, a new film about doomsday prophet Harold Camping offers an intimate glimpse inside the last days of his Family Radio empire.
COMMENTARY: Keep doomsday religion out of the Syrian conflict
By Faheem Younus — August 27, 2013
(RNS) At this critical juncture, where some religious leaders have issued an all-out warning of a third world war, quoting the Bible to support the “annihilation of Damascus” is like poling at an inflamed appendix; don’t manage it promptly and it may rupture, triggering a much larger regional war
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