Doomsday cult leader predicts nuclear war by Thursday, June 12, 2008

1. RNB
   June 10th, 2008 at 11:03 am

   Back in 1998 -- as a lark -- I noted down the predictions of Web 'psychic' Elizabeth Joyce, and held on to 'em until the end of the year. There were some doozies: The Iraqi poison-gas attack on Israel! Giant volcanoes exploding all over the Pacific! An earthquake inundating the East Coast! Bill Clinton's resignation! Robert Duvall winning an Oscar!

   About five percent of her 'prophecies' panned out. (Mostly Oscar picks.) And she's predicted Doomsday every year since.

   It was a valuable learning experience. I take any prophecy of the end of the world very calmly nowadays.

2. shawnisboring
   June 10th, 2008 at 11:11 am

   If the world ends before i can play metal gear solid 4 i am going to be pissed.

3. simon
   June 10th, 2008 at 11:27 am

   of course, these truck trailers are nuclear blast resistant...

4. creole26
   June 10th, 2008 at 11:29 am

   I find that it's always good to schedule nuclear war weeks ahead. It prevents conflicts.

   *ba dum!*

5. Howard
   June 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

   Nice, that's my Mom's birthday and I've been looking for something to get her. Are gask masks one-size-fits-all or do I have to ask her? That's always so awkward.

6. Neslock
   June 10th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

   Actually this idiot has been predicting this over and over for the last few years, moving the date or changing the meaning of the prediction each time it doesn't come true. It's amazing that he has any followers left when he's wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME. I would quote all the dates here, but I just don't care enough to spend the time You can read about it in Wikipedia.

7. Matt
   June 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

   The End? I can't wait!!

   Pros: If June 12, is the official...
   ...I got dibs on Florida.

   Cons: I'm going to miss: The Hulk, The Happening, The Dark Knight, and most important, Harry Potter.

8. Greg
   June 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

   Crap. I had a big weekend planned too... Oh well...

9. Susano
   June 10th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

   Figures, my birthday is Friday the 13th, and some guy feels the need to ruin it.

10. Ali S.
    June 10th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Oh, dang it! And I'm just about to start learning how to drive a car and wanted to drive around this Summer break! Oh well, it this doesn't pan out I can always set my calender to the 2012 prophecy.

11. kid_icarus
    June 10th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    ahhhhhhh.....well at least that means i will only have to go to a job i hate with every fiber of my soul for another week....so there's some good that will come of it.

12. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    June 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Apparently, the followers have to buy their supplies at inflated prices from a company owned by Hawkins.

    I don't know what he's going to do with all that money if he actually thinks the world's going to end.

13. redphone
    June 10th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Boy will our faces be red if he's right!

14. Lo
    June 10th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    Please, they've been predicting the end of the world for the last 2000 years. They've yet to get it right.

15. Homer Jay
    June 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    That is totally going to ruin the Metal Gear Solid 4 launch.

16. Thomas
    June 10th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    I've had my sights set on 2012 for a while now.

17. Jimbo
    June 10th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    The bible says that if a prophet prophesies something that doesn't come true, that that prophet is NOT of God. (paraphrased)

    So friday we will find out if they are from God or Satan.

    hmmm

18. cuimhne
    June 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    @shawnisboring that was my first thought too! "Damn, if the world ends I won't get to play MGS4...couldn't they delay doomsday for about a week?"

19. scooter jay
    June 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    wow, the discrediting portion of the newscast really works.

20. Eric
    June 10th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    These crazy cult guys never stop.

21. nevrdull
    June 10th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    can be arranged - just call the russians. they seem to have a stockpile of that stuff still lying around. and with a bit of *ahem* financial aid, i'm sure that date can be held.

    in all seriousness though: lunatics like this have been around since the beginning of time - i wonder what He is getting out of this financially or otherwise?

22. kat
    June 10th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    the world is going to end on my birthday? that sucks

23. dennvp
    June 10th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    yay...
    lets look for tomorrow

    if yes... man how about my exam at 13 and 19 ??

24. Jonny Wonder
    June 10th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    Always comes true for Jehovah's Witnesses too.... This guy is my idle. Not because he's a delicious pro(ph)fit, but because he has watchtowers and amazing quantities of guns. Hawt.

25. DOJ
    June 10th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Ya, but does he know what time on Thursday?

    Seriously tho, why is this on network news? Compared to what else is going on in the world, this is like reporting jaywalking.

26. Frank
    June 10th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    It's time to hear "Insane In The Brain" from Cypress Hill again...

27. TZ
    June 10th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    Why'd he have to pick thursday! At least push it back a few weeks so I can go on my vacation to Europe

28. ted
    June 10th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    He only has to be right once. Just once...

29. cameron
    June 10th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    SWEET!

    My birthday!

    This is better than any birthday show....EVER!!!!!!

30. Jennifer
    June 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Geeze, can't he keep any secrets? Now, it's not going to surprise and we'll have to reschedule the whole blasted thing!

    I'll bet his followers get through one truck load of rations then die for eating all the radiated food. Has he bothered to study not just what you need to survive, but where it must be stored?

31. CheeseDuck
    June 10th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Yawn. The world ends in 2012. Everyone knows that.
    -OBOS

32. Homer J. Simpson
    June 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    Should we be worried about one of these cults having a stockpile of nerve gas somewhere like Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult, or am I being a little bit paranoid?

33. Rosi
    June 11th, 2008 at 2:26 am

    YES I go back to school on the 13th... now I don't have to!
    RESULT!
    Do you think I could get away with not turning up by using the end of the world as an excuse? It's worth a try...

34. Larfin Jackarse
    June 11th, 2008 at 3:48 am

    Ummm bummer it will be the 12th in Oz before it is in Dumbfuck city in Texas.

    I will stay up past 12 and if still here then will post an AOK. No post means duck and cover when it hits the 12th in your neck of the woods folks.

35. Nick Half
    June 11th, 2008 at 3:57 am

    Anyone notice that that is the day after the new iphone release? Nuclear War is caused by shortages of the iphone.

36. Rebekah
    June 11th, 2008 at 7:54 am

    Great, Doomsday on my Birthday, I feel special inside
    lol..

37. Brian
    June 11th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Maybe he was born with it. Maybe its Abilene.

38. clare
    June 11th, 2008 at 9:40 am

    so whats he going to say if hes preficted wrong? Touchwood thats all ive got to say

39. ivykins08
    June 11th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    June 12th? thats the day of my Kanye West concert! hell of a way to go out..

40. Stratoblogster
    June 11th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    Must get more canned bacon!

41. Yummy
    June 11th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    June 12 nuclear war? Metal Gear Solid 4 launch? Yup, this is definitely a viral video from Konami.

42. Charles Bishop
    June 12th, 2008 at 9:12 am

    Oh Please let this man be right about there being a nuclear war this week!!!

    This world has to go. I don't like it. Its an evil place.

43. Homer J. Simpson
    June 12th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    No nuclear war yet (isn't that shocking?). Only about ten hours to go until 6/13.

44. Tom Clix
    June 12th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    hmm. 8 hours left...
    doot doot doo...
    Was that a mushroom cloud?
    Later internetz, I'm going LOOTING!

45. tigergal39
    June 12th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    5.5 hours to go & we are still here, can I drain the bathtub yet?

46. Homer J. Simpson
    June 13th, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Well, 6/12 has come and gone, and it doesn't look like there was a nuclear war. PROPHECY FAIL!

    "Let's start a war!
    We'll start a nuclear war!
    At the gay bar! Gay bar! Gay bar!"

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=q54LJ5RsqRw

47. Armagedoner
    June 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    So I rolled into my office this morning.. only to see a crater. Luckily I plugged directly into a satellite only to see that most of the midwest has been destroyed. I think he was right.

    I'm going to go scrounge up a cockroach souffle.

48. Eric
    June 13th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Guess hes wrong seeing as its the 13TH!!! Besides, the world has to live long enough for Halo to come true.

49. Homer Jay Simpson
    June 16th, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Yes, Halo is the only accurate prediction of the future indeed.

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