Why is world meant to end in 2017

People planned. People partied. It was debunked , over and over. Celebrities tweeted. The Mayans chuckled. May 21, - Harold Camping, a thenyear-old televangelist and former president of the Family Radio Network, predicted the rapture world end the world with series of worldwide earthquakes hitting at 6 p.

People believed him. Some quit their jobs and nervously huddled in their home awaiting their moment with God. The date came and passed without incident. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.

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Now people dey ask question, some dey even dey even search for Internet to know "which day di world go end? To answer dis question, e don reach 11 different times wey di world suppose end but dis one no happen. Dat time na one Jewish religious group wey dem dey call Essenes predict say between di years AD , Jesus Christ go return for di second time and di world go end.

Catholic Pope Sylvester II, with some other Christian leaders bin predict say na year on New Year eve na im di world go end but after many people park enter midnight mass for St. Peter's Basilica, 1 January appear but di world no end dat day.

Another pope, Innocent III predict say na year wey be years after Islam region begin exist, na im di world go end. But im sef die 50 years before dat year so im no see say world continue. For year , one group of people wey say dem sabi see future inside London predict say di world go end on February 1 for di next year and na flood go end am.

After di plague, and Great Fire of London wey kill plenty people dat year, one religious group wey be di Fifth Monarchists talk say na for dat year di world go end, but e no be so. For , smoke from forest fire and heavy cloud make di sky dark for one whole day.