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I thought that maybe we could benefit from peoples' mistakes in the past by sharing examples of times that people incorrectly thought the world would end. I only know of a few examples, but I'm guessing that others here will be able to share more.

This might also be beneficial, I believe, in order to prevent religious hysteria caused by a few seemingly-fulfilled prophecies. I'm not implying that anyone in particular on this forum is guilty of this type of hysteria, but I know that I've been guilty of this in the past, and I'm sure that some others might have been as well.

Here are a few examples:
-January 1st, 2000 (Y2K bug, in particular).

-January 1st, 1000. Many Christians predicted the world would end on this date, simply because it was a nice round number.

-The 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001. I think it's ridiculous how some people thought the world was going to end after this event. Some of my church friends started storing entire rooms full of flour at this time.

-The Black Death of the 14th century in Europe, which killed 30-60% of the entire population within a short period of time. This is my favorite example, and I believe that many events we call "disasters" today are very pale in comparison with this one.