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This is simply New Age premillenialism (as opposed to the more traditional Christian version, with which I am well familiar, having made it my focus of study in grad school), and it has absolutely nothing to do with serious research into the paranormal.

People who don't know better like to think they have stumbled onto something new, and momentous. In fact, every generation, and every faith, has its end-of-the-world mythos and prophecies, and none of them have ever come true. My favourite has always been the Millerites in the 19th century - when the second coming of Jesus didn't occur on the predicted date, they just moved the date. More modern "scholars" of this sort have gotten a bit more sophisticated - they avoid fixing a date as much as possible, and always make sure that they add a caveat that "the future is not fixed - we can change this" which is the euqivalent of a Get Out Of Jail Free card when your prophecies don't come true.

Miller's failure, by the way, was fittingly called "The Great Disappointment" - which is exactly what people like Jarvis and anyone who buys what's he's "selling" are in for in the years to come.

Paul

<blockquote data-quote="Paul Kimball" data-source="post: 96417">This is simply New Age premillenialism (as opposed to the more traditional Christian version, with which I am well familiar, having made it my focus of study in grad school), and it has absolutely nothing to do with serious research into the paranormal.&nbsp;People who don&#039;t know better like to think they have stumbled onto something new, and momentous. In fact, every generation, and every faith, has its end-of-the-world mythos and prophecies, and none of them have ever come true. My favourite has always been the Millerites in the 19th century - when the second coming of Jesus didn&#039;t occur on the predicted date, they just moved the date. More modern &quot;scholars&quot; of this sort have gotten a bit more sophisticated - they avoid fixing a date as much as possible, and always make sure that they add a caveat that &quot;the future is not fixed - we can change this&quot; which is the euqivalent of a Get Out Of Jail Free card when your prophecies don&#039;t come true.&nbsp;Miller&#039;s failure, by the way, was fittingly called &quot;The Great Disappointment&quot; - which is exactly what people like Jarvis and anyone who buys what&#039;s he&#039;s &quot;selling&quot; are in for in the years to come.&nbsp;Paul</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Kimball, post: 96417"] This is simply New Age premillenialism (as opposed to the more traditional Christian version, with which I am well familiar, having made it my focus of study in grad school), and it has absolutely nothing to do with serious research into the paranormal. People who don't know better like to think they have stumbled onto something new, and momentous. In fact, every generation, and every faith, has its end-of-the-world mythos and prophecies, and none of them have ever come true. My favourite has always been the Millerites in the 19th century - when the second coming of Jesus didn't occur on the predicted date, they just moved the date. More modern "scholars" of this sort have gotten a bit more sophisticated - they avoid fixing a date as much as possible, and always make sure that they add a caveat that "the future is not fixed - we can change this" which is the euqivalent of a Get Out Of Jail Free card when your prophecies don't come true. Miller's failure, by the way, was fittingly called "The Great Disappointment" - which is exactly what people like Jarvis and anyone who buys what's he's "selling" are in for in the years to come. Paul [/QUOTE]

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