It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

This weekend at Rod Laver Arena there will be a gathering of Jehovah Witnesses. Now they believe that when Armaggedon comes, only 144000 will go to heaven. Now when is Armaggedon? It is pretty important for them to find out so they can be ready. Here then is the date for Armeggedon as predicted by Charles Taze Russell, thier founder: 1914.
Whoops, he must of been surprised when that year came and went.

He then went on to predicted 1915. When he lived through that year they revised it to 1918. Sadly Charles died in 1916 and was unable to witness whether that prediction came true. OK, so they made a few wrong predictions. But surely they must get it right sometime. Let's see, further predictions were 1920, 1925, 1932, 1941, 1975 and although not endorsed by the church, some followers thought 1994.

What happens when so many of these predictions are wrong? What does a church do when they make claims that fail the test? The answer is, of cause, to deny ever making the claim and throw the blame on someone else. The church tells their followers that there never was such a prediction. The followers quickly fall into line and any memory of the failed predictions are easily forgotten. The church no longer makes predictions but still tells their followers that they should be prepared for the end of the world, because that day may suddenly arrive.

I think I'll take my chances.

(The information was taken from this article.)