THEY
CRY "WOLF!"
(Investigator 26, 1992 September)
Below is part of an ad
dated March 2,
1988
predicting great things for March 13, 15, 17, and 25 of 1988.
One person mentioned in the ad is "The Pebble". This fellow has made other predictions of which perhaps none have come true. Let's consider some more prophets. Mission for the Coming
Days was
discussed
in Investigator 24. They believe the Rapture (when Christians
rise
to meet Christ in the air) will occur on October 29 this year followed
by the "Tribulation" lasting seven years and then the Millennium. It's
been alleged that members are going on diets and females undergoing
abortions
to lose weight and more easily fly upwards on October 29.
The following ad
appeared
in The
Advertiser
(July 11):
Hundreds of Australians
of a cult called Pleideans
prepared for the apocalypse on July 26, 1992. Most of them kept it a
secret
but a group of seven in the New South Wales town of Wagga Wagga went
public
on Adelaide TV on July 24 to warn everyone.
One said: "I’ve noticed the weather change in the last two weeks." Another: "The days seem shorter." (Nothing strange about that since it was mid winter!) A third said: "The birds have been really quiet." The American leader of the cult claims to be a prophetess. She visited Australia on a lecture tour early in 1992 and taught that the Solar System is about to enter an energy vacuum in a photon belt whatever that means. The Wagga Wagga group predicted either five days of total darkness or of continuous light, they weren't sure which, to start Sunday afternoon. They had stocked up on water, candles and food. Sunday the 26th was also the date set by alleged Indian medicine-man Robert Morning Sky. Mr Sky toured Australia in May. He charged fees of $25 and treated audiences to yelps, war drums, prancing, jokes, 1950s and 1960s UFO anecdotes, and predicted that extraterrestrial aliens would reveal themselves to the whole world on TV on July 26. Mr Sky knew about July 26 because in 1948 the Hopi Indians rescued a stranded alien who taught them the secrets of the cosmos and revealed the date. Mr Sky offered a manuscript of secrets for $20, photos of himself for $10 and a further meeting for $95. Are all "Prophets" liars
crying "wolf" or
is there a real wolf to watch out for? You decide.
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