Letter from Sir Isaac Newton in 1704 predicts when the world will end

[pellinore]

Sir Isaac Newton, a renowned scientist known for formulating the laws of motion and gravity, predicted the world as we know it would end in 2060.

Newton scrawled this ominous warning on a letter slip above a series of mathematical calculations more than 300 years ago.

He believed in biblical visions of the Apocalypse — specifically the Battle of Armageddon — and based his prediction on his Protestant interpretation of the Bible and events that followed biblical history. 

This prophesied war is described in the last chapter of the Book of Revelation, and pits the forces of good (led by God) against the forces of evil (led by the kings of the Earth). 

Scripture states that this battle would mark the end of the world, ushering in a new era of peace brought by God. 

Letter from Sir Isaac Newton in 1704 predicts when the world will end | Daily Mail Online

Edited February 14 by pellinore

[Bendy Demon]

Yeah..sure..whatever. We have all heard variations on how and when the world is gonna end. 🙄

This isn't the first time we had all this gloom and doom and certainly won't be the last.

[+and-then]

12 minutes ago, Bendy Demon said:

Yeah..sure..whatever. We have all heard variations on how and when the world is gonna end. 🙄

This isn't the first time we had all this gloom and doom and certainly won't be the last.

Some of us believe he was wrong on the + side.  The scriptures that deal with the end of civilization/human government, point to a series of events that are beginning to align already.  The main sign to be aware of is a peace treaty that will be "confirmed" between Israel and the "many" nations.  The day that deal is signed and begun, will start a seven-year countdown.  Those months will be in sync with a lunar calendar of 30 days per month.  At the 42-month, 1260-day, or 3.5-year midpoint of the agreement, the worst suffering and destruction to ever come upon our world will begin.  By the end of the following 42 months, 2/3 of the earth's population will be dead from war, famine, and disease.  WWII saw fewer than 300 million dead from all causes.  This war will claim roughly 5000 million dead.

This kind of puts Trump's efforts to find a Mid-East peace deal in a different light, huh?  The AntiChrist will be the leader who "confirms" the deal and that seems to indicate that a previous deal that was extant from before that time, is being revived and implemented.

[cormac mac airt]

Wash, rinse, repeat! 
 

cormac

[Doc Socks Junior]

1 hour ago, cormac mac airt said:

Wash, rinse, repeat! 
 

cormac

A few decades ago, I was working apartment maintenance one summer and one of the long-term fellas gave me that same spiel as above. But he was pretty convinced we were already in the countdown. I told him I wished I could come back in 5 years and tell him "Yeah, nah."

Unfortunately, it was only a one summer thing. Well, fortunately, really.

But they do keep rattling on about it, don't they ever.

[cormac mac airt]

1 minute ago, Doc Socks Junior said:

A few decades ago, I was working apartment maintenance one summer and one of the long-term fellas gave me that same spiel as above. But he was pretty convinced we were already in the countdown. I told him I wished I could come back in 5 years and tell him "Yeah, nah."

Unfortunately, it was only a one summer thing. Well, fortunately, really.

But they do keep rattling on about it, don't they ever.

People have been going on about it for nearly 2000 years and it hasn’t happened yet. It’s always “just around the corner”. Sadly the paranoia will probably still be around in another 2000 years. Go figure. 
 

cormac

[+and-then]

1 hour ago, cormac mac airt said:

Wash, rinse, repeat! 
 

cormac

Tell me, cormac, IF you were to see the situation I just described, unfolding in real time would you ever be willing to revisit your beliefs?  Most folks, especially those here, tend to resist displacing firmly held beliefs.  If so, can you imagine any scenario where you would revisit them?  I'm genuinely curious.  

[+and-then]

16 minutes ago, cormac mac airt said:

Sadly the paranoia will probably still be around in another 2000 years

Possibly, but just for the record, I have no fear associated with this prediction and never have had.  I also freely admit that I have no proof or even a desire to find it with regard to this event.  

[+and-then]

27 minutes ago, Doc Socks Junior said:

But they do keep rattling on about it, don't they ever.

Do you tend to speak about your personal beliefs that you hold very dearly or do you refrain from ever speaking about them?  Also, I'll ask you the same question I asked cormac.  Post #7.

[cormac mac airt]

2 minutes ago, and-then said:

Tell me, cormac, IF you were to see the situation I just described, unfolding in real time would you ever be willing to revisit your beliefs?  Most folks, especially those here, tend to resist displacing firmly held beliefs.  If so, can you imagine any scenario where you would revisit them?  I'm genuinely curious.  

The events are “always beginning to align” just as they always fail. The question is when it doesn’t happen like you envision it on whom will you try to pin it on next? Jesus allegedly said in the Bible it would all happen 2000 years ago, if the Biblical Son of God couldn’t get it right there’s no reason to believe you can. 
 

cormac

[Abramelin]

Anyone remember Hal Lindsey?

😄

[XenoFish]

The problem with doomsday predictions is always self fulfilling prophecy. 

[pellinore]

6 hours ago, cormac mac airt said:

Wash, rinse, repeat! 
 

cormac

I once worked with a girl who was convinced the world would end on St David's Day 1974 (March 1st). Her boyfriend drove his Mini Cooper slap bang into a van that day, and she was a passenger. She was right. It ended. It was the first funeral I ever went to, his parents dropped a handful of earth onto his coffin, their faces were so grey they looked beyond ill. His motto on driving was "If in doubt, open out".

[Piney]

8 hours ago, Bendy Demon said:

Yeah..sure..whatever. We have all heard variations on how and when the world is gonna end. 🙄

This isn't the first time we had all this gloom and doom and certainly won't be the last.

Read the Rationalwiki entry "list of 'End Times' predictions" (this happens to be on it)

You'll crack up! 

2 hours ago, Abramelin said:

Anyone remember Hal Lindsey?

😄

His book is in my working library. 😅

[Antigonos]

4 hours ago, Abramelin said:

Anyone remember Hal Lindsey?

😄

Author of such classics as The Late Great Planet Earth and Satan is alive and well on Planet Earth 😂

[Antigonos]

2 hours ago, Piney said:

 

His book is in my working library. 😅

Every paranormal section in every used  bookstore I shopped at as a kid had copies of his books, right next to the cryptid, Bernuda Triangle and UFO 70s paperbacks. I have to admit all that stuff was fun to collect back then.

 

[Antigonos]

8 hours ago, and-then said:

Do you tend to speak about your personal beliefs that you hold very dearly or do you refrain from ever speaking about them?  

Explain why personal beliefs the existence of which have no reality outside of your brain should be taken seriously by anyone else or not commented on when publicly voiced.

Edited February 14 by Antigonos

[Piney]

19 minutes ago, Antigonos said:

Every paranormal section in every used  bookstore I shopped at as a kid had copies of his books, right next to the cryptid, Bernuda Triangle and UFO 70s paperbacks. I have to admit all that stuff was fun to collect back then.

Your going to love the 3rd floor store room. 😳

[Abramelin]

17 hours ago, and-then said:

Some of us believe he was wrong on the + side.  The scriptures that deal with the end of civilization/human government, point to a series of events that are beginning to align already.  The main sign to be aware of is a peace treaty that will be "confirmed" between Israel and the "many" nations.  The day that deal is signed and begun, will start a seven-year countdown.  Those months will be in sync with a lunar calendar of 30 days per month.  At the 42-month, 1260-day, or 3.5-year midpoint of the agreement, the worst suffering and destruction to ever come upon our world will begin.  By the end of the following 42 months, 2/3 of the earth's population will be dead from war, famine, and disease.  WWII saw fewer than 300 million dead from all causes.  This war will claim roughly 5000 million dead.

This kind of puts Trump's efforts to find a Mid-East peace deal in a different light, huh?  The AntiChrist will be the leader who "confirms" the deal and that seems to indicate that a previous deal that was extant from before that time, is being revived and implemented.

I'll ask you too: do you know about Hal Lindsey and his books predicting Armageddon?

The Anti Christ would be the leader of 10 nations. Back then the European Community fitted perfectly.

He wrote about Gog and Magog (the Soviets) and lots of others.

All would assemble in the plains of Megiddo to attack Israel, the final battle.

The leader of the EC would be the resurrected Anti Christ who miraculously survived a shot in the head ( - no, not his ear, heh - ).

There was a film based on Lindsey's books with - I think - Richard Chamberlain in the lead as the Anti Christ.

[Abramelin]

22 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

There was a film based on Lindsey's books with - I think - Richard Chamberlain in the lead as the Anti Christ.

Found it:

It wasn't Richard Chamberlain, but Michael York:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203408/?ref_=ls_i_14

"The Omega Code".

Edited February 14 by Abramelin

[Abramelin]

And then we have the socalled Mayan prophecies about the year 2012.

It was a big thing here on UM before 2012.

It was a load of bs and scaremongery based on the books written by José Arguelles.

Nothing happened, as most with a brain already expected.

The movie was great, though.

[XenoFish]

I think we're naturally addicted to the idea of the end of the world fantasies. 

[+and-then]

16 hours ago, cormac mac airt said:

The events are “always beginning to align” just as they always fail. The question is when it doesn’t happen like you envision it on whom will you try to pin it on next? Jesus allegedly said in the Bible it would all happen 2000 years ago, if the Biblical Son of God couldn’t get it right there’s no reason to believe you can. 
 

cormac

I'll take that as a no.  Doesn't that conflict with your rational, scientific approach?  I simply posed a theoretical question.   Actually, I could call it rhetorical because I knew the answer most here would give.  Science doesn't seem to be as open-minded as it's supposed to be when one cannot even venture to imagine a thing being different than what is expected.  You guys have a good weekend  

[Abramelin]

7 minutes ago, XenoFish said:

I think we're naturally addicted to the idea of the end of the world fantasies. 

And I think it is really about the end of the one clinging to these fantasies.

Their life sucks, but they don't want to make it show personal, so they project it on humanity.

[XenoFish]

Just now, Abramelin said:

And I think it is really about the end of the one clinging to these fantasies.

Their life sucks, but they don't want to make it show personal, so they project it on humanity.

The religious end of times come off as purely vindictive. Kinda says a lot about the person who believes them.