Mr. Meade has, ah, revised his predictions, as FoxNews reports. In fact, he’s fairly opportunistic:
David Meade, who claimed the world is ending Saturday when a mysterious planet collides with Earth, is now backtracking on the calamitous claim.
Meade said the world won’t end on Sept. 23 after all, but instead Saturday will only mark the beginning of a series of catastrophic events to occur over several weeks.
“The world is not ending, but the world as we know it is ending,” he told the Washington Post. “A major part of the world will not be the same the beginning of October.”
Meade said his prediction is based on verses and numerical codes found in the Bible, specifically in the apocalyptic Book of Revelation. He said recent events, such as the solar eclipse and Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, are omens of the approaching apocalypse.
And he explains the importance of the number of 33 in Biblical numerology and tries to roll astronomy into the gig, according to the report. For the young and the uninformed, this may seem portentous and magical.
For the rest of us, who’ve dared to read history beyond the standard textbooks, or have simply been around for a while, it’s the same old tired drek, designed to make people feel like they’re part of something divinely important. Take advantage of the disasters of the time, whether they be war, pestilence, weather, or tectonics, and behind it is someone in search of fame, prestige, wealth, and power.
It’s easier to make up stuff about God than it is to study Nature.
