Who here thinks the world will be over Aug 22?

Answer 1

I cannot wait to find out if Nostradamus was right (probably not though).

I'm also excited about Newton's prediction that the world will end in 2060, and then there is the Mayan/X-Files prediction: December 22, 2012.

Answer 2

Whats so great about Aug 22?

Answer 3

'When something big is predicted to happen on particular day it never happens. The world will not be over on Aug 22.
It may be the end of the world as we know it, but I will feel fine.

Answer 4

I believe that the World Cup will be over by Aug 22 (it already is), but not the World Series or world itself.

But if you'd like to have your own personal rapture and fly away, go for it.

Answer 5

Man... I'll be on vacation... that'll be cool. I won't have to go back to work.

This information comes from no lesser source than the Wall Street Journal, where Bernard Lewis, President Bush's favourite historian, provides the details.

"In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity," the professor writes, "there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long-awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined.

"Mr Ahmadinejad [the Iranian president] and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the US about nuclear development by August 22. This was at first reported as 'by the end of August', but Mr Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise."

Lewis continues: "What is the significance of August 22? This year, August 22 corresponds, in the Islamic calendar, to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque', usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (cf, Koran XVII.1). This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and, if necessary, of the world."

This sort of quasi-religious scaremongering always finds a receptive audience in the United States, especially among Christians of the jihadist persuasion. At 90 years old, Professor Lewis may have completely lost his marbles, but he is still feted by the White House (vice-president Dick Cheney was guest of honour at his birthday party in April), and the Wall Street Journal describes him as "a sage". He is credited with coining the phrase "clash of civilisations" back in 1990 and now seems intent on making it a reality.

Nevertheless, Prof Lewis does manage to spot a few drawbacks in his alleged Iranian attempt to obliterate Israel. "An attack that wipes out Israel would almost certainly wipe out the Palestinians too," he writes.
This "might well be of concern to the Palestinians", he says, "but not apparently to their fanatical champions in the Iranian government." (He seems to be assuming here that Iran already has a fully primed nuclear arsenal, which is plainly not the case, despite what many Americans imagine.)

He then suddenly demolishes his own argument with this caveat: "It is far from certain that Mr Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for August 22."

So why, exactly, did the Iranians choose August 22 as the date for giving their answer to the US about nuclear development? Probably for bureaucratic convenience. When they promised a reply "by the end of August", they didn't actually use the word "August", but the Iranian equivalent. If you look up the Persian calendar, you'll see that August 22 just happens to be the end of the month known as Mordad.

I don't suppose this will discourage the neocons from continuing to write such loopy, prophetic nonsense. Here's another of them, Michael Ledeen, formerly a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Iraq-Niger yellowcake affair, predicting an Iranian nuclear test by November 5:

"The Iranians believe they now have all the necessary components for a nuclear bomb. The only question is how long it will take them to assemble and test it. Khamenei had hoped to be able to test an atomic bomb by the third week in October, but his scientific advisers recently told him they could not make that deadline. They are now aiming for November 4 or 5, the anniversary of the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran during the revolution.

"There is another November date our leaders should take seriously: the 25th, the anniversary of the disappearance of the twelfth imam, and thus the most significant date in the Shiite calendar. Reports from Tehran suggest that the mullahs would like to celebrate that anniversary with a big-time terrorist attack against America."

Answer 6

Aug.22 is when Mohammad road into the sky on some monster.. I think its supposed to almost mimic the resurrection of Jesus.. Any way I think the plot that was foiled in London is what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was refering too. Not to say he won't plan something else... But no I don't think so. (as to your question)

Answer 7

Scientists believe that the world will be over in about 5 billion years since the Sun will shrink into a smaller size and we need the Sun 'cause without heat from the Sun, it will be just a cold universe and emptiness.

Answer 8

Then what are all the religous freaks gonna do when it DOESN'T end on aug 22? Which it isn't going to

Answer 9

Nope. Iran isn't powerful enough. Even if Iran starts a major confict in the name of Islam, Mulims will be defeated - the world would definately go through a major change as a result though.

Answer 10

I don't. Why that date?