In a message dated 1/2/2000 4:14:02 AM, ami@ML.usagi.org writes:

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Where in the Bible did it say that Jesus was going to come back on
01/01/2000? That is what I would have liked to have asked a few
of these people who bought into that (as a Christian, I know
that in my Bible, it makes reference to "not even the angels
in Heaven know of the date of Jesus' return", so why would
a bunch of lunatics know better than the angels (not the Eva
ones ^_^)? After all, people apparently had enough trouble
trying to figure when the 3rd Millenium AD started (it's 2001
folks). I instead wonder about these people who, following
the Soldier of Fiction magazine, firmly believed that Clinton
was going to declare martial law as a pretext to starting the
"New World Order-buzzword to One-World Government"
nonsense, now that they have all this survival stuff they paid
good money to use, now that they won't have to use it (except
for the Wind-up Radios they were selling at Wal-Mart; that
would be excellent for use in camping or something...)
 >>

        Actualy according to an article published in the NY Times on 
12/31/99, roughly one-third of all Christains in the New York Metropolitan 
area (an area not exactly known for religious fundamentalism amoung people 
except Hasidic Jews) believe that Christ will return to Earth this year, many 
of them believed he would return on New Year's at midnight. Some of the stuff 
these people said in interviews was pretty crazy.