List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events
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In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final judgement of all people on Earth.|alt=A three-paneled painting. The centre panel shows Jesus sitting in judgment on the world, while St Michael is weighing souls. On the left-hand panel, the saved are being guided into heaven, while on the right-hand panel, the damned are being dragged to hell]]
Predictions of apocalyptic events that would result in the extinction of humanity, a collapse of civilization, or the destruction of the planet have been made since at least the beginning of the Common Era.
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See also
- Apocalypticism
- Doomsday cult
- Extinction risk from climate change
- List of predictions
- List of topics characterized as pseudoscience
- Predictions and claims for the Second Coming
- Unfulfilled Christian religious predictions
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