https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/27/american-apocalypse-never-ending-predictions-that-the-world-is-about-to-end/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:27:08 -0400<![CDATA[The closer you look at American history, the more it seems that someone somewhere is always in apocalyptic time. Sometimes the whole country seems to plunge in together, as in such convulsive periods as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the aftermath of 9/11. Other times a distinct subculture detects an eschaton invisible to everyone else. On October 22, 1844, the followers of William Miller abandoned their homes and fields and gathered to greet the end of the world; to quote Mark Twain’s account, they “put on their ascension robes, took a tearful leave of their friends, and made ready to fly up to heaven at the first blast of the trumpet. But the angel did not blow it.”]]>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:40:04 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/27/american-apocalypse-never-ending-predictions-that-the-world-is-about-to-end-n98652