These sites attempt to present a general view of diverse prophectic traditions, sometimes (but not always) with a sense of scholarship and a desire to promote tolerance and understanding.
The anonymous editor of this site shows the differing views of many of the published prophesiers in the world. All of the predictions involve the end of the world, and both the time and cause are given by each prophesier. The unbiased view of each prophesier's ideas are nice to see, although the page has not been updated for a while and some of the prophecies are already untrue. The range of views given by the prophesiers are quite surprising ranging from a second ice age to the prophecies described in the Book of Revelations. An informative addition to the site is the availability of the bibliography used to construct the site, which web searchers can use to learn more about the prophesiers that interest them. (March 3, 1999)
Jacob Schwartz, PH.D, astrologer and professor at Temple University, explores prophecy with the knowledge that he possesses. He informs any reader that might be interested about various predictions while demonstrating his astrological intelligence. His reports cover the Great Pyramid and the implications of its markings, and the prophecies of Nostradamus, as well as other prophetic topics. Without taking a particular stance on an issue, he investigates many views by referring to various psychics and their personal thoughts about the foreboding ideas discussed. In a clearly educated manner, he reports on past histories of the prophecies and compares them to the current states of the world. Schwartz makes no attempt at trying to conclude anything other than the fact that prophecy is interesting and contains a great deal of knowledge to be learned. He leaves many interpretations open for question rather than trying to influence any conclusions. (Accessed March 2, 1999)
The group that owns this site is Religious Tolerance, a non-profit organization. The page does not necessarily state this group's views on the end of the world, it seems they are merely trying to make the reader aware of the various beliefs and predictions of different groups. Some groups that the Religious Tolerance organization cites are the Branch Davidians, the Unarius Society, and The Order of the Solar Temple. This site also gives the reader links to sites concerning a wide variety of end of the world issues. The organization is led by four volunteers from different backgrounds. The organizers give a great deal of information about themselves. An interesting sub-page on this site is the list of end of the world predictions. The site seems very well rounded and complete and includes links to almost everything they mention. (Accessed March 15, 1999)
This site is an excellent resource for the study of biblical prophecies from their original sources, as well as for biblical scholars of any level. First, it presents the complete text of the Bible in 10 different translations (the full text of some of these is available for download). The KJV and the Revised Versions are available side-by-side, for easy comparison. Second, one can use several Concordances to locate any passage in the Bible by number, keyword or topic, and access the original Greek and Hebrew verses, as well as the interpretations and commentaries on those passages. For further exploration, links to other Bible study centers and the Classical Writings of Historic Christianity are given. For those with MIDI capability, hundreds of Christian hymns are available via the Cyber Hymnal. Finally, visitors are able to hear voice readings of any King James Bible passage read by Alexander Scourby on Real Audio. (Accessed March 14, 1999)
LSW 200
Spring '99
http://merlin.alleg.edu/employee/a/acarr/lsw/general.html
Last updated May 16, 1999
