# 12.21.12 Apocalyptic Cults Forming?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-21-12-apocalyptic-cults-forming/569845>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 2, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-21-12-apocalyptic-cults-forming/569845 "2011-02-02T01:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-21-12-apocalyptic-cults-forming/569845/1 "2011-02-02T01:05:42Z")

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I’ve been wondering if any cults are presently forming in expectation of the end of the world, and if we’ll see any Jim Jones-like stuff happening.

Mods, I didn’t know exactly where to put this, so please move wherever you think it needs to go.

Admittedly this post is a bit morbid, but it’s been on my mind ever since we learned of this and I just wonder if any people will off themselves to keep from having to endure whatever they think may happen?

Q

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-21-12-apocalyptic-cults-forming/569845/2 "2011-02-02T01:16:05Z")

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There is a whole bunch of “Christians” who are proclaiming the Rapture on 5-22-2011 and 10-22-2011 as the Day of Judgement. But they aren’t any organized church but rather a group linked by radio broadcasts. It seems to me with the growth of the Internet the 12-21-2012 people even more so than the above-mentioned sect are loosely organized and awaiting the end on an individual level.

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-21-12-apocalyptic-cults-forming/569845/3 "2011-02-02T03:43:39Z")

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