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Beast Seller

Despite an earnest prediction by “Christian numerologist” David Meade, the world did not end on Sept. 23, 2017. That’s when a planet astronomers say doesn’t exist (“Nibiru”) was supposed to (Meade says) crash into Earth ...even though no one has seen a giant planet heading this way. Meade, who is trying to sell various self-published books on the “end days,” backed off his prediction as the date got close: “The world is not ending, but the world as we know it is ending,” he claimed. Prof. Ed Stetzer, executive director of Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, admits in an article in Christianity Today that Christians “do believe some odd things,” such as that “Jesus is coming back,” but few Christians buy into Biblical numerology or even end times. “Whenever someone tells you they have found a secret number code in the Bible, end the conversation,” Stetzer counsels. “Everything else he or she says can be discounted.” (RC/Washington Post) ...Of course Meade backed off: selling his books is taking more time than he thought.