Doomsday Cult - Prophecies and Predictions

Prophecies and Predictions

The philosophies and predictions of many doomsday cults involve the "threat of death to their members and others." The group Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God carried out a mass murder in Kanungu, Uganda, after the doomsday prophesies of its leaders failed to come true. Some groups draw their doomsday predictions and prophesies from the charismatic authority figure of their group.

The group The Summit Lighthouse, a branch of Church Universal and Triumphant led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, made predictions of an impending nuclear holocaust that was forecast to occur on April 23, 1990. When these predictions failed to come true, Elizabeth Clare Prophet reiterated her statements of impending doom, stating to her congregation: "We need your sacrifice. The world is about to fail. I don't know where the bombs are coming from. But we must be ready."

The group had stockpiled their shelter with military-grade weaponry, and members of the organization were later arrested on federal weapons charges. After Elizabeth Clare Prophet was diagnosed with epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease, the group's leadership has attempted to draw the focus of its work away from doomsday predictions.