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'''David Meade''' is the pen name |
'''David Meade''' is the pen name of an American [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]] and author who has not disclosed his real name. Meade, who describes himself as a "Christian numerologist,"<ref name=Guarino>{{cite news|last1=Guarino|first1=Ben|title=Will the mysterious shadow planet Nibiru obliterate Earth in October? No.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/05/will-the-mysterious-shadow-planet-nibiru-obliterate-earth-in-october-no/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=[[Jeff Bezos|Nash Holdings LLC]]|date=January 7, 2017|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> says he was raised as a Catholic and claims to have attended the [[University of Louisville]], where he studied astronomy and other subjects.<ref name=washingtonpost/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Glum|first1=Julia|title=Who Is David Meade? The World Is Ending Saturday, According to This Catholic-Raised Blogger|url=http://www.newsweek.com/end-world-david-meade-668820|website=NewsWeek|date=September 22, 2017}}</ref> He is best known for predicting the world would end on September 23, 2017, and that [[Nibiru cataclysm|Nibiru]] would collide with [[Earth]] the same day. His prediction received extensive media attention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will 2017 solar eclipse cause secret planet 'Nibiru' to destroy Earth next month? (No, but conspiracy theorists think so)|author= Eleanor Muffitt |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|year=2017|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/will-2017-solar-eclipse-cause-secret-planet-called-nibiru-destroy/|accessdate=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Is the world really about to come to an end? No, almost certainly not|author=Andrew Griffin|publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|year=2017|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/world-end-apocalypse-locusts-swarm-eclipse-unilad-daily-star-planet-x-nibiru-a7868766.html|accessdate=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mack|first1=Eric|title=The End Of The World Is Coming, But Not From Nibiru On September 23|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2017/09/22/nibiru-planet-x-earth-2017-youtube-nasa/#a10b53c3054f|website=[[Forbes]]|publisher=Forbes, Inc.|date=September 22, 2017|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> However, as the day passed, he revised the apocalypse to October 2017, and made new predictions that month, such as when several people would levitate in the sky, including current [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Donald Trump]] and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]], followed by a nuclear attack by [[North Korea]], [[China]], and [[Russia]] on the [[United States of America|US]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meade|first1=David|title=Will Planet X Signal the Rapture?|url=https://www.ebookit.com/tools/pd/Bo/eBookIt/booktitle-Will-Planet-X-Signal-the-Rapture|website=ebookit.com}}</ref>. He also predicted other events that month, such as a series of magnitude 9.8 earthquakes, that the Earth's pole would shift by 30 degrees, that the US would be split in half, and that [[Barack Obama]] would be elected president for the third time.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meade|first1=David|title=October 2017 and the ‘End of Days’|url=http://planetxnews.com/2017/08/30/october-2017-end-days/}}</ref><!-- referring to the author's own material because he questioned summaries in other articles as inaccurate --> |
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Meade faced criticism from fellow Christians; Ed Stetzer, writing for ''[[Christianity Today]]'', stated that "there is no such thing as a 'Christian numerologist',"<ref name=Stetzer/> and described Meade as "a made-up expert in a made-up field talking about a made-up event."<ref name=Stetzer>{{cite web|last1=Stetzer|first1=Ed|title=No, the World Won't End Next Week and There's No Such Thing as a Christian Numerologist|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/september/end-times-fake-news.html|website=christianitytoday.com|publisher=Christianity Today|date=September 16, 2017|accessdate=September 23, 2017}}</ref> Christopher M. Graney, a professor with the [[Vatican Observatory]] Foundation, noted that the supposedly unique astronomical event cited by Meade as a harbinger of doom was, in fact, quite common, having occurred four times in the last millennium.<ref name=vatican>{{cite web|title=Biblical Signs in the Sky? September 23, 2017|url=http://www.vofoundation.org/blog/biblical-signs-sky-september-23-2017/|year=2017|author=Christopher M. Graney|work=[[Vatican Observatory]]|accessdate=September 23, 2017}}</ref> |
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David Meade made similar |
David Meade made similar predictions in 2015 in his book ''Rapture 2015 and Planet X''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meade|first1=David|title=Rapture 2015 and Planet X|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25165503-rapture-2015-and-planet-x|website=Good Reads}}</ref> and in 2013 in his book ''Comet Ison and the Return of Jesus''. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Meade|first1=David|title=Comet Ison and the Return of Jesus|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18764517-comet-ison-and-the-return-of-jesus|website=Good Reads}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 13:25, 18 January 2018
David Meade | |
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| Alma mater | University of Louisville[1] |
| Occupation(s) | self-described "Christian numerologist",[2] conspiracy theorist, Book author |
| Known for | Nibiru, doomsday predictions, September 23rd, 2017 |
David Meade is the pen name of an American conspiracy theorist and author who has not disclosed his real name. Meade, who describes himself as a "Christian numerologist,"[2] says he was raised as a Catholic and claims to have attended the University of Louisville, where he studied astronomy and other subjects.[1][3] He is best known for predicting the world would end on September 23, 2017, and that Nibiru would collide with Earth the same day. His prediction received extensive media attention.[4][5][6] However, as the day passed, he revised the apocalypse to October 2017, and made new predictions that month, such as when several people would levitate in the sky, including current US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, followed by a nuclear attack by North Korea, China, and Russia on the US.[7]. He also predicted other events that month, such as a series of magnitude 9.8 earthquakes, that the Earth's pole would shift by 30 degrees, that the US would be split in half, and that Barack Obama would be elected president for the third time.[8]
Meade faced criticism from fellow Christians; Ed Stetzer, writing for Christianity Today, stated that "there is no such thing as a 'Christian numerologist',"[9] and described Meade as "a made-up expert in a made-up field talking about a made-up event."[9] Christopher M. Graney, a professor with the Vatican Observatory Foundation, noted that the supposedly unique astronomical event cited by Meade as a harbinger of doom was, in fact, quite common, having occurred four times in the last millennium.[10]
David Meade made similar predictions in 2015 in his book Rapture 2015 and Planet X[11] and in 2013 in his book Comet Ison and the Return of Jesus. [12]
References
- ^ a b Phillips, Kristine (20 September 2017). "The man whose biblical doomsday claim has some nervously eyeing Sept. 23". Washington Post.
- ^ a b Guarino, Ben (7 January 2017). "Will the mysterious shadow planet Nibiru obliterate Earth in October? No". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Glum, Julia (22 September 2017). "Who Is David Meade? The World Is Ending Saturday, According to This Catholic-Raised Blogger". NewsWeek.
- ^ Eleanor Muffitt (2017). "Will 2017 solar eclipse cause secret planet 'Nibiru' to destroy Earth next month? (No, but conspiracy theorists think so)". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Andrew Griffin (2017). "Is the world really about to come to an end? No, almost certainly not". The Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Mack, Eric (22 September 2017). "The End Of The World Is Coming, But Not From Nibiru On September 23". Forbes. Forbes, Inc. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Meade, David. "Will Planet X Signal the Rapture?". ebookit.com.
- ^ Meade, David. "October 2017 and the 'End of Days'".
- ^ a b Stetzer, Ed (16 September 2017). "No, the World Won't End Next Week and There's No Such Thing as a Christian Numerologist". christianitytoday.com. Christianity Today. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Christopher M. Graney (2017). "Biblical Signs in the Sky? September 23, 2017". Vatican Observatory. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Meade, David. "Rapture 2015 and Planet X". Good Reads.
- ^ Meade, David. "Comet Ison and the Return of Jesus". Good Reads.