Why I’m a Skeptic

The Great Disappointment proves my point.

A pamplet explaining Miller’s prediction of the second coming of Christ. Courtesy of the University of Virginia.

I was reading this morning about an incident that happened 177 years ago, kind of a gee-whiz moment that reminded me of the power of fanaticism and the human toll it can bring.

Have you ever heard of the Great Disappointment? It occurred on October 22, 1844, when tens of thousands of followers of Baptist preacher William Miller waited expectantly for the second…