Doomsday scenarios and rumors of an impending mass suicide
by faithful members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints are spreading fast on the World Wide Web.

Several Web sites predict a short and grim future for the FLDS, saying
that the church's leader, Warren Jeffs, is saying the world will end
Wednesday, the 175th anniversary of the founding of the LDS Church.

One of the key sources of speculation was when Jeffs, who
has a reported 50-70 wives, surprised many of his own
followers about a year ago with news that he had purchased
nearly 1,700 acres of ranch land in sparsely populated west
Texas for a new FLDS community. Leaders of the Eldorado
Success newspaper in Schleicher County, Texas, get weekly
updates on the site. Photos of a massive building that
resembles one of the first LDS temples are posted, as are
pictures of large houses, a dairy operation, rock quarry,
orchards, gardens, a warehouse and other buildings.


Only in America. Thank Christ for that!

Which Wednesday? Did they specify a timezone for the world to end? It's
10:30pm here and we are 18 hours ahead of you and it hasn't ended here yet.

Brad in Australia