![]() Having apparently passed safely into a new millennium, our collective mood is more upbeat, positive and forward-looking. With fears seemingly assuaged and forgotten, it is business as usual, with hardly anyone giving a thought to the concerns that dominated our attention a year ago. And a year later, the end still looks unlikely to most people. Nevertheless, all apocalyptic predictions failed. Meanwhile, New Age adherents predicted a paradigm shift-following unprecedented upheavals-to an enlightened, peaceful and love-filled Age of Aquarius. They anticipated the flowering of a peaceful and more spiritual age led by the church. ![]() The Roman Catholic Church began its much heralded Jubilee celebrations, marking the supposed 2000 th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. ![]() Those expecting a secret rapture excitedly prepared for their removal from this earth. Adding to the unease, various religious groups focused on their interpretation of biblical prophecy and went into high gear-and high mountains with their food stores and guns-to await the apocalypse.
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