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Date: December 02, 2010 01:48PM
These new model bullchip thingies from Costco are interchangeable, and I had one on when I switched from reading LDS membership claims to Seventh Day Adventist... Same ship, different shipper...
Anyway, here's a bit about "The Great Disappointment":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Seventh-day_Adventist_Church>The Seventh-day Adventist Church formed out of the movement known today as the Millerites. In 1831, a Baptist convert, William Miller (until then a Deist), was asked by a Baptist to preach in their church and began to preach that the Second Advent of Jesus would occur somewhere between 1843 and 1844, based on his interpretation of Daniel 8:14. A following gathered around Miller that included many from the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian Connection churches. After a number of revisions, October 22 was considered the most probable date that the return would occur. By 1844, over 100,000 people were anticipating what Miller had dubbed as the "Blessed Hope". On October 22 many of the believers were up late into the night watching, waiting for Christ to return and found themselves bitterly disappointed when both sunset and midnight passed with their expectations unfulfilled. This event later became known as the Great Disappointment.
Hot dang! There's that same October 22 date... I hope these guys have extra days from Leap Years figured into their calculations...