Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
Really? Which religious zealots made this claim? In 2000, all of the worlds computer mainframes were supposed to die from the Y2K bug, but aside from that, I don't remember anyone claiming that it would be the end of the world. Just the end of the internet.
I believe some of nostradamus' quatrains were interpreted to have said the year 2000 would be the end of the world.

Like all other predictions and revelations I consider most of it different meanings from old languanges/misunderstanding on our part.