Reply #51: National Geographic does one of their special reports fairly often

[Warpy]

on a cult in northeastern NM that is especially illuminating. The leader, "Michael," AKA god, announced that the end was going to be on a specific date and on that date he would metamophose into a higher being. The cult could talk of nothing else for weeks, they were all like 8 year olds just before Xmas.

When the day came and went and nothing happened, it was like it had never been predicted. If asked about it, cult members would just change the subject. If the interviewer persisted, the cult members would walk away. They never lost faith in their leader.

NM is notoriously hard on gods walking the earth and "Michael" is now serving a long stretch in prison for molesting some of the underage girls in the cult. His sheep eagerly await his return.