From a news report at KLTV News ABC:
"An elusive group just outside of Abilene, Texas is claiming the end of the world is coming in less than a week.
The House of Yahweh recently gave ABC reporter Brian Ross access to their west Texas compound. Yahweh leader Yisrayl Hawkins says a nuclear holocaust will come June 12th and only members of his group will be saved.
All group members change their last names to Hawkins and live in the compound.
Local authorities claim the group is dangerous and practices polygamy. Shane Dee, the local district attorney, says there's no way to describe the group except as a religious cult. Yisrael Hawkins disagrees. "I don't control their mind in a witch-like fashion that the world is speaking of, to where I have some sort of power over them. I merely teach the laws to them."
Hawkins has predicted a doomsday twice before. He's also accused of having two dozen wives, and is facing bigamy charges.
You can see more of the Brian Ross interview tonight (Friday) on 20/20, airing tonight on KLTV 7 at 9:00 pm.
Cathryn Khalil / ckhalil@kltv.com
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So that's it guys. Nuclear holocaust today. Quit your job and don't bother with that 10-day forecast.
My favorite part would have to be, "Hawkins has predicted a doomsday twice before." Once you miss that first one your credibility really begins to wane on those others. I wish him luck, though- third time's a charm, Hawky!
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Ha. See, if a man like this gets three chances at forming a cult, then there is hope for all of us.
I guess there really is no mistakes that you can't recover from. Doomsday predictions would seem to one of the few "one shot" things.
“Due to the lack of experienced trumpeters, the end of the world has been postponed for three weeks”
~a handmade cardboard sign hung in the U.S. Capitol, House Rules Committee chambers, circa 1970
Whew! We made it!
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