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This tech-savvy doomsday preacher created an online FAQ in case you're confused about why the world didn't end on October 7th

Oct 16, 2015, 02:35 IST

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Electronic Bible Fellowship is not your grandmother's doomsday group.

It is a tech-savvy online community of Christians - who also happen to believe the world should have ended on October 7th. So when October 8th rolled around, and the apocalypse didn't rain hellfire down on us, eBible Fellowship leader Chris McCann responded appropriately: he put up what amounts to an FAQ page about what happened.

A response to being incorrect with the prediction that, "in all likelihood, the world would end on October 7th." http://t.co/cJE5bZfjIn- EBible Fellowship (@EBibleFellowshp) October 8, 2015

First pointed out by the Daily Dot, the eBible Fellowship (1,095 Twitter followers) believes God created electronic media (radio, internet, etc.), to save people outside the traditional churches of the world - which McCann disdains. To this end, eBible Fellowship uses everything from an embedded Twitter widget on its homepage to live chat sessions and simulcast preaching. 

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And one of of the main revelations McCann was spreading was that there was a "strong likelihood" that world was going to end on October 7th. But the fact that the world still exists doesn't mean McCann was wrong, he explains:

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Basically, he hedged, and he thinks you need to recognize that. But you shouldn't think that means God is pleased with you. And if for anyone who questions his sanity, he has a few words for you:

Check out the eBible Fellowship's homepage here.

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