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Hal Lindsey

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (November 23, 1929- )
    Born in Houston, Texas
    Christian Zionist author
    Wrote 'The Late Great Planet Earth' (1970) and 'The 1980s: Countdown to Armageddon' (1980)
    Hosted the Trinity Broadcast Network programs 'International Intelligence Briefing' and 'The Hal Lindsey Report'

Why he might be annoying:

    He has been predicting the imminent arrival of Armageddon for four decades.
    He initially predicted the End Times would occur within a 'generation' of the founding of Israel (1948) and said that a generation in the Bible is 40 years.
    When 1988 passed without the end of the world, he decided that 'a Biblical generation is somewhere between 40 and 100 years' and also suggested that the clock might have started ticking with Israel's capture of West Jerusalem in 1967 instead.
    He wrote, 'Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him -- a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib. The Bible calls that leader the Antichrist.'
    His mustache seems to have been trapped in a 70s time warp.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served in the Korean War.
    'The Late Great Planet Earth' was the biggest non-fiction title of the 70s, with 35 million copies sold.
    The film version of 'The Late Great Planet Earth' (1979) was narrated by the late great Orson Welles.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 56 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 142 Votes: 53.52% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 157 Votes: 72.61% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 31 Votes: 32.26% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 80.95% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 62.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 97 Votes: 70.10% Annoying