ABSTRACT
On April 29, 1980, members of a small Baha'i sect 1 entered fallout shelters to await a thermonuclear war that would fulfill the prophecies of Revelation. In exactly one hour they believed one-third of mankind would perish in the holocaust. During the next twenty years they expected the world to be further ravaged by starvation and disease, worldwide revolution, and natural disasters caused by the Earth's shifting crust. Finally, in the year 2000, God's Kingdom would be established on Earth and a thousand years of peace would ensue.
