[Gary L]

The conviction that the world will end at 6pm today comes from a mathematical system he claims to have devised for unearthing prophesies hidden in the Bible. By his logic, 21 May 2011 is exactly 722,500 days from 1 April AD33, which he believes was the day of Christ's Crucifixion. The figure of 722,500 is important because you get it by multiplying three holy numbers (five, 10 and 17) together twice.

I'm disappointed because it's looking like it's all based on guess work. I thought it was more than that.

"It's all here, in black and white," he says, waving a well-thumbed copy of the Old Testament.

God, I'm so annoyed!