The big question for most Christians then, is not whether the world will end, but when. As far as I'm concerned, I see little significance of the turning of the millennium. It's a man-made date. But the 'end times' are here. I know that everything the prophets said would happen has been fulfilled, and now we just wait.
Millennial moments are just particularly 'charged' moments.
Similar fervor was recorded 1,000 years ago, and at various times religious groups have picked dates for the return of Christ, creating an understandable stir. As this generation's novel date approaches, pop culture has usurped and reinterpreted the old story of the end of the world. As for preparedness, we believe in self reliance, and always have supplies on hand. Still others, such as Jews and Hindus, follow different religious calendars and place no significance on the Western calendar turning 2000. But Landes said that the idea of a judgment day, a time when the pious will be rewarded and the evil persecuted, is appealing to humans on a deep psychological level.