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Apr 12, 2024 · Sports. Unsung Hero of UFC 300? Jim “F------” Miller. He’s the only fighter to appear at UFC 100, 200, and 300, and he just might be the greatest fighter you’ve never celebrated. By Chuck...
- Chuck Mindenhall
1782 - 1849. Miller was a farmer, justice of the peace, sheriff, and Baptist preacher, who, from 1831 to 1844, preached the immanent return of Christ. He was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His mother was a deeply religious person, and his father a soldier. Probably as a result, there was tension in his early life between patriotism and ...
William Miller was an American religious enthusiast, leader of a movement called Millerism that sought to revive belief that the bodily arrival (“advent”) of Christ was imminent. Miller was a farmer, but he also held such offices as deputy sheriff and justice of the peace.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 25, 2017 · The Millerite movement of the 1830s and early 1840s characterized the revivalist nature of American religion toward the end of the Andrew Jackson presidency. The Millerites, like other groups at the time, were Adventist in orientation, believing in the imminent return of Christ.
Jan 12, 2024 · On Saturday in Las Vegas, Miller (36-17, 1 NC) will take on lightweight Gabriel Benitez and Arlovski (34-23, 1 NC) will face Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC Fight Night (ESPN+, main card at 7 p.m. ET ...
- Jeff Wagenheim
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William Miller famously led thousands of people on a religious wild goose chase in 1844 that ended only when (to his followers’ disappointment) the world did not end. If Miller proved nothing else in his lifetime of religious scholarship, he proved this: False faith is a powerful intoxicant.
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William Miller was a farmer in the early 1800s who gave his life to God and began intensely studying his Bible. This study led him to some unexpected conclusions, namely that Jesus Christ would come back to earth in his lifetime—in 1843 or 1844.
