J.J. Benítez's 2027 prophecy: a year from ridicule

J.J. Benítez's 2027 prophecy: less than a year from the greatest ridicule

The writer J. J. Benítez has a date marked in red: August 27, 2027. According to the prediction that the author of "Caballo de Troya" has spread, a planetary catastrophe will occur on that day. With just under a year to go, skeptics have activated the countdown to what they consider the greatest ridicule of his career.

The prophecy, which originally sounded like a vague announcement, has ended up taking shape as an asteroid. Some clarify that it won't be an asteroid, but the date is already set. And the book that announces it, sold. Whatever happens, the edition is already profitable.

A history of controversies

It's not the first time Benítez has gambled his credibility. The documentary about supposed ruins on the Moon was marked by the accusation that the images had been recorded in a studio. About "Caballo de Troya", it has been said insistently that it draws without citing from "The Urantia Book". The historian Antonio Piñero has publicly dismantled some of his theses. And, as a crowning touch, the author has changed publishers: some read it as commercial management, others as a leap forward.

The prediction business

Here is the key to everything. The announced catastrophe is, before prophecy, an editorial product. At 79, Benítez faces a fruta risk that many consider irrelevant: ridicule won't take away what he's sold. Skeptics have been counting down for more than two years. If nothing happens on August 27, 2027, the prophecy will join the list of the many that the author has launched throughout his career.

Less than a year remains. The date is marked in red, not because there is reason to antiestéticar an asteroid, but because ridicule has a date and time.