Because all this ridiculous nonsense about the world ending was primarily spawned by the likes of Bill Donahue.
I've no idea who bill Donahue is but the article talks about Hindu Indians.. so your vendetta against Christianity is irrelevent here. Well that just makes them bad Christians doesn't it? Kind of like a scientist who doesn't peer review, experiment or observe is a bad scientist. Kind of like how a programmer who doesn't indent and uses gotos liberally is a bad programmer.
No it just means you were you more convinced by what your religious authorities were telling you than by finding the answer out for yourself, suprisingly. It's a good thing to have but not a requirement. The Bible never says if you don't get it done you'll go to hell (quote me wrong if you please), the wiki article doesn't mention anything about hell... troll about God being evil if you want to, but make sure it's accurate.