While I full acknowledge that the Org's "impending demise" has been preached pretty extensively over the past few decades, I would also argue that - in lieu of recent circumstances - said "impending demise" sure seems a lot more believable now than it ever did before.
That being said, I also suspect some of us may have a strong emotional need to "hold on to that hope" (and no, the irony of that statement is not lost on me).