Predictions for the end of the world have been going on since the time of Christ, and in every Century since then. During the past 100 years there have been more predictions for the end of the world than have been made in all the previous centuries combined. Many of these prophesied dates have since come and gone.
People look around and see the possibility of many different natural or man-made disasters by which the end could come. Here are a few scenarios:
1) Polar Shift- Some people think the poles could shift, even flip, causing giant tidal waves, big earthquakes and lava flows, huge hurricane winds and electrical storms.
2) Floods- With the Greenhouse effect, the atmosphere will turn into a giant greenhouse, causing the ice at the polar caps to melt, which in turn, will produce giant floods that will wipe out coastal cities around the world.
3) Comet or Asteroids- could crash into the earth, causing massive tidal waves and flooding. One asteroid about 10 kilometers wide would contain enough energy equivalent of 10,000 nuclear bombs going off at the same time.
4) Nuclear War- With the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world, all that needs to happen is for these weapons to get in the wrong hands, who would be crazy enough to use them. This could cause Nuclear Winter, which would cause a Revers-Greenhouse effect. The smoke from the after-effects of the bombs would rise into the upper atmosphere. This would block the light from the sun, causing our crops to die, the food supply. Countless millions would perish.
Do you still believe, or now believe that the end is nigh, and if so, how, when and why?
Rod P.