If you aren’t already stressed out about pending assignments and exams, why not add the Apocalypse to your list? Doomsday has been on the minds of people who lived long before us such as Nostradamus and was predicted in many Christian religions. This “end of days” phenomenon has been preached for years on end. Is it just a bunch of poppycock or is it something to pay attention to?
One of the major predictors of the end of days is the melting of the glaciers. Some say that this is not due to global warming, but due to the shifting of the earth’s magnetic poles. As these poles continue to shift, we may see huge pieces of ice begin to break away. The breakage will cause the earth to tilt and then realign its axis once the pole shift is completed. This shifting of poles is predicted to mix up the earth’s landmasses biologically — the deserts could turn into lush tropical rainforests!
2012 would not be complete without volcanic eruptions. Volcanoes around the world — active and dormant — are supposed to erupt.
The Yellowstone Caldera is the biggest volcano on American soil. Researchers say the bottom of Yellowstone Lake has risen more than 100 feet in the last 50 years. In that area, the earth’s crust is not very stable. If Yellowstone Caldera were to erupt, the shock wave caused by the blast would move at a speed of about 400 mph and the blast would devastate the surrounding area within 1,600 miles. This is not even including the ash that will overtake the air and the potential for a volcanic winter (similar to a nuclear winter).
Earthquakes are another predictor that logically falls with the 2012 catastrophe.
This year has been full of devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, with another recent one in China. They most certainly have not been little tremors either! There are also predictions of economic downfalls all over the world, but how justifiable is this information. The Crash of 1929 that led to the Great Depression could have also been a sign of the end of days. I am almost positive there was someone trying to make money off of myth-ridden tabloids on the street during the Depression; the general public will eat anything up.
Popular religious texts, such as the Bible, also speak of the impending doomsday. God’s wrath is supposed to come like a “thief in the night” to destroy worldly people and all material things.
But if God is all-seeing and all-knowing, would it really be right to say that he would pick a day like December 21, 2012 to destroy the world? A day thought of by humans? I think not. It’s too predictable and hardly thieflike.
There are other ideas about 2012. These include the Catholic prophecy that there is only one more Pope after Benedict the 16th and that President Barack Obama is the anti-Christ. In short, I find the idea of the 2012 Day of Destruction to be a load of bologna. Everyone was all hyped up for Y2K and nothing happened. Plus, Hollywood will escalate anything to make a profit. The current “2012” movie may make you wish it were the end of days because of how bad it is, but it is hardly a predictor of doomsday.
So, sit back and breathe. The only impending doom we should be bothered with is that of approaching exams.
