End of Humanity (Literally)

Or so they say.



Who are "they"? "Family Radio" is a large contributor to the idea. Every weekday Harold, the announcer for the program "Open Forum", discusses the bible and claims that it says the end is at hand.

A vast number of people believe that the end will come "like a thief in the night", and no one can predict it. Not Harold. He believes that the "church era" has ended and the majority of those who belong to organized religion will not be saved. Rather, they will suffer greatly on a daily basis for 153 days after the "saved" are taken up into to Heaven.

I'm not sure how small or large this faction is, but it's safe to say that it is growing. Of course, doom-sayers have been around for years. I'm picturing a caveman telling his cave people, "End near.  Bad stuff happen.  We do this ". Then a meteor came one millenia or another later and eventually proved him right.

The truth is, there is an end. Everything that has a beginning has one. Is it just around the corner? Harold says it is. He claims that it will be May 21, 2011.  Then you have the ancient Mayans who think something big will happen December of 2012. Many believe that will be the end.

I'll be honest, I have a morbid curiosity with the end of our days. How will it happen? What will it be like? Will it really be the end or just another chapter in the course of human kind where we have to start over with a small number of us?

I believe that the western United States is set up to be one terrifying show. Seismologists have found that the San Andreas Fault in California is holding back an enormous 9.0 earthquake. No one knows when it will happen, only that someday it will. In addition, National Geographic magazine put out an article proving that Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming is home to, what has been in the past, Earth's most violent and catastrophic supervolcano. It now lies under the park, still active with the same potential. (If it blows, much of the US will suffer through a volcanic winter, decimating crops.) Volcanists say that it is securely buried and nothing more than an enormous earthquake could cause it to erupt....even though it's 20,000 years past due.

You see where I'm going with this? I know, California is way too far from Wyoming, but it's not that far, and who knows what kind of chain reaction the world's largest earthquake might have?

That's just one man's theory.

Now go watch the movie, "2012" and prepare to be thoroughly unnerved by massive, inescapable chaos.

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This just in!

Here's the scoop.  I've had this post ready for a few days now, but I like to keep the really interesting stuff spread out. I had to post this one today because I learned a little something from Harold this afternoon.  He states that the Bible tells us an earthquake unlike any seen before will trigger the end of days.

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So what are your thoughts on life's grand finale?