Space Forum / Astronomy / May 2006

The End of Days have been prophesized ever since mankind learned to talk.
The subtle threat of it was a way for the Christian scam artists to keep the
ignorant masses under control.

Even though the Earth appears to be perfectly in tune with the Solar System
and in its orbit around the Sun, that is a misconception.  Its orbit is
elliptical. Its axis is tilted and very slowly changes the angle of tilt.
Its axis also has a wobble (precession).  Its axis has a recorded history
(magnetic field lines in rocks) of reversals.

The Earth has had numerous extinctions caused by impacts of meteorites
and/or comets (a few). Just look at the moon for impact frequency and crater
size samples.

The Earth has had repeated devastating earthquakes with the accompanying
tsunamis.

The Earth has had repeated and devastating volcanic eruptions, many leading
to mass extinctions, caused run-away greenhouse effects.

The Earth has in the past been completely covered by ice on at least two
occasions, as evidenced by glacial "drop stones" at all regions of its
landmass.

Humans rape the environment without any thought of consequence.

With the awakening of China and India as formidable industrial powers,
earthly resources with disappear at an accelerated pace.  To date, our
recycling efforts are a joke that will bite us in the a.s. I don't have to
point out the uphill scale of gas prices, but do check the price of copper
for the past 5 years, for a rude awakening.

Within 50 years most of the commercial fisheries will cease to exist due to
the total annihilation of the edible species.

We should cast our eyes to Africa and see a microcosm of what is in store
for the rest of the world, if population is allowed to increase at an
unchecked pace.  The f.cking Jesus freaks are responsible for that one,
since they don't want people to screw just for the fun of it and won't hear
of birth control. It's much more cool to watch people starve to death in the
name of f.cking God.

We only have to cast our eyes to Iran, where a bunch of crazed mullahs are
salivating over who will be the chosen one to send the first nuclear tipped
missile on its trajectory towards Israel, only to be intercepted and
answered with a fireball of epic proportions, engulfing all of Iran,
complements of the Israelites.

How about the nutjob in North Korea, who, not to be outdone by the Koran
whackos, will light up Pacific Rim Asia with nuclear radiation, because he
thinks he's the chosen one, the hallowed savior of mankind, dressed in
ill-fitting cheap suits with an Einsteinesque frizzy and goofy eye glasses.

How about Mother Nature just getting pissed at us for getting into her face
at an ever increasing belligerence. She can be a mean mother and she do know
how to take care of the increasingly annoying human fungus growing on her
skin.

Hope that answers your question.