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Because our government is (almost) in debt crisis

Because of nuclear weapons and terrorists

Because of the past recession and how we are showing little recovery

Because of global warming

Because of the famines that may be caused by global warming

Because of the world’s population increase- and people must be fed, no?

Because of the imminent exhaustion of natural resources, like oil.

Because of other unsustainable practices…

Is that enough to make you suitably gloomy?

none of those things , aside from nuclear conflict would actually end the world though

And the people who have enough nuclear devices to destroy the world, the US and russia, aren’t likely to be blowing up each other any time soon

Compared to lots places nearly all the stuff you listed is still better in the US than in most places in the world.

CookieDog wrote:
Because our government is (almost) in debt crisis

Because of nuclear weapons and terrorists

Because of the past recession and how we are showing little recovery

Because of global warming

Because of the famines that may be caused by global warming

Because of the world’s population increase- and people must be fed, no?

Because of the imminent exhaustion of natural resources, like oil.

Because of other unsustainable practices…

Is that enough to make you suitably gloomy?

Anonymous wrote:
none of those things , aside from nuclear conflict would actually end the world though

And the people who have enough nuclear devices to destroy the world, the US and russia, aren’t likely to be blowing up each other any time soon

Compared to lots places nearly all the stuff you listed is still better in the US than in most places in the world.

CookieDog wrote:
Because our government is (almost) in debt crisis

Because of nuclear weapons and terrorists

Because of the past recession and how we are showing little recovery

Because of global warming

Because of the famines that may be caused by global warming

Because of the world’s population increase- and people must be fed, no?

Because of the imminent exhaustion of natural resources, like oil.

Because of other unsustainable practices…

Is that enough to make you suitably gloomy?

I guess the answer would have to be whether or not those things would cause near global instability over food and resources. True, it might not end “the world” but it could end western civilization. That’s bad enough.

It wouldn’t end western civilization either, that’s why so many politicians can pretend that they don’t understand climate change. The truely at risk regions are actually well known based on previous climate and political problems. In many of those places they are having issues feeding their populations, increased disease and political strife.

In the US, what we had was a corrupt system that was being ignored by our political structure that lead to economic collapse in several industries. It wasn’t unforseeable and it hasn’t changed the core practices of business or the government.

There are some religious extremes that love to believe that the world is ending. Those cults exist year after year, so the specific signs might be different ones in different times.

i’m not buying into it myself but I have noticed a lot of people really starting to think there’s something afoot…especailly the religious sort which I don’t get because clearly the religious profecies I know don’t really correspond to what’s happening in the world

It wories me that, the media is feeding this frenzy, and destracting people from really paying attention to some of the real problems in the world that we could effect if people put as much time into them as the various “history” and news channels have put into maniplulating end of the world profecies.

If the world really ends… we got no problems because we’ll be dead. But more likely the world won’t end, and our ignorance and ignoring of real problems will have compounded them.

I think the statement, “End Of The World,” is subjective. Just what is ending?
The death of of planet Earth and everything in it, or just man? Or could it be man’s way of living - his lifestyle? What is the end of the world?

Earth Matter wrote:
I think the statement, “End Of The World,” is subjective. Just what is ending?
The death of of planet Earth and everything in it, or just man? Or could it be man’s way of living - his lifestyle? What is the end of the world?

true…so, for many people I guess their world is ending.

Anonymous wrote:

Earth Matter wrote:
I think the statement, “End Of The World,” is subjective. Just what is ending?
The death of of planet Earth and everything in it, or just man? Or could it be man’s way of living - his lifestyle? What is the end of the world?

true…so, for many people I guess their world is ending.

All good things must come to an end. And for those that suffer, that may be good news.

I don’t know why anyone would assume this is a good thing that’s ending. I think it could be a flawed thing, that’s about to be improved. It’s all about perception.

People live like it’s the middle ages intellectual, but we’ve got so many more resources now…things could actually be much better. We don’t really have to be acting like we have no ability to determine anything in lfe.

Things are nice but are far removed from the flaws that involve the human equasion.
The conquest of man is to dominate another man. It has always been so, as it is now, as it will always be. Because this is so, the best hope we have is to hope that the one in power isn’t evil.

Earth Matter wrote:
Things are nice but are far removed from the flaws that involve the human equasion.
The conquest of man is to dominate another man. It has always been so, as it is now, as it will always be. Because this is so, the best hope we have is to hope that the one in power isn’t evil.

No the best we can do..is not allow these evil people to run the world, once they are found out.

When one finds wrong, one corrects…they don’t turn away. It’s hardly a moral stance, to just hope for the best.

Anonymous wrote:

Earth Matter wrote:
Things are nice but are far removed from the flaws that involve the human equasion.
The conquest of man is to dominate another man. It has always been so, as it is now, as it will always be. Because this is so, the best hope we have is to hope that the one in power isn’t evil.

No the best we can do..is not allow these evil people to run the world, once they are found out.

When one finds wrong, one corrects…they don’t turn away. It’s hardly a moral stance, to just hope for the best.

I would normally agree, but the sad fact is evil people do rule the world and we’re not doing anything about it. The measure of what it would take to “correct” the problem may very well get ones self killed. Things like that are now called terrorism and standing up against the wrong is what’s bad because certain people think right and wrong are subjective issues. Therefore, nothing happens.