Category Archives: Apocalypse

So you’ve heard about the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayan calendar. Well, they actually didn’t necessarily predict the end of the world per se, but the end of a time. This documentary-style book goes through the scientific data of possible fatalistic end-of-the-world scenarios, followed by a review of the cultural and religious predictions from several major world religions.

To be quite honest, the first part of this book triggered the same panic within me as listening to my guy and his mom talk conspiracy theories and running for the hills. I feel like I need to be prepared for anything, but at the same time can’t allow myself to be consumed by the what if’s… I’m much better thinking life will always continue just as it always has done… and I’m hoping that the future hold significantly less violence and warfare.

Yet, the single greatest thing I took from this book was that ultimately, there’s not a damn thing we can do. We could potentially limit the stress and strain we place on Mother Earth, but even that won’t protect us from major sunflares. Nor will it protect us from an assailing comet, which is overdue… nor will it protect us from the impending doom of the Yellowstone volcano erupting… but, it might do us some good in the whole magnetic field shift. Maybe.

The problem is this: we will always have plans. We will always be working towards something and never entirely be prepared for death. Even at the ripe old age of… (well, what is old?), I still can’t imagine us actually coming entirely to terms with our own mortality. The problem is that if there’s little we can do to prepare– or such segregation between ourselves that prevents any preparation from occurring, then there’s absolutely no point in worrying about it at all.

Either the world will come to an end, or it won’t. Continue reading →