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I call dibs on TBN... they have prime real estate in OC!May 21, 2011 - Noah Knew, WeCanKnow! Christ's Return on Judgment Day: May 21, 2011
So, fellow heretics, after the rapture on May 21st, 2011, what're you gonna do with all that free real-estate?
I've been reading through it, and it makes sense, till I go away and think, "Urr... no, no that's just crazy".
May 21, 2011 - Noah Knew, WeCanKnow! Christ's Return on Judgment Day: May 21, 2011
So, fellow heretics, after the rapture on May 21st, 2011, what're you gonna do with all that free real-estate?
No. The Y2K problem was real. One of my brothers and one of my sons worked on it. Without the work of many people there would have been some significant issues.
If you ever encounter some you may change your mind.
Food shortages due to over population were staved off by the Green Revolution, a product of modern science.
People have died from Radon gas exposure
People have died from cancer due to fallout from nuclear tests. If we ever had a widespread nuclear war do you doubt that many millions or perhaps billions would die?
People have died from exposure to asbestos and mercury no one ever said they would end all life.
It wasn't the end of the world but it sure made a mess of San Franciso in 1906 and is likely to cause problems again someday.
There was a reason Thalidomide was never used in the US. An MD who was also trained in the science of pharmacology refused FDA approval.
None of the things you mention were predicted to end the world and some them are still looming as potential problems.
They never did.
Possibilities, not predictions. I could say, "Barack Obama could be assassinated", but that doesn't mean I'm saying it definitely will happen. Do you see the difference?
And what's this?
Oh, I see.
The funny thing is that by late 1999 most scientists recognized that the problem was well under control but I do remember a lot of religous fundamentalists on boards I was on at that time predicting that the world would end either on Y2K or soon after the start of the new millenium.
No the Green Revolution Prevented the possible widespread famines that some predicted from occuring. However, if population growth is not controlled at some point it is bound to outstrip food production.
The data show pretty clearly that global warming is happening. It won't end the world except for those people who live on low lying islands that will eventually be submerged.
And neither will Armageddon -- so what's the point here?
Nope:
Quite.
Those are end-of-the-world scenarios. Highly improbable (which is why scientists don't run around like headless chickens about them), yet the mechanics of such events are known to be apocalyptic.
A novelty clock.And what's this?
The clock was created by scientists but the time changes have to do with politics as you are well aware. Do you remember the Cuban missile crisis? Do you know that world war III was nearly started by false alarm in the Soviet Missle Warning system in 1983? Do you think a massive nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and the West would have ended the world as we know it or not?
