Serious question: Is the world as we know it coming to an end soon?

Question

in light of the oil crisis and all and nuclear weapons ordeal and coming depression... are we totally f*****k E D?

Answer 1

No.

In a SENSE, the world as I knew it in 1965 came to an end -- it's different in many ways.

No, we aren't totally, uh, f-word-ed.

If you only knew how long people have been saying the end is immanent -- still here!

Answer 2

If we knew, we probably wouldn't tell you.  

Regards,

The Frustrated Anthropologist.

Answer 3

People have been predicting the end of civilization for many.many years . It hasn´t happened yet and is unlikely to do so in the foreseeable future.

Answer 4

The world as we know it is coming to an end soon, but the world isn't. It would be good to plan for the depression though. All things come and go. It isn't the end. Just a transformation into something new. Think of the phoenix, which rises from the flames transformed.

Answer 5

The End will come when Imam Al-Mahdi appears....read about it

http://www.secondcomingmission.com/s5_se...

http://imamreza.net/eng/imamreza.php?id=...

33 Signs Of Reappearance Of Imam Mahdi

1.The dark of night will not be deemed necessary for the commitment of sins.

2.Extravagant mansions will be constructed.

3.Singers will be considered respectable.

4.War shall be prevalent .

5.Gambling will be prevalent.

6.People will fear living in their own houses.

7.Dajjal shall come and shall have one eye

8.Land shall be turned into deserts

9.Earthquakes and Volcano's and other natural disasters shall be common.

10.Good deeds will be few and far between.

11.False guides will mislead the multitudes.

12.Posts will be many, but practical teachers a few.

13.Mosques will be decorated profusely but urge towards adoration will be absent.

14.The rate of accidental deaths will be on the rise.

15.The rich will become godless and the devout will become sinful.

16.Leaders of opinion will be corrupt and overbearing.

17.False witnesses will be accepted and true ones rejected

18.The Quran will be considered as an old ancient book

19.A person spending money on sinful purposes will not be criticised.

20.People will thrust their personal opinions in the religion.

21.Usury (Interest) will be considered lawful.

22.The virtuous will be despised for their faith in God.

23.Human beings will be followers of selfish desires.

24.Pride will be taken for oppressive tendencies.

25.Good people will observe silence due to fear of wicked persons foul speech.

26.Tale bearing and backbiting will be considered as good and will be prevalent.

27.A wealthy person will command more respect then a pious person.

28.Children will curse their parents and will pray for their early death.

29.Payments will be taken for rendering religious services in Mosques.

30.There will be two eclipses in the Month of Ramadhan.

31.Recitaton of the Holy Quran will be considered as a burden

32.Homosexuality will be prevalent

33.The land will crumble and sink thrice in the East, the west and Arabian peninsula

- These are some of the signs.

- Most of these signs have occured,some did not occur, and some are occuring

Answer 6

no --not at all

Answer 7

The world as we know it can only be reasonably predicted about two weeks in advance.  after that, the world as we know it has ended and a whole new world begins.  

Seriously though, don't stress.  keep a towel handy and remember "Don't Panic!"

Things change, empires rise and fall, but for the common man, it all pretty much just keeps going at pretty much the same pace.  just dont do anything foolish like jump off a roof, horde food, or watch cable news.  And for God Sakes DONT pay attention to anything you read on the internet!

This too shall pass

Answer 8

The society in which we live constantly changes and so much goes unrecognised as changed until you look back at life in another decade.  There can be big changes, absolutely.  Nuclear war would certainly do it.  Whether it will happen or not I do not know.  I hope not.

Greed is not guided by the basic accepted standard morals, greed is one of the big enemies of our existence and affects every culture, all of us.

Answer 9

It depends on what definition of 'world' you are refering.  As far as the Macrocasm including all of the universe, then no.  It is most definitely not.  

If you are talking astronomically as a planet, then yes and no.  they say that we will be swallowed up by our star eventually.  In the history of the universe this will happen relatively soon.  In our own history lines, it won't be.  It will be hundreds of thousands or even millions of years from now before that happens.

However, what I think you are refering to is the world as we know it today.  Our societies are constantly evolving and changing.  So, really the word of the 80's did end, but there is no way of pointing out exactly when that happened because change is a constant.

If we do fall into a depression, or have a major disaster, then there will just be a glitch in our world.  Some scientist believe that Yellowstone's super volcano will go off within the next 50,000 years.  That would be a greater glitch than the two I've mentioned, but life will find a way.  Humans have survived one in the past.

As for what we are use to in life economically, this has a greater chance of glitching our lives at the moment.  It is already have\ing effects in other countries.  People are starting to starve because of the oil issue...or at least more so now.  If we do go into a depression, we will have to change the way in which we live.  People will have to move closer to their work.  More people may own farms.  The whole dynamic of the country will change.

As for nuclear.  Chances are that there won't be a nuclear crisis.  However, it is not set in stone.  Even then, people will survive.  They'll find a way to adapt.

So, I think we are only a little f*****, as you put it.

Answer 10

Yes, the end will come.  When that time will occur, no one really knows for sure.  God of course knows but, it is his secret.

Answer 11

The world is ALWAYS changing.  In the 1970s during the fuel crisis and the emergence of global terrorism, people were thinking the same way.  There is a business cycle in modern, captialist countries that goes through periods of strength and weakness.  The economy was strong in the 80's, then there was a recession.  Same thing when the tech bubble burst in the late 90s.  Our economy has been strong for a long time, so it is only natural that things will experience a downturn for a while now.  This is the best time to invest now that prices are suppressed.  America recovered from the Great Depression to become the most powerful country in the world, so it's not all gloom and doom.