As December 21st draws nearer the question on everyone’s mind is whether the world will actually cease to exist.
To answer this question we need to look at the facts. Many people look to the ancient Mayan prediction concerning the world’s demise. But in truth the Mayans did use hallucinogenic drugs, and their “prediction” actually just marks a new cycle in the world after completing the old one. Also one can look at all of the other innumerable false predictions about the end of the world. “Whatever happened to Y2K?” you could ask, but nothing happened when the new millennium began just like nothing will happen on 12/21. Another claim to predicting the world’s end belongs to Nostradamus who actually had many other disproven theories and who also had many followers who confused many of his prophecies after he died. The Bible and theology also points out the end of the world to many. One of these ideas is that December 21, 2012 is Judgment Day, but only God knows when Judgment Day really is. Finally, another conjecture to the cause of the apocalypse is the fictional Planet X which has been thought to be hurtling at Earth at incalculable speed, but contrary to this belief astronomers would have seen it by now if it is to crash into our planet.
If you are still one of those who decide to ignore the facts and figures and go with fabricated lies, go right ahead. Get started on your bucket list, call that girl who you’ve never had the courage to ask out, forget about that last minute Christmas shopping because Christmas isn’t coming this year, and make ready your shelter by gathering nonperishable foods and finding a safe underground location because you only have a few days left. As for most of you like Bryan Fuerst ’15 who decided, “That is just flat out lies, and I’m just going to go about my day,” forget about it because nothing will happen.
