Doomsday predictions are no laughing matter, although cartoonists sometimes have a field day with the deadly topic, like the old man with a long beard, dressed in a gown, and holding a sign that reads: “The End is Near.”
The History Channel has been running some specials that trace dire predictions from the time of the Mayans into modern times: A famous example is by T.S. Eliot, who wrote that the world will end, not with a bang, but with a whimper.
A more recent threat was made up by the team of Bush and Cheney in an attempt to justify invading Iraq. Saddam Hussein’s mythical H-bomb and its use to destroy our country have now been validated as White House dark lies.
The literatures of all civilizations reveal concerns with the world’s end. In classical Greek mythology, Apollo is one god with disciples supposedly able to predict the future, some of them with physical disabilities. Tiresias was blind, Cassandra made accurate prognostications, but was never believed. A seer-witch who lived in a cave drew inspirations for future events by sniffing the gas that leaked in through the ground.
The Old and New testaments abound with tales and revelations of world destruction. After Lilith, Adams’s first wife, was driven out of God’s organic Garden, she engaged in terrible acts of destruction. And don’t believe those gays who insist that the first inhabitants of the Garden were Adam and Steve.
In another Biblical story, at a distance Abraham observed the heavy smoke from the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah, sinful cities he and his family had escaped from the night before.
From fire to water, we should take note of the great flood that destroyed those sinners unable to book passage on Noah’s Ark. After the flood receded, God promised not to destroy mankind again and set a rainbow in the sky to remind us of His promise. Let’s hope He remembers to withhold fire and floods in modern times.
Some years ago, I wrote a play called “The Bridegrooms,” based on true events. This vehicle involves an end-of-the-world movement founded by William Miller during the first half of the 1800s.
On March 3, 1844 the Millerites gathered on a hilltop and waited for Christ to come and open the Gates to Heaven. As you well know, the ascension failed to materialize.
Eventually, the movement gave rise to the Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah’s Witness. A copy of the script is in my archive of 20 original writings at the Huffington Library of the Culver Academies in Indiana.
So how long do we have before Doomsday arrives?
In my opinion, we have about three more years. I realize my prediction is rather doubtful, but you should be reminded that I have the physical disability of Tiresias, the blind prophet.
Astronomers have recently discovered a Black Hole in the Milky Way. When the hole aligns itself with the Earth, chaos will reign. The North Pole will exchange positions with the South Pole. Cities along the coasts will be submerged. In the interiors winds will drive destructive fires in all directions.
What is the date of Doomsday? December 21, 2012.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Just keep in mind the invitation of e.e. cummings: “Listen, there’s a hell of a good universe next door, let’ go.”
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WOW!! Harvey, I know for a fact this can't be right!! I just took one of those online facebook quizzes and it says I'll live until 2023!! *laughing* (which when I think about it ..... that doesn't give me much time either!!) :) Love ya!!
Posted by: Chris Sheppard | March 30, 2009 at 06:31 AM