Fear of the Future

I am fascinated by end time prophecies and religious writings that predict not only the second coming of Christ but the end of the world as we know it. The idea that the world is on the highway to the end isn’t exclusive to religious prophets. Many psychics and “sensitives” also agree that we are on the verge of something that will forever change our world with a likely massive loss of human life.

The Irish St. Malchy’s prophecies predicted that the current Pope would oversee an attempted unification of the Church and the worlds religions. His reign would be short but important. The next pope would oversee the fall of Rome and it is thought the collapse of the Catholic Church and the preparations for the second coming.

I used to think that these prophecies would kind of reflect real world scenarios but that they would in the end be incorrect, perhaps in my own attempt to invalidate religious theory. Then yesterday Val and I were talking about the current world climate and I realized that in fact, the prophecies may in fact be correct. It doesn’t have to be from a religious point of view either. Consider the following:

1. The current conflict between Hezbollah and Israel escalates and Syria and Iran enter the conflict on the side of Lebanon and Hezbollah. The Arab League of Nations sees this as the opportunity to make a final stand against Israel and the west, made even more important by the recent US led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

2. When Iran enters the war, the United States and some allies will enter Iran and Syria to attempt regime change and bring about a more Israeli friendly government, an attempt that will fail miserably.

3. With our already strained military concentrated in the Middle East, other battles and conflicts will escalate into full war. China will invade Taiwan in an attempt to reclaim the territory, the fragile peace between India and Kashmir will crumble, Japan will preemptively strike against North Korea and Russia will begin to flex it’s power again and not on our side.

4. Then WW III ensues and it will be different from any other war we have ever seen on earth. There will be massive battles between militaries and individuals acting on behalf of a belief in more underground terrorist battles. Our attempt to “take the fight to the enemy” will be realized as a failure when the dormant terrorist organizations in our country are activated to join in the war. The end of the war will be marked by large scale nuclear attacks (clean and dirty) and perhaps the collapse of the American infrastructure. There will be massive loss of civilian life and the power balance of the world will change significantly.

5. Unlike the previous World Wars, the European Union will likely come out on top. They already have the combined largest GDP in the world and if they can manage to keep their infrastructure during the War, they will hold a great deal of wealth and power. Out of the EU, a leader will emerge with the ideas of a new world order realizing the history and reasons that brought on the war, will try and balance power between East and West and North and South.

6. I also imagine that the world’s religions will be seen as largely to blame for the destruction of humanity; something that will not be helped by the religious fanatics that come out during the war touting it as the end times and the just cause of Christianity over the world. While religion itself will not be destroyed the major power concentrated churches will be seen as dangerous and dismantled, including Rome and The Church.

7. From there, who knows.

It could all be speculation but it is strange how a string of logic can produce almost the exact same result as religious theory reinforcing my idea that religious history and prophecy gets it close but they come at it from the wrong angle. It isn’t G-d that will destroy the Earth, it’s its inhabitants.

Oh and don’t get me started on Global warming and the natural disasters that will soon come about…. that is a whole other post.