The End of the World

The end of the world; anyone and everyone have their own opinions on the matter.  Will it be 2012, 2029, 2036, 2182 or any other year?  Well, today on Fox News an article was posted that was titled “Doomsday Determined? Asteroid Apophis Could Strike Earth in 2036.” Russian scientists are now predicting that the asteroid Apophis will hit Earth on April 13, 2036. This website also has an article posted July 28, 2010 titled “Scientist Warns Massive Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2182.”  These are both added to the numerous suspicions that the world is going to end December 2012.  Why is it everyone thinks they can predict when the world ends?

It seems like everyone just wants to be able to put a time stamp on their life.  Like it’s better for them to know when their time on Earth is done so they can try to get everything they want done before that day.  Personally, I don’t want to live my life on a clock.  We don’t know how long we are given, so why put a time restraint on it? Why not just live?

Whenever scientists talk about “Doomsday” of whatever sort it may be, people automatically freak out.  But then if people aren’t notified when something like this is projected, they freak out.  So either way, people aren’t going to stay calm.  The scientists also try to calm fears by saying that the odds of it hitting Earth are 1-in-250,000 and that’s if it actually hits Earth.  They are also saying that it will probably disintegrate before it gets to the planet.  But honestly, how does knowing that a 900 foot long asteroid is barreling towards Earth calm anyone’s fears?

The other big talk is the world ending in 2012.  There has really just gotten to be some absolutely crazy ideas as to how this will happen.  The website is www.december212012.com and what it does is give everyone reasons why and how the world will end that “fateful” day.  Some of these disasters that are predicted to take place in North America include a 40-mile-long mudslide in Washington state, an 80-ft-high tsunami on the Atlantic Coast, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Mississippi River Valley, a 195 MPH hurricane in Florida, and climate changing ocean disruptions in the North Atlantic.  There are also speculations that the magnetic poles are going to shift which will cause worldwide superstorms. 

It is so easy to sit here and guess how we’re all going to die.  Whether it is by mudslide, tsunami, earthquake, hurricane, or magnetic pole shifts, it is going to happen.  It’s just a matter of time.  And honestly, I do not want to just sit here and guess what is going to be the final factor that ends my life.  It is depressing and slightly ridiculous. Rather than sitting here and wondering, I just want to live my life for the moment, rather than always trying to guess when my last day is.  It isn’t fun and it just wastes the time we have already been given.