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Do you think we contribute to the inevitable demise of our species more then any other species? Are we humans making our world harder and harder to live in? Or is the sun really going to burn out before we can find another source of light and heat? Or is it that the Apocalypse is a bunch of bullox created by parinoid scientists? I belive that we're going to end up killing each other in the end for total control of the earth's ressorces, but that's just me.
*I mean Apocalypse as in the demise of our race, not in our planet.*
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I don't remember quite well, but I think the Mayans believed that the world was supposed to end in 2012. I found a site that has this guy saying it here:
http://www.godrealized.com/2012.html I'm not quite sure also about the Apocalypse though, but the end of the world is questionable. I don't really believe that the world is going to end, because of my whole religion, I believe that the Revelation series is going to happen, and I know I'll be in heaven, that is, if Christianity is true as what it says it is. =P When I was a kid though, I always thought the sun was going to explode. I learned later that that would take millions of years. Lol.
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Ah I see, that site certainely reminded me of the whole Y2K Thing, oh and high five for believing in Christianity.
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but as far as I am concerned, I am trying to not push my beliefs on anyone and I am trying to not use biblical references. There are many theories on how the world will end. For some, it's the sun, for me, Revelations, and for some that love the historical Mayan way, the year 2012.
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Didn't the Mayans disappear? Maybe they just didn't finish their calendar is what I think.
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I think it is appropriate to say that the Mayans have disappered in the same way that it is appropriate to say that the Romans have disappeared.
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I demand proof. This is CT After all.
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If yes, then we are very much not alone. If no, I would wager that there are a handful who have destroyed their environment so much that none of the species could live there. --Guido http://andy.mikee385.com |
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I think a nuclear war is going to be the only cause of any apocalypse that may happen in present day. It's the only thing apart from some freak-out natural disaster I'd think would cause enough damage. Apart from the painfully slow economical smackdown theory resulting from over-population. Actually, that could be the CAUSE for the world ending nuclear war. And that will be humans doing that, not the lion emperor. And speaking of the Mayan prediction of the end of the world, who knows? Maybe they just predicted the date of a worldwide nuclear bombing. 5 YEARS TO GO...
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The nuclear war theory is probably the best assumption on what is going to eventually wipe out our race, an apocalypse so to say. And that of course /would/ be the fault of man entirely. With as many countries as there are holding nuclear weapons today (and countries that aren't agreeing with each other, might I add) a nuclear war is, eventually, inevitable. However, if there were to be an apocalypse it /is/ possible that it would be something that we had no control over. A possibility is a pandemic. Think, if one third to one half of medieval Europe was wiped out by a plague when it still tooks years to travel, think about the damage a desease could cause if it were to strike today. It would be virtually around the entire world in about 24 hours. There is also the theory of some sort of super storm, which I think is a little less likely, but with our contribution of polutents to the atmosphere we could tweak our climate enough to make something big happen, in which case we would be contributing. I don't think the sun burning out is really a problem, as has been said it's on a span of millions of years. I think that man would end up destroying itself a long time before the sun blows out, and there are much more current dangers to focus on. So we really /are/ contributing a lot to our own failure, but there are still a few possibilities of an "apocalyse" that's outside of our hands. |
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There are plenty of populations spiralling out of control, and all the examples I can think of are species not native to the environment which they are overpopulating (Zebra Mussles come to mind immidiately) Also, Jin231, welcome to Critical Thinking. Unlike other portions of the forum, posts that simply say "I agree" or "I disagree" are not only inappropriate, they are specifically against the rules. You are welcome to stay, and contribute to any and all of the discussions ongoing in the forum, provided your posts contribute. Tell us your thoughts, tell us -why- you agree or disagree. |
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It's just something similiar to our millenium coming up (but larger) and people started spreading false rumors about it. And all species have a hand in their demise. We just happen to be a little more direct about it. Though I don't plan on us going extinct any time soon. I think we can hold ourselves together through the rough times.
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About the overpopulation thing,
I think that COULD possibly cause our specific demise. Only because we would have a higher risk of disease. I don't think that one disease could wipe off a couple million people though.
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Even if nuclear war happens of major proportions, some will still survive. Don't underestimate humans. If something does end humans all together it would have to be something all encompassing. Like a large object falling on earth, some sort of disease that can wipe all humans and spread easily(likeliness of such indiscriminate and easy to transfer disease are as likely as something falling on our planet and obliterating it).
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In 3 years, Iran will get a nuclear weapon, "accidentally" sell it to a bunch of terrorists, who will blow up New York, and the result will probably be the end of the world. Then we'll end up in a carbon-copy of a Fallout game, with warlords taking over areas of the desert that were once fields, until civilization reforms, and we're back where we started.
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Of the countries that are nuclear capable, or are trying to become nuclear capable, Iran is one of the -last- ones I'd think would either launch a nuclear weapon, or sell one to some random terrorist group.
France and Russia historically will be the ones most likely to sell them off to people, and I'd say between North/South Korea, and the India/Pakistan tensions, they both come in ahead of Iran for using one themselves. |
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