We are doomed. Are we doomed? December 21, 2012 is 12 days away. The world will end on that day, says the ancient Mayan calendar. Or does it say that? Whether it does or not (most experts now agree it does not) other dangers loom — a fatal "galactic alignment," a mysterious wandering planet on a collision course with Earth, solar storms, breakaway continents resulting from "pole shift." Or are these chimeras? Sober science urges calm — in vain. An apocalyptic mood is upon us (not for the first time in human history), with millions worldwide fearing the worst — or hoping for the best, for might not ultimate good, in the form of a better world, ultimately arise from ultimate catastrophe?
God created the world and saw that it was good, as the Bible tells us. But it wasn't, as the Bible also tells us. Soon God wanted to destroy his creation.
He did destroy it.
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