# We may truly be experiencing the end times. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461 "2010-02-18T13:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/21 "2010-02-18T19:36:05Z")
> [@Clu-Me-In](#): > > All the turmoil with the weather, climate change, Tsunamis, Earthquakes, un-ending wars, new wars starting, Conspiracy theorists and end times believers may just be right. > > We could truly be experiencing those things talked about in the Bible.😕 You forgot the world financial meltdown which has begun and is only going to get worse before (and if) it gets better. And really, all we need is one of the super volcanoes (can you say yellowstone?) to blow and we will all be fighting over bugs and weeds to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/22 "2010-02-18T19:50:43Z")
I won’t believe that it’s the end times until the Cubs beat the White Sox in the World Series. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/23 "2010-02-18T20:03:26Z")
You might want to check on what Jesus had to say on the subject: \*“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” \* So if you think you’re seeing the signs of the end times - then you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Clu-Me-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/24 "2010-02-18T20:09:10Z")
Well if it started at some point, what makes you think that it won’t also end tomorrow with a Meteorite hitting us or maybe a Black hole swallowing us up and it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![Clu-Me-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/25 "2010-02-18T20:14:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > The bible is bullshit and lies. If you choose to believe them, that is up to you. > > The only “end time” that will occur is when our sun finally expands and consumes our planet, and that’s not gonna happen any time in the near future. …and you know this how? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/26 "2010-02-18T20:18:13Z")
Whether Jesus is coming back tomorrow, or a thousand years from now, I am not doing anything different either way. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/27 "2010-02-18T20:23:26Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Jesus says in the Gospels that when the end actually happens, you won’t see it coming. Sounds like Jesus is in the Mafia. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/28 "2010-02-18T20:25:13Z")
> [@Clu-Me-In](#): > > Well if it started at some point, what makes you think that it won’t also end tomorrow with a Meteorite hitting us or maybe a Black hole swallowing us up and it’s over. One might point out that the world could very well end tomorrow from a meteorite hitting us, but what the hell does all the turmoil with the weather, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes, un-ending wars and new wars starting have to do with that? ---
**Author:** ![Clu-Me-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/29 "2010-02-18T20:26:21Z")
Fulfilment of the Biblical prophecies. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/30 "2010-02-18T20:30:15Z")
“Dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria.” Everybody that thinks the end times will happen to them do so because they are extremely self-centered and arrogant. Or they’re just nuts. Your choice. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/31 "2010-02-18T20:32:54Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Sounds like Jesus is in the Mafia. Well, the way he tells it, it will be like the end of the Sopranos. We’ll be eating onion rings, and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” will be playing on the jukebox, then a door will open and we’ll all look up and then ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/32 "2010-02-18T20:38:11Z")
> [@Clu-Me-In](#): > > Fulfilment of the Biblical prophecies. They’ve been happening since the beginning of recorded history. Why do you thing the current day is any different? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/33 "2010-02-18T20:39:07Z")
> [@Clu-Me-In](#): > > Fulfilment of the Biblical prophecies. Ah. So you’re just filling in your own little stories here. Gotcha. (I’ve always considered the bible fiction, but not science fiction) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/34 "2010-02-18T20:40:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Well, the way he tells it, it will be like the end of the Sopranos. We’ll be eating onion rings, and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” will be playing on the jukebox, then a door will open and we’ll all look up and then Hmmmm…so I either give up onion rings or stop listening to Journey? Easy choice. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/35 "2010-02-18T20:42:03Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I’m good then. > > Except for that pesky cardiovascular thing… And I will link to my favorite new T-shirt (which I will be buying very soon) - [Zombies Hate Fast Food](http://www.snorgtees.com/zombieshatefastfood-p-969.html?osCsid=858bebbda12d1f2681c11de258e960ba) ---
**Author:** ![Clu-Me-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/36 "2010-02-18T20:44:32Z")
…or, they may know something you don’t know:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/37 "2010-02-18T20:50:23Z")
Nah, that’s not it. I **know** sniffing paint causes brain damage. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/38 "2010-02-18T20:51:01Z")
It would help to have a much more definitive description of when the end times will be than just a bunch of cryptic prophecies. How is that really supposed to help? Why be so danged mysterious? Just tell us when it is going to be, and then let’s get on with it. All these hints and clues really don’t get us anywhere. Surely a supreme being could be a little more precise. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/39 "2010-02-18T20:53:28Z")
You know, I have a coworker like the OP. He believes in ghosts, and his reasoning, as far as I can tell, is “How do you _know_ it’s not true? They _could_ be right.” When I responded “There’s an invisible unicorn next to you. How do you _know_ it’s not true? After all, I _could_ be right,” he laughed, but didn’t change his mind in the slightest. Ain’t gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461/40 "2010-02-18T21:04:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “Dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria.” > > Everybody that thinks the end times will happen to them do so because they are extremely self-centered and arrogant. > > Or they’re just nuts. Your choice. It’s the second choice, definitely 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-truly-be-experiencing-the-end-times/529461.md?page=3)