Summary Of The Escape From Reason By Paul Kurtz

This concept of apocalypse is used and applied but expressed in different ways, in the work of traditional, modern and

Ira Chernus’ article, “Cheer up, it’s just the end of the world,” addresses the effect of the many apocalyptic worries today on Americans. Chernus begins by introducing the biblical origin, then the dilution, and lastly the multiplication of the ideal apocalypse. The article describes the foundation, biblical apocalypse, as one ending becomes means to a new beginning; a rebirth of this world into a better one. The author depicts the evolution of apocalypse succeeding the biblical era beginning with the nuclear age of World War 2 which introduced the new idea of complete extinction. The article goes on to challenge the blossoming apocalypses that stemmed from the nuclear age with, in Chernus’ opinion, the prominent danger of environmental destruction.

On January 1, 1700, the new calendar came into effect. The Russian people numbered the years from eight days after the birth of Christ. Traditionally the year began in 1699, but with the new calendar the year changed to the 1700 due to the years being counted starting eight days from the birth of Christ, and not from the creation

According to recent speculation, the end of the world will be coming to an unfortunate end on September 23, 2017. These accusations were made mostly by a man named David Meade. He based this assumption off of his study of biblical numerology. There were two previous theories as to when the world would end, which foreseeably would end up not being the case. Meade said that Planet X or a planet called Nibiru would collide with Earth, however, science says otherwise. Scientists say that if there was a real threat we would have been watching these said planets for at least a decade and the planets would have been visible to the naked eye. Our current alignment doesn’t seem to be too much out of the ordinary either. Professor Anthony Aveni attributes the claims made by Meade and other Christians to be made out of boredom or to have a definitive answer to how the world will proceed. Ultimately there is no Nibiru, therefore the end of the world is most likely not going to occur tomorrow.

There has been many predictions about when the world will end or how it would end but no one believes it and no one knew whether they true or not. This time is true and you have to believe it. Now there are more and more information to support Mayans' prediction. According to the Mayan's calculation the longest calender only goes up to December 21,2009. It takes a long time in order for a calendar to go through one cycle. The longest cycle takes 26,000 years and the shortest cycle takes 5,000 years. Now our cycle is about to end, and once this cycle is complete everything will start over again.

This conversation really stood out to me while I was reading the chapter. Kurt Vonnegut was able to connect the dreadful history of our past with important current problems of our present. In this time period of this conversation, Billy is with his wife, Valencia Pilgrim, at their honeymoon. Throughout the book, Valencia is described as an extremely good-natured woman. However, she is slightly large in size and is extremely conscious of it. As you can see, despite the fact that the book was written in the mid-1900s, beauty standards have been imposed on women since the beginning of time.

Also, the Bible said that all these things would happen upon the generation that was alive in 1914. Yet what were prominent world leaders foretelling just before 1914? They were saying that conditions promising world peace were never more favorable. Yet the terrible troubles the Bible foretold began right on time, in 1914! In fact, world leaders now say that 1914 was a turning point in history. After drawing attention to the many things that have marked the period from 1914 onward, Jesus said: 'This generation will by no means pass away until all these things [including the end of this system] occur.' (Matthew 24:34, 14) Which generation did Jesus mean? He meant the generation of people who were living in 1914. Those persons yet remaining of that generation are now very old. However, some of them will still be alive to see the end of this wicked system. So of this we can be certain: Shortly now there will be a sudden end to all wickedness and wicked people at Armageddon." {YCLF

Humans were always interested in creating a dooms day clock, and non-was more popular in year 2012 than a Mayan dooms day clock. As we all remember 2012 marked as many people saw the end of one of the Mayan long count calendar, which many people viewed as a sign for a catastrophic event (National Geographic). But our catastrophe won’t come from pseudoscience, but mostly from climate changes if we don’t do anything about it. We need to learn how to sustainably cultivate and develop our techniques to better used our farming lands, how technology is impacting earth, or we will suffer the same downfall of the Mayan empire. We might not be in a constant warfare as the Mayans, but earth population problem is reaching its limits as Mayans who have

Another mayor view for the millennium is Pretribulational premillennialism. This view is pretty much the same has the premillennialism that Jesus is returning before the millennium, but the difference is that Jesus is returning before the tribulation. With this been said, Pretribulational premillennialism also has Jesus returning twice, once for the believers, and then after the end of seven years of tribulation. Pretribulational premillennialism also believe when Jesus returns for the church, it will be the end of the church age, and Jesus will suddenly be rapturing all believers to himself on the clouds. The dead believers will resurrect and the living believers will be transform has they been caught up into the sky. “For the Lord Himself

This phrase and the belief that the world was formed in 6 days with a 7th for rest, gave the early Christians a view that the world would last for 6000 years. According to scriptures the world had a beginning, it had a “now” in which they were living and a promised end. This end was proclaimed in the Olivet discourse (Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13), but with warnings that none on Earth would know when. The Y2K hysteria caused many scholar to wonder how the millennial dates past where thought of by those that lived in that time.

The fact that there exist various narratives concerning the topic of apocalypse invites the notion that there is a great number of people desiring the end of the world. Why would somebody be desirous of terminating the world's existence? Despite the fact that the end of the world has a dark, uncanny, irredeemably, and desperate tone to it, one has to consider its consequences. Therefore, the evangelical protestantism belief in the rapture offers a solution to the otherwise unsatisfactory or even nonexistent future.

As you rub the sleep from your eyes on a Saturday morning 250 days from now, will you be faced with images of the Rose Parade on the tube or something a bit less festive, say the complete collapse of civilization? Quotes an article from the Los Angeles Times in April of 1999. This “collapse of civilization” that they are talking about is the Y2k bug. A computer programming issue that came to light in the early 90s that caused mass confusion and hysteria. Some predicted a biblical end of the world, others built bunkers and stored supplies for what was to come. Follow me as we explore the preparations that were made to avert the apocalypse that never happened, and what some thought it meant.

The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months with a leap day added to the month of February every four years. The Roman calendar required a group of people to decide when days should be added or removed in order to keep the calendar in track with the seasons. The seasons were marked by equinoxes and solstices in the calendar. The Julian calendar introduced an error of one day every 128 years, which meant that every 128 years the tropical year shifts one day backwards with respect to the calendar. This made the method for calculating the dates for Easter inaccurate. The solution to this error was to replace the Julian calendar with the Gregorian calendar in 1582 in nearly all countries. Currently the Julian Calendar is days behind the Gregorian

During the 2000’s, the word apocalypse petrified and frightened humanity around the world knowing that the world will soon come to an end. Post-Apocalyptic films illustrated the importance of catastrophic events as the films worked their way up into popular media during the 2000’s and how the world itself changed creating diverse conspiracies and predictions on how and when our planet will come to an end, which frightened humanity. The 2000’s are when post-apocalyptic films began to explode in popularity. Due to environmental and social trends which became popular during that time period, these movies showed the importance that humanity will survive no matter what apocalypse may come. The major focus of these films is to show and give humanity

The Christian apocalypse has focused on the end of the world, expressing the concerns of the populations in regards to the end of the world. Christianity has offered a way in which people may be saved from the apocalypse. This salvation can be achieved through an intense following of the Holy Scripture’s instructions of prayer, fasting, and belief. Those who do not follow the Holy Scripture’s will be left to experience the pain of the condemned world. You will notice that the focus of this apocalypse is in preparing one’s self for a singular inevitable apocalypse that can be avoided through preparation. However, popular culture has appropriated a new interpretation of this Christian event. Instead of emphasizing on preparations for