When Will the World End?

Let me begin by reminding you of my line "When fear takes over, intelligence and common sense take off". After movies like 2012 and on similar Armageddon-like topics, there seems to be a lot of murmur in the crowd about when is the world going to end. While the answer to that may not be definitive, let us check out the speculative answers to this question about the end of the world.

The Year - 2003
Well, if this prediction would have come true, we would have been gone by now, right? Well, according to an alien prediction (yes alien, you can laugh!) a certain comet that passes by every 3657 years was going to be the reason for Earth meeting its doom. As the prediction goes, Earth was going to come in the way of the comets tail causing it to pause for a few days. That means that Earth would stop rotating for a few days, accompanied by major winds and terrible heat. As most of us know the drill, the heat would cause our poles to melt, submerging mother Earth in its salty fate!

Seeing that we are all quite dry as of now, let's just say that the aliens made a mistake in finding the answer.

The Year - 2008
A few Brits seemed to have fathomed the Bible's codes. According to the code, they made a chart of Earth's timeline. This timeline began with Adam's birth in 4027 BC, to Earth's destruction in 2008. This destruction would be the result of a terrible war, that would leave Earth empty, dead and barren.

Well, seeing that there seems to be (relative) peace on Earth, I guess the British read the code wrong.

The Year - 2012
Aah, the favorite year for disaster fanatics. According to the Mayan and several other predictions, the world will end in 2012. There are several possible causes for the judgment day to arrive. While some say that it is the end of the Mayan Calendar and others believe that the sun's heat will cause Earth's core displacement, and many believe in the Sybillian Prophesies. Basically, there is a major number of people strongly believing that the world will end in 2012. As 2012 is a while away, I cannot really call it a definitive answer regarding the world coming to an end in 2012.

The Year - 2014
A pope once made a very memorable speech. This pope was Pope Leo IX and the speech was in 1514. In his speech he conveyed that the end of the world is after 500 years. As such, he predicted the end of the world to be in 2014. While I believe that a pope's words are ones to go by, can we say that it is the answer we are looking for? No idea!

The Year - 2028
So, in case the world survives the pope's prediction that could cause the world to end in 2014, the next exit is 2028. There are quite a few predictions about 2028 as well. The Mystical 666 prediction of the rapture in 2028 is one of the reasons. It is said the job that had begun in 1998 (which was also "supposed" to be when the world would end), would be completed in 2028. Another prediction about 2028 is more scientific in nature. According to it, Asteroid 1997 XF11, would pass by Earth at a very small distance. This would cause massive amounts of destruction to Earth. However, later calculations stipulate that the asteroid will be far enough to pass by without causing any harm. Again, we can't draw a definite answer about when will the Earth end!

The Year - 2280
According to the Quran, there are certain codes and signs that can predict the end of the world. Most of the signs like the splitting of the moon and the creation of the computer, which helped in cracking the code, have already occurred. There are also several calculations conducted by experts, that lead us to consider 2280 as one of the plausible answers.

The Year - 3797
Nostradamus has made several predictions about the end of the world. While uptil now, none of them have come true. Some have strong reason to believe that his prediction about the world coming to an end in 3797, may come true. As that year is quite far away to fathom as of now, I say, there is not much reason to believe that it is the answer.

The Year - 1000,000
Now we know that this is in the really distant future. However, scientific calculations stipulate that in the year 1,000,000 (give or a take a couple of years) the Earth would be subject to prodigal gamma rays, causing it to meet its demise. Basically, the gamma rays will cause our ozone layer to almost disappear, making Earth dead and barren. If Earth survives the gamma rays, a few centuries later, it will be engulfed by the sun (as it will be increasing in size). So as per science, the answer about when is the world coming to an end is "not anytime soon".

Many more predictions were made in the past about, "when is the world going to end?"

• 53 AD: A general rumor about judgment day
• 500 AD: Prophesy of Hippolytus in 234 AD
• 989 AD: Appearance of the Halley's comet made people panic about it colliding with Earth
• 1000 AD: Second coming of Jesus
• 1666 AD: The year contained the dreadful number 666 (the number of evil and destruction).
• 1982 AD: Second (possible) coming of Jesus. This time newspapers helped spread the word faster
• 1984 AD: Jehovah's witnesses predicted the world to end in 1874, 1878, 1881, 1910, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1975 and 1984
• 2000 AD: Y2K faced massive speculation for being the end of a millennium. More so, if you divide 2000 by 3, you get 666.666666.....

As we see that all these predictions crashed and burned. Well, we are still here, and thriving!

While the end is, without a doubt, inevitable, one needs to stop worrying about when will the world come to an end and how. Live your life to the fullest. Keep that as your philosophy and motto. Worrying about the end will only make your wait miserable. Best is to embrace life while it is there! This is where I sign off!