Is their belief wish-fulfillment?
Why would anyone - regardless of belief in the afterlife - want this world to end?
2006-07-06 20:57:49 · 8 answers · asked by XYZ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I cannot answer the question because that is the same question I've asked more than once.
And, oddly enough, the people who claim they want the world to end are also the same people who complain about how bad the world is.
Which would seem to make sense except the bible claims the world is going to get really, really bad before the world ends. So, if the end times are going to come, the world has a long way to go towards becoming as bad as the bible claims it will be.
2006-07-06 21:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see the USA ending as we know it, but not the world. I see that the Western coast of the USA will have a huge earthquake and the ground will fold under and fill with water at least 200 miles inland from the coast. This will cause a tsunami that wipes out Hawaii and then Japan and some of the coastal area of China. This quake wil also casue the Yellowstone volcano to erupt which in turn with cause ash to be spread over the central area of the USA killing everything within several 100 miles. Since everything is connected this will set off the Madrid-fault that will cause the Mississippi river to change its course like it did once in the early 1800s. This will wipe out Chicago, St- Louis,. The land off Florida'sEastern coast is very unstable, this will be affected (domino theory) and will fall in causing a tsunami in Florida. The only thing unclear in my vision is the Eastern Coast of the USA. There is a tsunami there too but where it comes from is unclear. I keep getting Canary Islands??
I think the world is wonderful. The USA has bad karma though. I don't want the world to end. Things are way to interesting.
2006-07-07 05:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by Alea S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every generation believes things are as bad as they can get. So they look for signs and prophecies to reinforce their belief. They see death, destruction, and hate, and they get overwhelmed.
They want the world to end because they believe perfection and harmony awaits. But by focusing on what is to come they forget religious passages which say that "no man will know the day". So if we are not supposed to know and we are not going to know, where waste time guessing?
Focus instead on each day, and finding peace and happiness in your own life. The rest will work itself out when it is supposed too.
2006-07-07 04:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the 'soon' part but yes, I believe the world will end.Eventually...Signs are present.God knows when.
Believing that the world will end does not mean that we want it to end though. Most of us are not spiritually ready yet. Not even close.
Not many can even accept that the world ending is a possibility.
2006-07-07 06:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by ithaca_max 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world won't end. It will be a new beginning. And why worry about that now. Live now.
2006-07-07 04:02:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully,it's because they want you to believe that there is an"afterlife".
2006-07-07 04:05:08 · answer #6 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I'm bored and want some excitement....
2006-07-07 04:08:17 · answer #7 · answered by matt H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if we die then we get to meet bono....
2006-07-07 04:01:29 · answer #8 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋