When will the world end?

Question

i heard that the world will end in 2012. is this true? or will the world be like doctor who and go on till the year 5 billion? if its at 2012, i hope its after the olympics. lol.

Answer 1

The world will end when we die!

Answer 2

It could be 28 minutes from now or 280 years from now. When the superpowers square off against each other in two camps, then come back and we'll talk apacolpse.

Until then, just think regional conflicts, wars between rump states, proxy wars and brinksmanship. If you recall the Yom Kippur War in 1973, a coalition of Arab States (Egypt, Syria and Jordan) were soundly defeated by the Israelis. That was a worse situation than the current conflict and it didn't raise a blip on the world war radar (not that it didn't have the potential to spark a global war).

The next World War will involve a nuclear exchange, how could it not. In the first 30 minutes, nearly a billion people will have been vaporised, mostly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. Another 1.5 billion will die shortly thereafter from radiation poisoning. The northern hemisphere will be plunged into prolonged agony and barbarity.

Eventually the nuclear winter will spread to the southern hemisphere and all plant life will die. You ask when is the apacolypse, you are asking when will we commit global suicide. My answer is it won't happen soon because the larger superpowers are more rational than the rump states in the middle east.

Our biggest risk is an accidental launch of nukes by one of the nuclear powers.

Answer 3

It depends. Myan propercies say december 23, 2012. But there could be a huge asteroid on its way now that the goverment is hiding from us. A nuclear war could start anytime. these wouldn't end the world but human life. The core of the earth is slowing down according to a documentary i watched the other day and when it fully stops the earth will die. The universe could implode a reversal of the big bang or we could get sucked into the milky way and god knows what would happen then. It scares me like mad but there is nothing that anyone can do about death its a natural process so we have to deal with the fact. I wish i knew what the fate of life was it would be cool.

Answer 4

If by world you mean universe, then my answer is : It will never end. The end of the universe means the end of space-time.
When would the time end? The word "when" implicitly embraces "time". So the question would sound as contradictory as "At what time would the time end?". Or consider the other question about space. Where does the space end?

And if by world you mean the earth, well it will be destroyed when the sun expands as a red giant in about 5 billion years.

And finally if you are talking about our human community, then I suppose our future depends on our social and global attitude toward the question of production and distribution of wealth.

Answer 5

Ooh, you heard that too! That theory of the world ending on 23rd December, 2012 is because the aztecs predicted that... So I kinda doubt it. If it's real, then... wow.

But the world will probably end in - what was it? - 3 billion years? Because the Sun will become a red giant, and Earth will be too cold, and wouldn't the sun 'engulf' the earth anyway?

So, not in your lifetime.

Answer 6

December 23rd 2012

Answer 7

Nah, 2012 is the set date for the 2nd American Civil War. The apocalypse shouldn't be for another 10 or 20 years yet.

Answer 8

the world won't end when we die, or when oil runs outs, or when there is a nuclear war. We wont be on it anymore, but our world the earth will still be there, probably thriving with many different species.

That is evolution.

Eventually, the sun will die and so will everything in our solar system, but it is only about half way through it's life. We will be extinct by then, so no worries.

Answer 9

The world as we know it will end in about 10 -15 years time....when the oil runs out.

Answer 10

Hi.The world will end shortly after the Second Coming.We will be given a sign in the sky which will tell us that the end is near.All the light in the universe will be extinguished (including the sun)and there will be total darkness over the whole Earth.This will happen shortly before the last day. When it will occur no one knows .God the Father will pick the time when He is ready.

Answer 11

That 5 billion thing sound most likely, but how likely is it that there will still be humans around to witness the event. Infact we will distroy each other long before then.