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Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by xiphmont »

fragmede wrote: post #29
altcognito wrote: post #10

Survival bias. I get this is a joke but... There are many societies which have collapsed. We can't know who predicted it because they are dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse And of course, this list will no longer exist after societal collapse.

Out there, somewhere, is a nerd, laser etching Wikipedia onto metal plates, and burying them to be dug up later, just to be able to say, I knew this would happen!

sort of like The Order of St. Liebowitz the Engineer from _A Canticle for Liebowitz_

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Post by flogflogflog »

kulahan wrote: post #59

One mildly interesting fact that MANY Christians get wrong: There is no lead-up to the apocalypse. The Messiah will return "like a thief in the night" and "nobody, except my Father, knows the hour of my return" (I probably butchered those two quotes). Either way, the Bible is pretty clear (as was Jesus): there will be zero indication the apocalypse is coming. None. It'll just... start.

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Post by sbuttgereit »

kulahan wrote: post #76
bloppe wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The homeless man currently yelling outside my window is an equally authoritative source of information about the apocalypse as the Bible, and he thinks it's coming soon.

A billion people don't believe there's some truth to what the homeless man outside of your window is saying, and someone leading a legitimate-enough revolution that they're put to death by the King of Rome is probably a tiny bit more believable. But I get what you're saying either way. I just think it's an interesting factlet.

argumentum ad populum and argument from authority in one sentence... :-)

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Post by fred_wilson »

fluoridation wrote: post #66
kulahan wrote: post #59

One mildly interesting fact that MANY Christians get wrong: There is no lead-up to the apocalypse. The Messiah will return "like a thief in the night" and "nobody, except my Father, knows the hour of my return" (I probably butchered those two quotes). Either way, the Bible is pretty clear (as was Jesus): there will be zero indication the apocalypse is coming. None. It'll just... start.

The book of Revelation also cites various signs that are metaphorical enough to be applied to just about anything. It's pointless to cite the Bible to defend a theological position, because someone else can cite a different part that can be interpreted to say the exact opposite.

> The book of Revelation also cites various signs that are metaphorical enough to be applied to just about anything.

If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19.

And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel.

> It's pointless to cite the Bible to defend a theological position

Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context.

Sure, Judaism was word of mouth a long time, and that’s great. I personally can’t remember much, so I think referencing text is fine.

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by user____name »

manoDev wrote: post #78
_carbyau_ wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a society if we care about our fellow humans - generally seen as a virtue to have - then we need to reduce our emissions etc etc. As a rat race where the competition is between humans then rich people have a comparative advantage regarding how to survive the ravages. So the future is less about avoiding climate catastrophe completely - that won't happen when the rich and powerful don't care. The future is about su…

The emissions are only a problem initially; it doesn’t matter if enough population perish, the warming will continue by self-reinforcing effects for an era.

There might be the emergency brake of geoengineering making life miserable enough that rapid decarbonizing and negative emmisions become attractive, preferably before global supply chains turn to mush.

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Post by jenadine »

marcosdumay wrote: post #55
KronisLV wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then we’re back to conventional warfare and the casualties of that. Just look at Russia and Ukraine.

Do you think Russia vs. Ukraine would happen with any similarity with the real conflict if Russia didn't have nuclear weapons? Because, IMO, Russia would be destroyed the first time they threatened NATO.

In your scenario, does NATO have nuclear weapons?

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Post by fluoridation »

fred_wilson wrote: post #86
fluoridation wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The book of Revelation also cites various signs that are metaphorical enough to be applied to just about anything. It's pointless to cite the Bible to defend a theological position, because someone else can cite a different part that can be interpreted to say the exact opposite.

> The book of Revelation also cites various signs that are metaphorical enough to be applied to just about anything. If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19. And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel. > It's pointless to cite the Bible to defend a theological position Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context.…

>If someone plans to, they should first read Revelation 22:18–19.

See, that's when you use literal reading. "I'm not adding anything to the text, I'm just interpreting it."

>And Revelations isn’t the only prophetic work. Try Ezekiel.

Ezekiel is clearly about events in our past, though.

>Understandable, but citing the Bible is fairly important in theology, though it should be done within context.

Meh. There's no internally consistent Christian theology that cites the Bible and doesn't involve generous amounts of cherry picking.

Re: Doomsday scoreboard

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Post by dostick »

The whole universe may end at any moment without warning. There could be another universe on a collision course and speed so fast you will never know it.

Or we could be living in universe inside like a raindrop of larger universe that may hit the ground and burst any moment.

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