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In reply to the discussion: About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is 'living in the end times' (Pew) [View all]Silent3
(15,460 posts)59. Our sun won't go supernova, it'll just swell into a red giant (deadly enough)...
Last edited Fri Dec 16, 2022, 06:56 PM - Edit history (1)
...in about 5 billion years. Maybe enough to engulf the Earth, but even if not, more than enough to fry our planet.
You don't even have to wait that long for planetary disaster. In 1-2 billion years, the sun will be so hot it will boil the oceans away, even before becoming a red giant. Needless to say the planet will be quite uninhabitable well before that.
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About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is 'living in the end times' (Pew) [View all]
Pete Ross Junior
Dec 2022
OP
So you are judging me, a perfect stranger, for "judging people you know NOTHING about".
Midnight Writer
Dec 2022
#83
Numbers 19. Red Heifer. Apparently the messiah will sacrifice it? I'm not good on Biblical language.
Midnight Writer
Dec 2022
#66
About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is 'living in the end times'
J_William_Ryan
Dec 2022
#8
I kind of wonder which generation will stop believing we're living in the end times
sakabatou
Dec 2022
#14
If Jesus returns, Repubs will lock him up or shoot him for being a non-white hippie libtard.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2022
#16
9% of Atheists think it's the End Times, 14% of Agnostics, 30% of "nothing in particular".
maxsolomon
Dec 2022
#43
They split it up by denomination, and also ask questions about Jesus returning
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2022
#32
They may be right, but I wonder if there has ever been a time when a minority of people
Chainfire
Dec 2022
#38
Our sun won't go supernova, it'll just swell into a red giant (deadly enough)...
Silent3
Dec 2022
#59
Even though the question seems to be specifically about "return of Jesus" End Times...
Silent3
Dec 2022
#58
My concern is that as the impacts of climate change gets worse the threat of tyranny also increases
Buckeyeblue
Dec 2022
#72
How did they phrase the questions? I tend to think severe climate change is "the end" ...
Hekate
Dec 2022
#76