Posted on 01/24/2015 8:12:25 AM PST by darkwing104
This week the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists declared that mankind is just three minutes away from the apocalypse. We know this group of dedicated, global alarmists as the folks who set and reset the “Doomsday Clock.” The clock itself was founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists and first appeared in 1947, its hand a full 7 minutes from midnight, that being Zero hour which represents the end of the planet earth.
Not since the 1980’s and President Reagan’s war on the evil empire has the clock been so close to midnight. The clock has become a symbol of the hopelessly depressed left, indicating the world’s vulnerability to catastrophe from nuclear weapons, climate change and various new technologies from Apple, Microsoft and Google.
The group’s executive director, Kennette Benedict, declared that climate change and nuclear weapons are “undeniable threats to humanity’s continued existence.” But then, so are pestilence and idiotic polices being spewed and enforced by idiots. The scientists may want to add Obamacare, assisted suicide, ISIS, and anything made in China to their list.
Note to scientists; if you think man can destroy this planet you are insane.
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In the movie "Watchmen" things weren't this bad.
Do they have their very own JFK/Kruschev era”Bomb-Shelter”??Did they remember the TANG??????????????????
Somehow these academic morons think that they will be spared.
Obama and his Admin no longer need Atomic Scientists so he’s increased their pay and made them Global Warming/Cooling Nuts
Nah, this wouldn’t be a gimmick to indict those pesky warmongering, environmental rapist conservatives, would it? You know, like the Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and the rest of those phony, pro-Left, photo-op PR events?
Daylight Savings will be coming up in a few months. Will these scientists remember to “spring ahead” the Doomsday clock?
God promises in Genesis 8:22: “As long as earth remains, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
He never breaks a promise.
Man may well manage to remove himself, but the planet will remain until God decides it should go. The earth has survived more catastrophes than a global collection of faculty lounge minds can ponder. Setting their clock closer to midnight is the practice of arrogant fools who believe they know God’s plans or could in some way influence the outcome. History is replete with examples of doomsday cults and this one, run by educated elites, hopes to scare up public contributions and Government Grants.
I really like this quote from the movie (I don’t remember if it is in the “Watchmen” graphic novel as well):
Jon Osterman: I would only agree that a symbolic clock [the Doomsday clock] is as nourishing to the intellect as photograph of oxygen to a drowning man.
The misuse of the word “apocalypse” is one of my pet peeves. “Apocalypse” means disclosure.
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