A look at the ways the world could end
Think you’ve got a prediction for when and how the world will end? Get in line.
A caravan of RVs is now touring the country to warn people about the end of the world (they say it will happen May 21), but they’re hardly the first ones to embark on such a mission.
Throughout time, and across continents and belief systems, humankind has dished out enough end dates to fill a doomsday menu.
The backgrounds of the people who serve them up may differ, as might the details of what will unfold, but the general apocalyptic worldview is nothing original, says Lorenzo DiTommaso, an associate professor of religion at Concordia University in Montréal, Quebec and author of the forthcoming book, “The Architecture of Apocalypticism.”