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If it were discovered that an asteroid was going to wipe humanity out, say in 2 months, how would the governments of the world respond? How would people respond? How would you?
When the asteroid was first discovered the scientists would spend quite some time confirming size, speed, azimuth, force, orbit and so on. As it became increasingly apparent what it was and what was going to happen then the information would begin to leak out. At first the scientists would know the truth, then their lab assistants, family and friends: the government would find out early and would turn more resources towards confirming the first scientist’s findings. Meanwhile, although the scientists would have by now confirmed that the thing was, as Billy Bob Thornton says in “Armageddon”, a “global killer”, frantic efforts would be underway from the military while order still remains. They would be rapidly rehabbing old Cold War bomb shelters and re-stocking them. Even if all life is going to end, the important people will die last and in relative comfort.
Let’s assume two weeks have now passed since first discovery. By now, reports of the massive asteroid are showing up on the “tin foil hat” sites and the cover of the “Enquirer” and the rumors would be spreading rapidly, but the government would have to time its announcement just right. For them, it’s ok if the earth’s destruction is a rumor – rumors don’t cause the collapse of society. But the government confirming the facts will have foundational impact on the entire world.
From the UN possibly, the President comes on the air and spews the facts, what the facts mean and what to do about the facts. In this case, the fact is an asteroid is coming; everyone is going to die; there’s nothing we can do about it but we’re still trying. Perhaps this speech occurs sometime in the third week. The President of the US comes on the air, reporting from the UN after having called an emergency meeting in NYC. If they were smart, most leaders will have sent emissaries because there’s a damned good chance whoever is in NYC for the meeting is never getting home.
The President delivers his message. Meanwhile, most friendly nations who were briefed earlier would be delivering similar messages to their population. We have five weeks to live. At first there would be shock and tears, then denial. Most leaders would seek advice from their best scientists. A constant stream of both realistic and harebrained schemes to divert the asteroid, leave the planet, or find a deep hole would be put forth. The only serious plans would be to pray and dig deep, and both of them are useless.
Within a few hours society would begin to break down. Politicians, soldiers, policemen, shopkeepers, merchants, factory workers would come to the realization that nothing they do matters anymore and that soon they will all be dead. There would be a rapid collapse of all systems — no air travel, no trucking of food, no clocking in for work, no need to defend missile silos, no need to guard prisons or even imprison psychopaths or scofflaws. In the beginning there might still be some responsible resources remaining in place solely by habit or denial or sense of duty or honor, but this would not last. If the world were going to end in five weeks, you need to spend as much time as possible with your family and loved ones preparing for the end, not saluting some formerly “superior” officer. Money, credit, debt, saving — all means nothing now. Even gold has no luster. Since there is no future, there’s no need or use for money. The price of everything is what you are willing to do to take it.
Simultaneously many things would happen at once — mass suicides; looting of n0w-abandoned food and liquor stores; massive fires burning out of control as there would be little or no fire control or co-ordinated response; massive environmental damage as abandoned tankers, ships, barges and so forth crashed against the shore, unmanned and untended. Abandoned oil rigs would be spewing oil into the sea. Chemical plants would be venting poison into the air and water. Nuclear power plants might melt down irradiating thousands of square miles. The skyline would be ablaze and filled with smoke. Within days skyscrapers would be collapsing into the streets.
In most places power would still be on because the infrastructure can operate automatically for quite some time with no human intervention, and where it couldn’t there would be patchy brownouts and blackouts. The wireless phone system and the internet would continue to operate in a slowly degrading fashion as unattended systems succumbed to an absence of human management and an overload of people trying to reach loved ones for a last goodbye or message of love.
There would be open warfare in the streets as time went on, cars smashed into buildings, each other, people, on fire, the wounded screaming for help that will never come. There would be the stench of the dead as bodies pile up and there is no serious government response to collect them or dispose of them. Gunfire would be constant. There would be streams of people heading for the hills in a desperate attempt to flee the violence and survive just one more day. There might be neighborhood resistance groups designed to fend off mass attacks, looters and rapists, but there would be no organized military response. In fact, there would be deserters and even average citizens riding around in armored vehicles stolen from abandoned bases, using their firepower to take what they want with impunity. There would be no more organized air travel, simply people in whatever they could get airworthy flying away, away, away — not even knowing what they are flying towards, and often slamming into each other in the sky.
There would be orgies and drug parties and constant boozing, but most of the food and booze would run out by week seven, with still a week to go. By now the streets are unpassable, there are wild dogs and rats eating corpses, of which their are thousands. Skylines burn out of control and the skies are filled with smog and smoke and the smell of burning plastic and rotting corpses. The beaches are covered with oil and millions of dead birds and fish adding their stench to the mix. Electricity is sporadic and spotty as cars and vehicles slam into light poles and take down lines. Cell service is unreliable.
Masses of people would be praying at the churches, temples and mosques for God to appear and make this all go away and as time winds down, they would begin to realize that they were duped, God never existed because no matter what travesty He allowed us to do to each other, He would never allow the entire species to die if He truly existed. Some religious groups would see the destruction of the world as a sign to rise up and kill the others and there would be mass slaughter. In other places, racial or class strife would be occurring as the veil of civilization slips for the last time and the viciousness of animal-man emerges through the facade and revenge is taken for past slights, real and imagined.
Those who took refuge in their homes and were either capable of beating back looters or overlooked by attackers would have to accept that the end is at hand. Eating sparsely from the remaining cans, either by candle light or watching whatever remains of any news service on TV, or making love for the last few times, praying for forgiveness or reprieve, or snorting up the last lines of meth and coke, they would count the remaining hours.
Perhaps the sky would darken at the end, there would be a deep rumble as the asteroid approached and when it slammed into the earth massive quakes and tidal waves and hot gas shock waves would emanate from the strike point, reducing almost every building to a pile of burning rubble and crushing the survivors. Perhaps on the far side of the earth they must wait a few hours for the shock wave and the devastation. Perhaps the survivors of the initial blast die gasping as the atmosphere is blown away into space and a deep freeze envelops a vacuum that surrounds the earth and even the politicians in their deep mines succumb and die.
And it doesn’t really matter so much what other governments do, the impact would be roughly the same. Maybe in the more destitute areas there would be a sad acceptance earlier than in other places, but then the force of hunger would overcome any realization only this time there would be no more aid from rich nations or support from corrupt governments and their last moments would be spent in a battle for food or to escape cannibalism.
The question other responders frequently fail to address is why would the government or the military hold together under this scenario? These are institutions, not machines, made of men with families and real feelings. The concepts of duty, loyalty, honor, nation, responsibility, obedience and so on have a completely different meaning when one is suddenly faced with extinction. Surely some individuals would maintain their trained and habitual selves — but most would want to express those feelings on a smaller scale. Order would crumble quickly. Money has no meaning. There is no reason to take orders from higher “authority” any longer.
I think the realization that this is the case would cause the governments to withold information for as long as possible, because they would realize that order would crumble and the disaster I described would take place. Every additional day they delayed and denied and obfuscated would be one more day that the food trucks rolled, commuters caught their trains and babies were born in clean hospitals, not in a drain pipe under a crushed city. I wouldn’t blame them for that approach, especially if the end were inevitable. They would have nothing to lose, no impeachment or congressional hearing to face if discovered. Nationalism would be meaningless; flags would be nothing but colored cloth. Surely there would be enclaves of scientists desperately running simulations and seeking answers, and perhaps there would be last-ditch military strikes on the asteroid as it got close, all futile. But in the end, waiting til the last minute to confirm what everyone already expected might be the most merciful and noble thing a government could really do for its people.
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Cute story, but in the end, nothing more than that. A story.
But thanks for playing Fear Porn poker here on BIN, be sure to pick up your commemorative ‘The World is Going to End, so Do I Still Have to Pay My Mortgage?” T-shirt on the way home!!
I would worry about what you see 24/7 that no CONtributor on this shill BIN is telling You..that Chemtrails are for “Bioengineering”… ALL LIVING ORGANISMS ON THIS PLANET..HUMANS INCLUDED
http://www.reactorbreach.com/showthread.php?tid=4487
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo,
That you were so sure was real?
What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo?
How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? ”
Morpheus
Still with the ‘fear porn’ chuckles, cs? I understand, your ‘rationale’….they say that laughter is the best medicine.
Of course to each his own. I’ve found the unadulterated Truth to work much better in that regard….
/spies-and-intelligence/2015/05/mt-everest-shrinks-hawaii-rumbles-their-connections-are-important-but-why-2447232.html
/spies-and-intelligence/2015/05/mt-everest-shrinks-hawaii-rumbles-their-connections-are-important-but-why-2447232.html
/science-and-technology/2014/04/ancient-high-performance-electric-motors-discovered-that-are-still-in-production-2685290.html
To those subverted, no Truth is enough to de-rail them from their misguided course.
All the above information is easily verifiable; it’s Truth obvious to those with honest minds and humble hearts.
Good Journeys
Boy, I guess for an unbeliever in Christ Jesus this is the best it will ever be. BUT for a follower of Christ Jesus this the worst it will ever get. Don’t set your sights on earthly things but lift them up towards those heavenly things, for we are just sojourners here, just passing thru until we arrive in our home in heaven.
No fear, for God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.-Timothy 1:7
I would be at peace if Liar Obama took to the podium and told us an Asteroid was coming.
Really? If Ted Cruz told me the same…..I would know he planned to nuke the land mass from under us.
Mark of the Beast, RFID, Human Trafficking and the Sustainable Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhH2Z4i5YZI
I won’t be sitting here commenting on this fear story!
Be careful what you wish for.
This sounds like what goes on America on a daily basis, and I suspect is even WORSE at the White House!
Well thought out
That would be a very interesting time for me. I am a born again Christian and I do not fear death, although I would feel sorry for those who have not been saved and would spend as much time as I could trying to save as many as possible. Those that refused, I would not spend too much time trying to convince them, as there would not be enough time and I would sadly say my goodbyes to them and that I will miss them when they are gone. I would leave them knowing that I at least tried and I would pray for their salvation. When the asteroid struck I would pass on to the other world, meet Jesus and become the best friend I possibly could to him and go on from there. Life would not be over, life is eternal, that is a promise from the Lord and the Lord always keeps his promises.
Born again?
We are only born once.
I am surprised by your comment SD.
For the Word says:
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
— John 3:3
“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”
— John 3:7
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
—1 Peter 1:23
“Born again Christian”. I used to call myself a ‘born again Christian’ too, but that would be a bit misleading now given my position on institutional religion and my conviction against the concept of reincarnation. Regardless, I believe that announcing to others that you belong to some spiritually gifted group, without having first received ultimate confirmation from the Judge, is a vain pursuit. It’s one thing to pursue the born again path. However, self-proclaiming this title upon the supposed completion of such a pursuit is a completely different matter. I may be born again, and I may be a watchman, but I won’t be trying to convince anyone that I’ve been gifted with these titles unless I’ve been commanded to do so – I see know such thing. Glorify Him, not ourselves. Those versus you provided speak of the pursuit to be born again. I find no evidence in the Bible to suggest that we should be trying to elevate ourselves in the eyes of others by making such claims.
Job 32:21-22: “Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.”
There is no one who has or will ever desire to become part of the Body without having been called by the Most High first. There is no way for you or anyone to humble themselves before Him without His help. Yet those calling themselves born again or watchman would never openly admit that they can only HOPE that one day they too might be counted amongst the Body. So the PURSUIT is what is important because calling yourself born again does nothing to secure your position when its time to be Judged. Anyone who says it is blowing hot air and fueling a dangerous belief that someone can just call themselves born again and be saved. It’s like the Catholics thinking they can be absolved from sin by reciting a few prayers after they confess to man in a costume. I just don’t think we know the first thing about what being born again is so giving ourselves these empty titles is nothing more than a vain endeavor, regardless of whether or not the individual has actually earned the title.
Scanner Darko, and am123!
What have you just gained from this ‘christo-GAB”?
And, what, if anything, am I supposed to find of value in what you just wrote?
I’ve also been trying to prove to myself that “born again” is an accurate translation for those words in the verses you provided and I can’t seem to do so.
http://chatbible.com/john/3.asp
Load of Chrisabis quote: “And, what, if anything, am I supposed to find of value in what you just wrote?”
Darko’s thoughts are not fleshy enough for you to get “any value” from them.
Have you tried sniffing out the trees behind your home for truffles?
Where did the last 2 comments go?
If there was only some clue… a way to figure out the cause of the mysterious self deleting posts…
Oh well… it’s a complete mystery… like the ” Lord of Cannabis account” and it’s owner.
Just splatter me with ochre paint and color me mystified.
I was also wondering why those disappeared.
Just a hiccup in the system, i guess…
Quote: “Just a hiccup in the system, i guess…”
Could be… Maybe they giggled the printer cable
Did you say AD block Plus?
“Those versus you provided speak of the pursuit to be born again.”
1 Peter 1:23 doesn’t. Peter is proclaiming it of believers. But yes, being born again is a pursuit and achievement that not all so-called Christians have achieved. Your original comment made it look like you don’t believe in being born again.
Confusing?
…Yes, not even I was sure of what I was initially trying to accomplish with that comment. Glad I made it though, never thought to look at the translation software on that one before.
I am surprised by your comment.
As a believer in the Lord and eternal life, how could you believe the premise of the article, that humanity could be wiped out in a couple months?
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The world cannot end in the way this article says, for there is much to happen yet, for the end time script known as the Book of Revelation has to play out first before the end of mankind as we know it. See the links in my comment below.
I was, too. But then….I’ve been surprised a lot lately.
Two Evil Geniuses have a SUPERCOMPUTER that can cause Asteroids to hit Earth. On February 15, 2013 they caused an ASTEROID to pass relatively close to Earth, and on the same day they causeba large METEORITE to hit Russia. The ODDS of Two such Major Astronomical Events occurring on the Same Day is ONE in ONE HUNDRED MILLION!!!!!!!
Odds of winning the powerball jackpot…ONE in ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION. Yet people do this all the time.
Two evil geniuses? What movie did you just get done watching?
Good, I hope it lands on my house when I’m in bed sleeping. Then I will be on to the next realm of reality and get the heck out this mess we live in!
“If it were discovered that an asteroid was going to wipe humanity out, say in 2 months, how would the governments of the world respond? How would people respond? How would you?”
I would know it is bogus and would not happen, for the Word says otherwise. There is much to happen yet. The end time script known as the Book of Revelation has to play out first before the end of mankind as we know it. See:
“Timeline of the SECOND COMING – How to Know When It is Imminent”
/prophecy/2013/12/timeline-of-the-second-coming-how-to-know-when-it-is-imminent-2456896.html
“The MYSTERY OF GOD in the BOOK OF REVELATION: The Two Witnesses, the Manchild, and the Destroyer as you have never heard them spoken of before.”
/prophecy/2014/02/the-mystery-of-god-in-the-book-of-revelation-the-two-witnesses-the-manchild-and-the-destroyer-as-you-have-never-heard-them-spoken-of-before-2458894.html
“SHOCKING! NEPHILIM, REPTILIANS, WATCHERS, THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT, UNDERGROUND BEINGS, THE DAYS OF NOAH! SPOOKY! NOT!”
/prophecy/2013/10/shocking-nephilim-reptilians-watchers-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night-underground-beings-the-days-of-noah-spooky-not-2454990.html
Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on Serpents and Scorpions. And over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
I’m trying to help people see the light of salvation, so many people are blinded to it by the deception of this world. Quoting ‘New Age’ propaganda & deception to confirm the dis-belief in what is the true nature of reality.
Matthew 7:13-14
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
So many times I hear people state things to confirm their dis-belief in the Bible & Jesus that are easy to confirm as being false.
The only way this nightmare is going to end is by the return of Jesus Christ, this is no time to be a luke-warm Christian and I beseech everyone who believes to look to Jesus’s return.
Luke 12:37-40
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Luke 12:41-48
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
I really feel sorry for all the unbelievers whom of most are damned, when the end comes those who are steadfast in their faith and who believe will be saved. But as Jesus warns we must be ready and wait for his return always, without thinking he delays his return. For no man or even any Angel know of the hour of his return, except the Farther.
Blessings.
Devastating cosmic events come in regular periodic cycles. We have lost our civilization many times but a remnant has always survived. The next such event (my research concludes) is due in December 2019. Some will survive.
Read – End Times and 2019
Read – Antichrist 2016-2019
http://www.amazon.com/End-Times-2019-Calendar-Countdown/dp/1935487922
http://www.amazon.com/Antichrist-2016-2019-Mystery-Babylon-Caliphate/dp/1501025392
i am sorry that you are sooooooo very mislead… i will pray for you as well as all of your loved ones.
the fact that you have doubt in your heart of the existence of ALMIGHTY GOD THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT (HOLY BEYOND our ability to comprehend) AS THE HOLY TRINITY , has, in fact, NO influence on the TRUTH OF THIS FACT…….
TRUTH IS TRUTH, no matter how many people (foolishly) choose to ‘ignore’, ‘deny’, or in any way ‘challenge’ IT……. THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS REMAIN !!!!!!!
… one cannot simply ‘deny’ that something exists and make it non-existent…
…….even science (the guys who originally set out to dis-prove this) are PROVING and admitting that GOD MUST EXIST!!!!!!!