After the end of the world scare in 2012, we haven’t heard much about the inevitable death of the Earth. The focus has mainly been on fake news over climate change not being real (even though it is scientifically proven that we are killing our planet), but as of most recently, David Meade, a research scientist who holds only a master’s degree in statistics, claimed the world was going to end on Saturday, September 23rd.
Considering we are all standing here today, alive and well, Meade was obviously wrong; although, in days after his claims, he explained what he really meant was supposed to happen on September 23rd and why. Meade’s claims over the inevitable doomsday and Planet X or Nibiru, a planet supposedly being hidden from us, about which we have no information, are based on biblical connections to natural disasters and the recent eclipse, all leading to the start of a 7 year period he calls Tribulation. This consists of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis and the wiping out of all electricity. He claims that Nibiru is on a collision course with Earth, but he did not predict it would crash into us on September 23rd. Other “professionals” made this claim, causing some chaos to ensue.
Meade predicted a significant event was going to happen on September 23rd, as it was 33 days after the eclipse. “We’re all watching for the September 23 Sign because we know it means the end of the ‘Church Age.’ That is a spiritual sign only. But it is huge,” Meade explains. October 15th now marks the date that the 7 year Tribulation period is supposed to begin.
Reece Spangler, a junior at PV, believed the world was going to end after spending many hours watching videos of other conspiracy theorists. “I believed it because one day I was watching TV, when they brought it up – I got interested, so I went online and looked up why [the world is] ending. I found this guys it was who made crazy links between the Bible and the eclipse,” says Spangler.
Thousands of claims are made everyday by theorists who base their ideas off books, pictures, and other insignificant things, instead of using actual science to support their theories. This Planet X or Nibiru has been debunked by NASA countless times. No such evidence can support this unknown planet that’s on a collision course toward our dying Earth. “The planet in question, Nibiru, doesn’t exist, so there will be no collision … the story of Nibiru has been around for years (as has the ‘days of darkness’ tale) and is periodically recycled into new apocalyptic fables,” wrote NASA on their website.
Earth is going to die at some point in time. Whether it’s from this faux Planet or aliens destroying the Earth, it’s inevitable. However, our planet is going to die sooner as we continue to kill it, though no one seems to support this theory, despite the actual science behind it. Instead of debating on whether mankind is going to be wiped out from who knows what, humanity should be focused on fixing the damage and preventing further damage done to the planet that sustains our lives.
