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The end is nigh and here's why

OR: Good Cup Bad Cup

If you ask a psychologist why so many people expect the world to end, they’ll probably invoke terror management theory —maybe believing that armageddon is a-comin’ somehow helps us cope with the inevitable fact of our own deaths. Even if the end times ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God, most prophecies are pretty clear that there will be lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth beforehand: earthquakes and famines, Antichrists everywhere, not to mention the deafening trumpet blasts from a sort of celestial, apocalyptic ska band. For example, in 2017, 59% of Americans said that the lowest point in the nation’s history they could remember is “right now.” People of all ages gave basically the same answer, meaning they thought the disasters of 2017 were worse than World War II, Vietnam, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.

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