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judgement day in religion vs science by Reema Alaydi

Judgement day exists is in all religions and based on each one, Qiyamah will happen in one way or another. In Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism etc.. judgment day is proven to be a fate for all humans and a final end to their current lifetime. According to the Islamic culture, judgement day is a final assessment of humanity. The sequence of events (based on the most commonly held belief) is the annihilation of all creatures, resurrection of the body, and the judgement of all sentient creatures. It is a time where everyone would be shown his or her deeds and actions with justice. According to history.com editors, it was stated that “since the beginning of recorded time, people have been thinking about the end of the world. As such, the planet’s major religions have formulated elaborate viewpoints on this topic. In Christianity, the Bible’s Book of Revelation details Armageddon, the final battle on Earth between the forces of God and Satan. Hinduism offers a version in which Vishnu returns to battle evil as a figure on a white horse. The doomsday beliefs of some ancient religions can still be felt in modern secular society, as was the case with the conclusion of the Mayan calendar cycle that predicted the end of the world in 2012”. (history.com editors, 2018). Last judgement is also known as a “general, or sometimes individual, judging of the thoughts, words, and deeds of persons by god, the gods, by the laws of cause and effect. (editors of Encylopaedia Britannica, 2018) Furthermore, the belief in Judgement Day is considered a fundamental tenet of faith by all Muslims. It is one of the six articles of faith. The trials and tribulations associated with it are detailed in both the Quran and the Hadith, sayings of Profit Muhammad. In the Quran there is many given signs of the coming of the judgement day but its exact timing is known only to God. Here is a description of the Day of Judgment taken from Surah al Qariah, the 101st Chapter of the Holly Quran. “The Great Calamity; What a Great

Calamity! And what should make thee know what the Great Calamity is? The day when men will be like scattered moths; And mountains will be like carded wool; Then as for him whose scales are heavy, He will have a pleasant life. But as for him whose scales are light, He will have hell as his resort. (101:2-10) From that we have came clear that judgement day is an absolute faith for all muslims based on Islam itself. however, and as it was mentioned before, judgement day exists in all religions. In another example, some Christian denominations consider the Second Coming of Christ to be the final and infinite judgment by God of the people in every nation, resulting in the approval of some and the penalising of others. Meaning that it’s found in all the Canonical gospels, particularly the Gospel of Matthew. Christian Futurists believe it will take place after the Resurrection of the Dead and the Second Coming of Christ while Full Preterists believe it has already occurred. The Last Judgment has inspired numerous artistic depictions. According to the Josh Daffern. Some of the signs for the judgment day had already happened. such as, the rising persecution of christians, Christians will be hated by all the nations, and that is by stating that Christians will be hated by hated by everyone because of Jesus. Another sign is many will turn from the faith, the love of most will grow cold and lastly, the gospel will be preached in all nations. (Josh Dafferen, 2018) Basically, the signs that were stated above are what shows to believers that the world will come to an end, the Arthur himself believes that it’s even a lot closer than we might think. "Just because 2000 years have passed since Jesus’ prophecy, do not allow that to lull us into a false sense of complacency. Jesus told us that although his coming would be like a thief in the night (Matthew 24:43), there are several signs to look for. These signs are being fulfilled before our eyes. The end of the world is a lot closer than we think” (Josh Daffern, 2018).

moreover, there are specific signs for each time, wether it is past, present or future. The signs that already had happened in the past are Splitting of the Moon, Death of the Prophet Muhammad, A form of death which will kill thousands of Muslims. A major fighting in Madinah (understood to refer to the battle of al-Harrah during the caliphate of Yazid, 63 AH). The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem. A war between the Muslims and a reddish people with small eyes, wearing sandals made of hair (understood to refer to the Mongol Tatar invasion of the Islamic lands.) and, A peace agreement between the Muslims and non-Muslims from the yellow race (Chinese, Mongols, etc.) Some of the Present signs in Islam are the naked, destitute, barefoot shepherds will compete in building tall buildings, Illegal sexual intercourse will become widespread, Earthquakes will increase, Time will pass more quickly. A man will pass by the grave of another and wish he was in the latter’s place, People will gather for prayer, but will be unable to find an imam to lead them. And lastly, the signs for the Future, such as the number of men will decrease, whilst the number of women will increase, until for every man there are 50 women. The Euphrates will reveal a treasure of gold, and many will die fighting over it, each one hoping to be the one who gains the treasure. Now, writing from a scientific point of view, judgement day does not exist. Based on the fact that religions are for the believers only, along with the existence of god. There is no scientific evidence that god exists in the first place. And science only takes testable evidence. According to Mohammad Khan, The signs for the last judgement are only for those who believe in their own religion. The believers. We live in a world that demands proof and is not just content with belief. The belief or even the proof is only for the believer, as belief comes from within our hearts, the greatest of proofs will not satisfy the non-

believer, while the slightest evidence can be a great reassurance or comfort for the believer. (Mohammad Khan, 2019). During the Modern Age, the system of religious beliefs continued to exert a powerful influence on the vision of the world and the interpretation of nature, even if two worlds, that of faith and that of science, were slowly separated, which could not be done without great difficulty. In addition, it produced such profound fissures in the consciences of many scientists that insurmountable obstacles appeared obstructing the integration of observation data into the accepted system of beliefs. According to religions, the Earth had been created by God and would be destroyed before the Final Judgement. Time was lineal and progressive since the creation until the coming of Christ to redeem mankind. However, nature was essentially static and unchanging, as instructed in the Bible. During the Modern Age all this began to be questioned upon discovering that the Earth had a history-not only that which was narrated in the Scriptures, but also the one revealed in the traces of fossils and the disposition of stratum. But between one history and the other, that of the Biblical tale and that of natural history, no disagreement could exist. Because of this, the essential effort of many scientists during that period was directed at interpreting the Scriptures rationally, in a manner that would make it possible to integrate the conclusions obtained, beginning with the observation of nature. Not all the scientists, however, saw the necessity of this rationalization. For some it seemed extremely dangerous to adhere to an allegorical interpretation of the Biblical tale, also because it might presuppose a threat to the science as independent from the scope of faith.

The modern world is based on truthful pursuit of science. And it is not possible for humans to know if there is a judgement day when there is no testable evidence for science to prove it. In other words, it is just a theory that needs a proof to be a fact or true. now, at the every end of this essay, the judgement day cant be proved to be a fact unless there is a proof, according to science. Based on this argument, since judgement day “exists” in all religions. Meaning that it was said by a god. And that the existence of a god is a reality of all creatures and it will be proven in judgement day. however, there’s no prove of judgement day itself, as it was already mentioned. Now, about the existence of god, it was said that god knows all truths and accepts nothing false as true. But could an all-good God know what it is like to sin? Yes, for God knows all truths; but he doesn’t know all truths directly from personal experience. God knows what it is like to sin by knowing what it is like for us to sin. Now, if God exists and is all-knowing—if he knows everything every person will ever do—what does that mean for our free will? Is such causal liberty an illusion? Not at all. I can know my influenza-stricken, gagging child is about to vomit without causing her to vomit. Foreknowledge does not equal causality. This brings humans to the claim of God’s omnipotence. Is there any philosophical contradiction that can be drawn out of God’s infinite power? As we have noted, God cannot sin because he is morally perfect, the perfect standard of what it means to be good. Thus God has the power to do all logically possible things—that is, he has the power to do all meaningful things. That is why he cannot create a four-sided triangle (which is really nothing at all). Nor can God create a rock that is too heavy for his all-powerful self to lift. Such a notion is meaningless, because it fails to acknowledge how God really is. A bachelor cannot forget his wife’s birthday because he is a bachelor; God cannot be overpowered by any creature because he is omnipotent. Finally, if there is no proof of the existence of a god, then there is no proof of what is after, or under, the judgement day.

References: Isaac Hasson, Last Judgment, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_the_Qurʾān https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/how-to-prove-that-god-doesnt-exist/5216/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Judgment

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Causes of the apocalypse by Carmen Harshinii

The term Apocalypse originates from the Greek word apocalypsis, which refers to the act of unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known. Apocalypse is a wide term and its description highlights three major aspects. First, apocalypse refers to the anticipated end of the world as described in religious books or movies. Secondly, an apocalypse the end times are a marvel portrayed by disasters that are like occasions depicted as indications of a final ending. Thirdly, an apocalyptic event is troublesome and provocative to disclosures. An interesting aspect of the Apocalypse is that there is no history that can be used as a reference as it has never happened before. There have been occurrences where a small group has faced annihilation but humanity as a species and the superior race has never faced promised destruction. Although this fact remains until now, there are researches and studies done by acclaimed scientists which prove that certain causes may bring about the future end of the world as we know it. Although some of the factors might sound like the plot of a science fiction movie or a fantasy novel, in reality, we are actually faced with these factors in our everyday lives but for the worst case scenario to happen, which is something as huge and impactful as global annihilation it would mean a factor has to be used/worked to its full, deadly effect. Here are the most evident and likely causes that can make the humans to go the way the dinosaurs did; global warming, nuclear war, global pandemic,and asteroid impacts. These causes can be grouped into two categories which are natural disasters; global pandemic and asteroid impacts, human triggered disasters; global warming and nuclear war.

Focusing on the natural disaster point of view, a global pandemic is one of the top reasons why the world could end. A global pandemic is the spread of an infectious disease which can reach all around the world and end civilisation so fast we would not even have the time to process it. History can vouch for us by proving that global pandemics can almost erase the human population in a blink of an eye. Diseases like the Black Plague killed 1 in 4 Europeans in the 14th century, the Spanish flu robbed the lives of 50 million people, and the influenza took 20 million lives in just a year. Although one might think that due to modern medicine and technology, such disasters could be avoided but the recent AIDS and Ebola virus has similar death tolls. The scary and unnerving fact is that some strains of bacteria such as cholera and measles have developed a certain resistance to antibiotics, and antibiotic resistant bacteria are held accountable for an estimated 70,000 deaths in a year. The worst case scenario is that a new incurable fatal disease with a long incubation period could occur in a single pathogen, the emergence of this new strain would spread so fast that we are caught off guard and no chemical means of control, causing the death toll to reach extremes. In today’s day and age of easy means of transportation by air travel all around the planet and the increasing number of densely populated cities it makes it easier and faster for the disease to spread and affect every human. Outbreaks were aided and abetted by inept health systems, human behaviour, and the complete lack of consistent political and financial support for disease-fighting preparedness everywhere in the world (Garette, Laurie 2000) According to public health experts, the looming threat of a global pandemic is very real and it should be taken seriously as the risk of it occurring is greater than ever before.

In addition to that, another way we as living beings might cease to exist is through the betrayal of the solar system and the universe in which we inhabit, by bombarding earth with asteroid impacts. Asteroids are space rocks that are rocky worlds spinning around the sun that are too little to even consider being called planets. They are otherwise called planetoids or minor planets. There are a great many asteroids, running in size from several miles to a few feet over. Altogether, the mass of the considerable number of asteroids is not as much as that of Earth's moon. In spite of their size, these space rocks can be risky as many have hit Earth before, for example, a 200-foot-wide comet fragment exploded in Tunguska, Siberia in 1908 and more will collide with our planet later on. It may sound unbelievable and quite frankly something out of fictional books/movies but scientists are deeply concerned and have theorized that a huge gigantic asteroid impact enough to cause the Apocalypse would hit our earth once in 120,000 years. We have heard before that asteroids were the reason dinosaurs do not coexist with us and even if one-tenth of the size of the one that became the reason for their extinction hit our Earth today, global catastrophe would occur. The effects of the asteroid impact occurs in a chain reaction method where should an asteroid land on earth, it would cause firestorms, burning everyone and everything in the vicinity followed by an effect similar to nuclear winter which is so much debris and clouds of dust would block out the sun causing a global cooling. The radiation from the asteroid impact would annihilate the ozone layer through nitrogen oxide hence causing ultraviolet rays from the sun to bring about skin cancer for the rest of the survivors. Not only that, the food supplies would be affected too and it would lead to political instability, humans would turn against one another and finish each other off even if they survived the first two phases of the impact. Moving on to human triggered disasters, the most probable cause of the potential end of the earth would be global warming or climate change. Nowadays, we are bombarded with news stories about tragic disasters such as forest fires, melting of the polar caps, rising sea levels etc almost everyday. In fact, several disasters occur at the same time in different places around the globe and they all stem from global warming. Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface. Normally, this radiation would escape into space—but these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap the heat and cause the planet to get hotter, also known as the greenhouse effect. Scientists have deduced that the higher the temperature on the planet increases, the worse the condition our earth will be with more serious and often occurring cyclones, flooding of cities due to rising sea levels, loss of harvest which indefinitely causes famine, mass destruction and death of all organisms including the human race, turning the ecosystem upside down and leading the earth into an inhospitable and uninhabitable place to live in. The sad truth is that we as caretakers of our planet do not dedicate enough attention to climate change the governments of the world are not spending enough money on combating the issue, therefore it is just getting worse day by day and when it is at its most dangerous point, it would be too late by then. In 2018, Dr Leena, acting general at the Energy and Resources Institute points out that we’ve put enough time and resources into airplane safety that only 27 airplane crashes happen in a year but if dying in a flight accident was as likely as a degree Celsius global temperature increases, then the number of people dying in airplanes every year would be 15 million. Besides that, another human triggered disaster which could bring the apocalypse is nuclear war. Nuclear war is a product of war between countries that have political unrest between each other, for example North Korea, Iran, The United States of America, Russia and so on. These countries possess the tools and equipment to generate nuclear energy to use against their enemies in order to fight back and this is especially dangerous as nuclear energy can be turned into nuclear weapons which then can destroy the Earth in a despairing and horrible way, purposely or even accidentally. A massive explosion could not only disintegrate humans but it would plunge the Earth’s upper atmosphere in so much dust, smoke and debris that the rays of sunlight would be blocked out for months maybe even years, possibly destroying the ozone layer, causing the earth’s temperature to plunge below freezing and then to decrease by 8 degrees Celsius over four to five years making it a freezing cold wasteland also known as a ‘nuclear winter’. So, the earth goes incredibly cold and the long winter basically freezes out vegetation and freezes out life (Richard Binzel, 2017) With no food and the lack of resources to live, chances of the human race to survive would be slim to none. In conclusion, scientists have well researched these causes and came up with many theories and predicted that a global pandemic, asteroid impact, global warming and nuclear war are the top reasons how the world could end. Although we have no control on how natural triggered disasters can affect us, such as a global pandemic or an asteroid impact, the least we can do is take precautions and strive to come up for solutions or strategies for dangers that have not yet come as it is better to be safe than sorry. On the other hand, human triggered disasters such as global warming and nuclear war should make us realise that we should not take things for granted and do everything we can to prevent such tragedies to happen as the only solution is in our hands. Playing a small part can make a huge difference in saving our world from mass destruction and the responsibility lies in each an every one of us, no matter how young or old. After all, how often do we get second chances in life ?

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Effects of the apocalypse by Aseel Zewar

The end is near whether you believe it or not, there is no denying the factors that will take place to end the world as we know it. The signs are not showing any good endings in any of the scenarios that might take place. It is only a matter of days till one of the catastrophes happens and the effects take place after. The catastrophes are huge but the effects that will take place after are even worse, ending any hope left after the tragedy. Imagine all that we built gone in one day or one night, the mind can’t fathom the site and won’t believe it. There is a lot of research information and experiments done that say otherwise and state the actual bitter truth of the end. There are different scenarios, all of which have proof and are credible in their information and insite. The disasters happening around the world are not benefitting the doubting side, it is only adding to the proof and showing that the clock is ticking. The setback will be absolutely real with no turning back, the lives of all living creatures lost and whole ecosystems demolished. Natural disasters that are human triggered and human-made disasters that will end the human race. The surviving few will not bare the aftermath of the disastrous happenings, the surrounding environment will not be liveable. The catastrophic effects of multiple apocalyptic causes, and the aftermath of each happening.

Natural disasters have been happening since the beginning of time, yet we always fail to stop them. This outbreak of natural disasters will end most of humanity if not all. Global warming is causing temperature to rise due to the fact that wildfires are burning half of the forests in the world, glaciers and icebergs are melting causing sea levels to rise flooding cities and islands. Disasters are escalating at present times due to the increase of gases in the atmosphere aiding in all of the natural disasters. This trapping of gases can cause water to evaporate faster releasing a potent greenhouse gas which draws carbon dioxide from the rocks, which then increases the temperature to 900 degrees Fahrenheit on a typical day. No living creature can survive that heat the surface will be demolished. Ecosystems and Animals are dying from the wildfires happening due to the heat, it is only a matter of days for humanity. The heat waves are strong enough to destroy crops, cause droughts, and end species with a result of no survival conditions. A contribution to natural disasters with a complete opposite effect would be the impact of an asteroid hitting the Earth's surface. The catastrophic collision will cause sulphuric acid to billow into the atmosphere, causing acid clouds and total darkness, this was the same fate of the dinosaurs. The long-term cooling caused by the sulfate aerosols was much more important for the mass extinction that the dust that stays in the atmosphere for only a relatively short time (Georg Feulner, 2017). The acid clouds will cause the temperature to plummet below freezing point, and will also cause acid rains that are highly concentrated. Not suitable for any living or nonliving thing due to the sulphuric acid in acid rain deteriorating what it comes in contact with. The air will be toxic to breathe in and hazardous to pass through. The impact of the asteroids will cause earthquakes on multiple sides of the world, due to those earthquakes tsunamis will hit causing mass destruction. If the asteroid lands in the ocean this will end cities, islands and as predicted countries due to how huge the tsunamis are calculated to strike. This will destroy any harvest that could’ve saved or aided in saving the injured. There will not be enough drinking water and no food to save the surviving few, and the climate surrounding them isn’t benefiting the situation entirely. Therefore the state will be unsurvivable for any living creature, non living things can and will be extremely affected too. Taking into consideration the weather that will plummet below freezing point, making the water conditions even deadlier. Freezing over any crops if left The human body is forced to go into hypothermia, and will not be treated or cured in these specific states the world will be facing. The two catastrophes have devastating after effects that are worse than the actual disasters. Both have opposite drastic weather manipulation, but both lead to natural disasters which end the world as we know it. The aftermath of each happening is hellish. If global warming’s disasters hit first and the asteroid strikes afterwards, there is zero chance of any survivors. The effects are inescapable, undeniable divestating for any of the survivors of the disasters that took place. The planet Earth will be uninhabitable, and the

human race in fact all living species will become extinct. These are the aftermaths of the apocalyptic natural disasters caused by global warming and a massive asteroid striking the Earth.

The second ruination of humanity will be the spread of diseases and viruses throughout the world, with little to no hope of a cure. Global warming will increase the temperature of the planet earth, and sea levels will rise drastic weather changes will occur. A balmier planet could assist the spread of infectious disease by providing a more suitable climate for parasites and spreading the range of tropical pathogens (Paul Eptein, 2000). Humans have dealt with infectious killer disease and viruses since the beginning of time, but what makes this wave stronger is climate change. If a global epidemic hits and spreads there will be no going back, because of the weather assisting the spread. The spread will be quick and sudden with no time to find a cure, or to provide if found. Climate change will act as an incubator for viruses and diseases to grow, infecting any and every creature. It includes crop diseases that are combined with substantial climate shifts, might cause famine. Living things will in addition be infected by the gamma rays, due to global warming distortion of the ozone layer. The spread of the gamma rays disease/infection are very dangerous due to them destroying the living cells of any living thing. By the time these effects have started the aid wouldn’t be enough to save any of the infected. Most countries do not have the consistent energy, resources and financial aid or the correct medical assistance needed to keep the outbreak from escalating, therefore it will lead to global disasters. If survivors are there which is little to no percentage due to expeditious spread of the diseases/viruses, there will be no crops to survive off. The vicious and brutal diseases/viruses and infections will infect every living thing making the outbreak airborne. Time is also an important factor holding the aid back, because of the immediate widespread and deaths. National leaders respond to health crises when fear and panic grow strong enough, by that time period it will be tardy. Little do they know global warming induced climate change which is mostly there doing, making the dangerously fast spread of the outbreak their liability. Knowing the end is here governments will not spend time on those who are infected, but will make an attempt to save the uninfected which will fail. It will fail because there is no successful way of stopping a widespread of diseases/viruses and infections, when the climate all around the world is assisting the growth of these deadly infections. No nation has the

organizations and technology to halt an outbreak of this capacity and infectious speed. The factors that we are living in a great number of densities than ever before, and the international travelling is easier than ever before is also why the spread of the pandemic is faster. It is scientifically proven that we are long overdue for an outbreak of a pandemic that will end half of the earth’s population is not all. The political leaders, financial enterprises, or multinational institutions disregard and supervision in past situations is what caused matters to escalate, what makes this time any different for them. Top or powerful and resourceful countries have always turned a blindeye for an outbreak of epidemic in poor or third world countries, with climate change this will turn into a pandemic and spread around the world. Killing as it goes it is still not sure what disease or viruses it could be, but either way the environment will aid in its growth. Giving no chance for a retrial or a second attempt in stoppage of the outbreak to the whole entire world. In these conditions half the population will be whipped out leaving a few survivors in not non to carry on these infected grounds to die in the end. Global epidemics have been happening since the beginning, but this one will turn into a global pandemic leading to the termination of living things.

The third disastrous after effect is the electrical disruption and blackouts that are caused by solar flares, and cyberattacks that will lead to Infiltration of nuclear command, denial of services and Communication. A solar flare striking the Earth can cause many different effects, some are corresponding with the effects of a massive cyber attack. The strike of a solar flare on the Earth’s magnetosphere, causes the particles to generate an electrical charge that can reach the surface of the Earth, which in coming across with an electrical grid causes an electrical disruption. The electrical disruption can cause frustration in the electrical system inducing a blackout which can spread through cities. Not knowing for how long they can last and how to fix such wide blackouts. Solar flare can create broadcast interruptions affecting the communication systems like radio and other broadcasts. This could lead to a complete blockage of communication leaving a whole city if not country out of reach for help or aid in the blackout duration. They can cause magnetic storms which can endanger living organisms, impeding radio communications and GPS navigation and satellite transmission. Scientists found that in the time frame of a solar flare the blood in humans condenses, that in dreadful situations can lead to hypertension and blood clots. It is as well said that people with mental illnesses and disabilities are exacerbated during the solar flare. The solar flare can intermingle with the signals of orbiting satellites if not block them completely. This can shut down international communications leaving the country unknowing of the shared blackouts and block of communication systems. The repair depends on the intensity of the solar flare and the chance

of another strike, that could cause additional damage and concern. Bradley Schaefer of Yale University found evidence that sunlike stars can easily brighten up to a factor of 20. Within a few hours, a superflare on the sun could fry Earth and begin disintegrating the ozone layer (Bradley Schaefer, 2000). Cyberattacks have some common factor effects such as solar flares which are the hackers denial of communication outlets to the public, and the denial of service (DoS) attack. Technology runs most of the world in present times for example governments, organizations, facilities to every house in most of the world runs on cyber security. If a cyberattack in one nation occurs the outcome will be ruinous globally. Cutting the communication and services for the public and able to communicate they can take control of weapon systems, launching a war with the neighboring countries or even far ones. The worst possible case is nuclear weapon exchange between any and all countries involved. This can be deliberate attempts to start world war three that could be the final war the human race experiences due to extinction. These nuclear weapons can emit tons of radiation when striking, imagine the aftermath of multiple strikes if a nuclear war is to happen. Immediate mass destruction of cities and depending on the nuclear missile countries might suffer the destruction at once. If survived, which is a low percentage the aftermath or the after effects will kill and survivors. These after effects include firestorms, a nuclear winter, widespread radiation sickness and fallout. These factors will demolish any and everything left surviving the nuclear blast. The radiation will infect everything from the ground up leaving contaminated unlivable crops, water and even air. People are very suspicious about this factor causing the end of the world or the apocalypse, because of the high cyber security that military weapons division have. At the end many research and examples have been reported to prove that there could be a case of hacking the weapons division system, for example the 2017 hacking of the THAAD missile defence system in South Korea. Another example could be the deep worries over the WannaCry virus possibly targeting parts of the UK Trident (nuclear programme) system in 2017. The outbreak of a nuclear war due to a cyberattack is highly possible, and the aftermath is unsurvivable. The effects of a massive solar flare will lead to devastating conditions where a living creature won’t handle, that is if the superflare didn’t strike which will end the whole of planet Earth.

Society is terrified of the apocalyptic disasters that could end life as we know it, but never thought of the aftermath. The effects that will take place are far greater in concern than the actual happening. Knowing the effects of such happenings is petrifying, it makes the public more aware and conscious of the outcome after disasters strike. If any of the catastrophic factors take place the effect or the aftermath will end in mass destruction. There is no chance of survival, and if there is the conditions will kill the living few in a matter of days, even hours. Extinction of every living thing on planet Earth and the surrounding environment. The end will happen whether you believe it or not, due to the drastic climate change and the other factors surrounding the end. These effects can’t be denied or debunked the information set forth is backed up and credible. The climate change in present times causing all these natural disasters proves that the end is near. It is only a matter of days or months till the asteroids or solar flares strike starting the apocalypse. The catastrophic effects of multiple apocalyptic causes, and the aftermath of each happening have no positive aspect of the environment after the happening.

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KEEP AN EYE ON EARTH’S FINAL DAY by Mohammad Zuki

“ Every beginning has an end “ A famous Tumblr quotes indicates that everything will eventually reach the end, this includes the 360 degree of the earth rotation that will eventually stop and collapse due to one factor. It comes with many names: doomsday, apocalypse, judgement day. Believe it or not, the planet earth that we are living in has been through some catastrophes and destroy the previous living things such as the dinosaurs and the myth creatures like dragons and mermaids yet the earth is still standing or rotate but humans believe that the next impact will destroy the earth as its whole based on our beliefs studies. There have been many stories written about the apocalypse or the end of human civilisation such as Independence Day, World War Z, The 5th Waves, 2012, and many more. At first, it got me to think how one can make a movie so accurate that it feels so real as in the humans has been through an annihilation before but the more mature I become, the more I realise that they did not create these movies based on experience, but more to prepare the public if those things in the movies really happen in this world, in our own very cute pair of shoes. We do not know what the end will look like, it can come in many forms such as natural disaster, asteroids, an alien invasion, nuclear weapon, or another world war. So Grab a drink and a lite bites, relax and enjoy reading the tips on how to survive apocalypse from the four scopes: Natural disaster, global warming, zombie apocalypse, and alien invasion.

There is no way mankind can avoid the impending natural disaster, but that does not mean humankind cannot learn how to survive if. Basically doomsday is the day when you would not have enough basic needs and supplies such as food, water, shelter, and a very limit human contact, it is like we are completely cut off from the outside world. This means no electricity, medical, and other important human need to survive. Are we ready to face what lies ahead? If your answer is no, how can you prepare for this event? Here are some tips for surviving apocalypse. First of all, natural disaster is a logical thing that can causes the start of the doomsday, zombie and alien invasion are just events that might or might not happen but we will come to that, Read the newspaper, turn on the television, go on twitter. I bet that all you can see is natural disaster everywhere, heavy flood in Indonesia, bushfire in Australia. Could this be the sign that the end of the world is near? To survive natural disaster such as tornado, tsunami, and earthquake, volcano blast, and bushfire. We all first need to aware of the warning, if a warning for a natural disaster is out, quickly prepare and keep safe your emergency kit which contain important document like passport, insurance. Other things are cash, first aid kit, torches, batteries, candles, matches, radio. Bear in mind that every house need have an emergency kit, this is to keep you survive and reach for help while waiting for the help that will take some time. Next, watch your land. In the event of flash flood, make sure you get yourself and your family to the rooftop wherever you are in the time of the event, avoid rivers, lakes and do not cross any water as you would not possibly know the measure of the depth of the water during that time. Bear in mind that once water recedes, danger still exists as you do not know what is in the water, so just wait until the help comes to rescue. If you find yourself stuck in tornado or earthquake, first thing to do is to go underground. If your town have an underground bunker, well that is wonderful! You are safe. But if your town does not provide such facility, worry not! Get to your house basement or find and stay and the lowest level in a small windowless room like under a stair well or in a bathroom. Remember that during tornado, a safest point is always a concrete building instead of wood. This is because woods are easily torn apart rather than concretes that will ensure stability. After an earthquake, be aware that a tsunami may follow. Among all natural disaster, tsunami is what people always scared of, the thought of drowning in a big ocean wave! The tsunami of 2011 took almost 20,000 lives, imagine how scary that is. To survive tsunami, do as follows: leave the red zone, go to the rooftop of the highest building, and if you are swept up in the water, grab anything strong and floating above the water to survive. During volcano and bushfire, other than seeking shelter, ensure that you have mask to help you breathe and protect lungs from the ash, some mask that can help are NBC NATO Gas mask and N95 Respirator 10-Pack. In conclusioon, Beware that natural disaster’s chemicals or radiation is enough to kill you.

Global warming, created by the mankind can also bring catastrophe in this world that will eventually end the earth’s live. We are the very reason why global warming in the very first place. Now, what is global warming and why is it play quite an important role to the end of the world? A simple definition of global warming is the rise of the temperature in the atmosphere. Causes of global warming are the burning fossil by the vehicle, bushfire, open fire, and the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFL) like air conditioner. These things leads to greenhouse effect which causes global warming. And the side effect of global warming is worse! Bushfire just like what is happening in Australia right now and iceberg glacier in the north pole which brings up the sea level, soon most of the big cities such as New York will be the second Atlantis. Now, there are some thing that mankind could do to stop global warming as based on scientific research, humankind have 10 years left to prevent global warming from coming, or else it will be the end of the world. First thing we could do is what everyone can do, to speak up. Talk to your friends, family, public, be an activist, whatever it takes to make people stop living in a dream and wake up to save the planet earth. Raising awareness could be done in public, and social media or better yet directly to your government as they have the power to change the world. Next, use renewable energy. This means, no more burning fossil, use hybrid and electric vehicles instead. Besides saving the environment, it can also make you save money. For houses, change electric energy to something more green energy such as wind, water, or solar power. Because, look at your bill! Other than that, you can always make use of energy-efficient items. 2.3 billions tons of carbon dioxide is in the air since 1987, big clap to appliance and products that comes with CFL. So, what we can do is when shopping for refrigerators, washing machines, and other appliances, look for the Energy Star logo or label on the items, this label means that the items is more environmental friendly and most efficient to save the energy. Lastly, rethink your vehicle. If we all keep our tires from moving, we could save 1.2 billion gallons of petrol each year. Instead of taking our cars everyday, we can try to walk to reach a walkable destination, it can help with our health, make us more healthy. We can also try and learn to make use of public transports such as monorail that is environmental friendly, it can also help us to save money and this means less pollution in the air! In conclusion, let us all try and do our best to save the earth from falling while we still can.

Now let us talk about surviving apocalypse in general. What if one day the fire walk the earth, the land decide to split into two, the ocean feels like standing up, what can you do to survive? First thing first, if you survive the apocalypse you have to learn the medieval times. Back to the old ages where there were no technology and people use what is around them to survive. Humans those survive need to learn the skill of hunting for food, if there is any animals left. Manufacture skills also need to be learn to produce food, and handmade things to survive. In the event of toxic air after the apocalypse, it is very dangerous to walk out as it can damage our skin. The tv series “ The 100 “ showed us that toxic air causes by nuclear blast can burn living things. So, stay indoor or underground. If you have a survival bunker, then you have nothing to worry about. If you do not! A small help from a tent will do. Make sure that you have food supplies, water and filtration in your survival bunk, a three month supplies is the minimum you must have to survive while the earth reset itself. After a while, the air will begin to clear but it is still dangerous to breathe the air into your system. In order to stay breathing, also make sure you have the right mask for apocalypse. NBC Gas mask will help you with radiation and Antiviral mask will help you from getting infection. Next, burning fire. Fire is important, it provides light and safety in the dark, you will never know what you will come across in the dark if you are surviving in the forest, fire is your friend. warmth in the cold, during a cold night or winter season, without fire your soul might kiss your body goodbye, so fire is your bestride to keep you warm on the bed. Fire also meant to cook your food that you haunt or else you will be eating raw, we are apocalypse survivor not cannibal people, at this point you might as well marry to a fire as it can provides more than your man ever could. Other than that, the survivor must have some security to defence themselves. Because apocalypse means messy! People will fight and kill each other to find shelter and food to survive. So keep your guns or other weapon up as you hold your dignity! Self defence play an important role here, might start learning now. Lastly, and most importantly, communication. Bring radio and a communication gear like hand-crank radio just in case you want to reach for help, find other survivors, or make contact to the safe camp built by the government, we see that a lot in movies. In conclusion, skills skills skills is important to survive. Without skills, you might a well be dead during the apocalypse.

Who would you rather be during a zombie apocalypse, the survivor or the zombie? But first, is it possible to happen? Through scientific researches, the term “ zombieism “ is very likely to happen. It is a form of disease that is jumpstart by contaminated food, laboratory accident and is believe can be spread into the air. We usually see zombies as a creature in horror or action movies, but in reality zombies were once humans, only their brains is hosted by viruses leads to these humans has no control over their own body. Planning a zombie apocalypse survival tips might seem silly to some people but what if your eyes catch a picture of a zombies running around infant of your house, what can you do? The first answer would be, based on the movies firstly they will get their armour ready. This is of course to fight those zombies. But what is the scientific tips to this situation? Scientists Verran and Crossley start the surviving list by to get those who got infected into a quarantine, those who are in the isolation must be control all the time due to quarantines are difficult to keep safe as they can outrage anytime. In the meantime, a team of science people have to develop cure or vaccine. Bear in mind that vaccine will take a long time to develop, prior to the situation, it is in the suggestion that the responsible team, maybe the army have to hide the uninfected and keep them safe, create what we always seen in movies as safe zone or green zone, a perfect environment that can prevent the disease to spread in that area. But what if there is no help from the government or army, what if you have to survive on your own feet? the television series “ The Walking Dead “ teach us some useful surviving zombies skills. First thing first, turn up the heat, keep the fire on as fire can be a method to fight zombie, some says zombies are afraid of fire? Next is to get down and dirty, leave your fancy life behind! It is time to go underground. Other than that, go hunting and fishing for food., but beware! there is infected animals around too. Learn map reading, rock climbing, paddling, kayak, paragliding, and trail running might help you to get to the safe zone safely and alive during a zombie outbreak.

Alien, it is your time to shine. Alien invasion, before questioning could it happen, first we have to question its existence. Since we have no proof, we have to keep this very short. It is very much the same as any survival skills, go to safe place, get help from army or the government, look for other survivors and learn surviving skills and defence skills. Oh, and do not bet caught! Or you will be their experiment subject, but maybe they just come to earth to visit or make peace.

Some solutions must be done before the earth is completely destroy. We have no way to keep doomsday from happening, whatever happened in the movie “ 2012 “ will eventually happen to us and there is no way to escape it. So, what is the last solution to all the living things on earth beside to have faith? Well, let’s call it The Final Frontier. To send the next generation of humans, animals, and plants to the universe. Yes, to live in space. The world is working on it right now where important people can get a chance to live in space. Have you watch the movie “ Elysium “ ? It sort off that way, where the rich live in space while the poor live on earth. But of course, to live in space we have to pay a huge amount of money which some people disagree. If we really want to secure our DNA in the future, people suggest that we send only the young generation and people who are qualified such as scientists, doctors, engineers, to space. But of course, things are the way it is, people who are afford for the space ticket can continue their lives up in space. Guess the unfortunate has to learn survival skills after all.

Other than living in an airspace, we can also live on planet Mars which there will have no issue as we can fit everything on Earth on planet Mars. The downside is we all have to learn new skills to live on a foreign planet. Or are we sure that we will do no damage on planet Mars as what we have done on planet Earth? Which planet will the humans run to after Mars as Mars is the only second planet that humans seems to be suitable to live in. If we all are send to Mars, humans need to pledge to not do corruption on Mars or else, the same thing will happen.

In conclusion, most of us have a low chance to live outside of planet Earth, this planet is all we have. Prior to that, we have to care and love this planet. Stop global warming, stop making more damages to this planet.

Overall, after all the catastrophes, humans might learn something from their mistakes. The aftermath doings is what important, humans might change the way of living. To prevent another global warming from happening, we will reduce energy use and start to use renewable energy. Due to apocalypse, we will learn to live without lights, phones, social medias. Basically it will be 1859 all over again. Well, there is no way for us to prevent natural disaster, for example a volcano will erupt but we can stay as far away from the volcanos. To avoid diseases and infection, scientists can start to develop a cure now, improve medical research, get more doctors to help and get better equipment. Also, there is a suggestion to save the bees as the bees are environmental friendly creature and they can help us with food production in case of any disasters. It is a modern world, but humans cannot run from their roots, religion. Pray in hard times, because God is always watching and will always help you. To avoid nuclear war to blast and cause apocalypse, we just have to stop the production of nuclear weapons, use renewable energy instead. And do not go to war as it will effect the whole world to suffer. To conclude, let us all try our best to take care of planet Earth while it still last.

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