An unusual comet appears—a rogue virus threatens pandemic—a geopolitical event terrorizes society. When such aversions occur they trigger Doomsday Anxiety—the fear of the end of the world.
Doomsday Anxiety themes (i.e. – global flood deluge, heavenly fire and brimstone) have no roots in our modern age—although various religious cults, preachers, gurus, wild men, and politicians have pointed to imminent apocalypse for millennia.
Little attention is given to the historic origins of this cultural syndrome, while conventional historians’ approach to antiquity is an egregious case of intellectual collective ignorance.
Matt Finn narrates from a Top 10 Thunderbolts Picture of the Day.
