IDST

End of the world

IDST

1-Discuss how William Miller serves as a cautionary tale for date-setters of The End. We still have some people who give "End Dates" a spin. Why and how does this go wrong every time?

2-Whether by random chance or intentional creation by some G/god(s), the fact that we type ideas into something like the internet and ponder questions about our own existence seems...miraculous. Or, if you prefer scientific terms, extremely unlikely approaching impossible. But...here we are. How does pondering ideas like a 14+ billion year old universe and/or Rees' TED Talk affect your thinking about The End? About humans? About our role in this grand Cosmo

3- What were the major contributing factors to the 2012 phenomenon? What drove much of the end-time thinking around that particular year? Was it mostly about ancient predictions or modern inventions?