Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses
There’s no denying i have been obsessed with the end of the world ever since i read this passage;

‘For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another. All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.’

Is the world really about to explode?
What are the actual facts about planet Earth beyond myth, prophesy and superstition?
I asked The Futurist Dr. David Suzuki a couple of questions about it all, and this is what he had to say ..

1. What do you feel the recent events in Japan reveal about the health of Planet Earth?

IT REVEALS THE HUBRIS OF OUR SPECIES. WE THINK WE ARE SO CLEVER THAT WE CAN BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN ONE OF THE MOST EARTHQUAKE PRONE PLACES ON EARTH AND BE ABLE TO AVOID ANY ACCIDENTS OR UNEXPECTED EVENTS. IT’S MADNESS. WE EMPLOY THIS SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY TO BOIL WATER! THAT’S ALL WE ARE DOING AND YET WE ARE WILLING TO PUT FUTURE GENERATIONS AT ENORMOUS RISK. THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NOT SUCH THING AS A “FOOLPROOF” TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS A TECHNOLOGY FREE OF FOOLS. AND WHO AMONG US HAS NEVER GONE TO A PARTY AND GOT ROARING DRUNK THEN STAGGERED OFF TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, OR COME DOWN WITH A COLD OR FLU BUT CHOOSE TO GO TO WORK AND TOUGH IT OUT, OR FALL IN LOVE AND LOSE FIFTY IQ POINTS? WE ALL ARE FOOLS AT SOME POINT AND WE’VE SEEN IT ONLY TAKES A SCREW NOT TURNED ON RIGHT OR A VALVE ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED OR LEFT OPEN TO SET OFF A TOTALLY UNANTICIPATED CHAIN OF EVENTS.

I FLY A LOT. I PUT MY LIFE IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE AND FLY PLANES. AND THE SAFETY RECORD IS IMPRESSIVE. BUT WHENEVER THERE IS AN ACCIDENT AND PEOPLE PAINSTAKINGLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG, CHANCES ARE VERY HIGH, THE MAIN CAUSE IS “PILOT ERROR”. IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN’T DESIGN A PLANE TO ANTICIPATE.

What will be the real scientific effects these events have on the rest of the planet

THERE WILL BE VENTING OF A LOT OF RADIOACTIVITY AS THERE WAS AT CHERNOBYL. THE PRIMARY EFFECTS WILL BE ON PEOPLE AROUND THE PLANTS. WE CAN LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, THE CHERNOBYL AND THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE WILDLIFE CAN RECOVER, ALTHOUGH THE BIRDS AROUND CHERNOBYL HAVE SMALLER BRAINS.

Do you believe in Armageddon?

I BELIEVE WE ARE RUSHING HEADLONG TOWARDS A COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL ECOSPHERE THAT SUPPORTS US. IF THAT HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SUFFERING AND DYING OF OUR SPECIES. IS THAT ARMAGEDDON?

How do you feel about forecasts of Gloom and Doom made in reference to the year 2012.

I DON’T SUBSCRIBE TO PREDICTIONS MADE BY PEOPLE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OR EVEN CENTURIES AGO. I WOULDN’T HEAD TO THE HILLS BECAUSE OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IN COMING YEARS, WE WILL SEE THE FURTHER DEGRADATION OF THE OCEANS, FORESTS AND WILDLIFE AND WE HAVE POLLUTED THE AIR, WATER AND SOIL SO WE ARE HEADING FOR MORE CANCER AND SHORTER LIFE SPANS.

Do the events in Japan have anything to do with these or any other type ‘prophecies’ or phenomenon?

HUMANS HAVE BECOME A GLOBAL FORCE AND WE ARE ALTERING THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE PLANET ON A GEOLOGICAL SCALE. WE KNOW EVENTS LIKE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, FOREST FIRES, FLOODS, DROUGHT WHICH USED TO BE CALLED “NATURAL DISASTERS” OR “ACTS OF GOD” ARE NO LONGER NATURAL. WE’VE BECOME PART OF THE CAUSE, WE ARE TRYING TO BE GODS WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR POWER TO BE GODS. IT’S EVEN SUGGESTED THAT WITH MASSIVE DAMS, WE BUILD HUGE LAKES OF WATER THAT WEIGH SO MUCH, THEY CAN CAUSE SEISMIC ACTIVITY AND AS THE HUGE ICE SHEETS ON GREENLAND AND ANTARCTICA MELT, THE LIFTING OF THAT WEIGHT WILL CAUSE THE LAND UNDER TO REBOUND. ARE WE AN AGENT OF EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES NOW? SOME SCIENTISTS THINK SO. I DON’T KNOW.

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