THE year 2017 began with a dismal
proclamation by the scientific community.
In January a group of scientists declared
that the world just got closer to the
worst catastrophe ever. Using the symbolic
Doomsday Clock to illustrate mankind’s
proximity to a global disaster, scientists
moved the clock’s minute hand forward by
30 seconds. The Doomsday Clock is now
set at merely two and a half minutes to
midnight—nearer to a global catastrophe
than at any time in over 60 years!
In 2018, scientists plan to evaluate
again how close we are to the end ofthe
world as we know it. Will the Doomsday Clock still signal an impending and unprecedented
catastrophe? What do you
think? Is the world out of control? 
You might find the question somewhat difficult to answer. After all, even experts are divided on this subject. Not everyone believes in an inevitable doomsday. In fact, millions of people believe in a bright future. They profess to have evidence showing that mankind and our planet will survive indefinitely and that our quality of life will improve. Is that evidence credible? Is the world out of control or not?
“The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized design that conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making. First and foremost among these are nuclear weapons, but the dangers include climate changing technologies, emerging bio technologies, and cyber-technology that could inflict irrevocable harm, whether by intention, miscalculation, or by accident, to our way of life and to the planet.” —Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Source: JW.org
You might find the question somewhat difficult to answer. After all, even experts are divided on this subject. Not everyone believes in an inevitable doomsday. In fact, millions of people believe in a bright future. They profess to have evidence showing that mankind and our planet will survive indefinitely and that our quality of life will improve. Is that evidence credible? Is the world out of control or not?
“The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized design that conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making. First and foremost among these are nuclear weapons, but the dangers include climate changing technologies, emerging bio technologies, and cyber-technology that could inflict irrevocable harm, whether by intention, miscalculation, or by accident, to our way of life and to the planet.” —Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Source: JW.org
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