So did Ronald Emmerich, director of 2012 (film) scare you? Do you think that the world is going to end in 2012 or do you think the world will survive to see the coming of a brand new year? No one knows. You have to wait till December comes.
But then why is it that the end of the world fascinates us so much more than anything else. The answer is simple – Death. Death marks the end of an old thing and the beginning of something new. Each and every human being will die someday or the other. It is inevitable. But what fascinates the most is the feeling that a day will come when each and every human being will die at the same time at different places. That day will mark the end of the existing world. The world as we all know will crumble. Everything that man has ever created will be shattered to pieces and reduced to dust. It will be the onset of an Apocalypse.
It is quite interesting to find out that almost all the ancient mythologies speak of one ancient, Great Flood that was enough to destroy the world back then. The world that we see today arose from the ruins and destruction of that Great Flood. Exactly which mythologies speak about them? Ancient Greek mythology, ancient Biblical mythology, ancient Hindu mythology, ancient Mayan mythology and ancient Chinese mythology speak of the Great Flood. And there are no similarities among their cultures or languages? So how is it that the ancient mythologies of all the cultures speak of the same thing?
The flood occurred when humans were populating the Earth’s surface. Modern paleontologists studying dinosaur fossils often claim that these great creatures wiped from the surface of the Earth due to some asteroid crashing on the surface of the Earth. That means the Earth has already been hit twice each resulting in the destruction of its current inhabitants. This leaves us the room to say that there is no chance that the Earth won’t be hit again.
Long has the experts argued over the disappearance of the legendary island Atlantis in just a matter of one night. People who are obsessed with this mystery often feel fascinated about what it would have been like for Atlantis to have disappeared and what it would have been like for the Atlanteans to go down with Atlantis. That is why they are fascinated about the end of the world.
Imagine one fine morning when you get up from bed, you start getting news that all the wonders of the world are gone, all the countries whether superpowers or third world are going down one after the other, earthquakes, volcanoes and gigantic tidal waves are creating havoc and now it’s your time to face the wrath of nature as you stare at complete obliteration along with your family, relatives and friends! Now that sounds interesting isn’t it? Each and every individual wants to die together with their loved ones. No one wants to be left behind when it comes to death. Perhaps the very thought of dying together along with our near and dear ones make us fascinate about the end of the world.