When the secular world and biblical prophecy collide, it’s time to sit up and take note
2018: The failure of world leaders to address the largest threats to humanity’s future is lamentable—but that failure can be reversed. It is two minutes to midnight, but the Doomsday Clock has ticked away from midnight in the past, and during the next year, the world can again move it further from apocalypse. The warning the Science and Security Board now sends is clear, the danger obvious and imminent. The opportunity to reduce the danger is equally clear. The world has seen the threat posed by the misuse of information technology and witnessed the vulnerability of democracies to disinformation. But there is a flip side to the abuse of social media. Leaders react when citizens insist they do so, and citizens around the world can use the power of the internet to improve the long-term prospects of their children and grandchildren. They can insist on facts, and discount nonsense. They can demand action to reduce the existential threat of nuclear war and unchecked climate change. They can seize the opportunity to make a safer and saner world. See the full statement from the Science and Security Board on the 2018 time of the Doomsday Clock.
Excellent articles
- Doomsday Clock Is Set at 2 Minutes to Midnight, Closest Since 1950s, NY Times, 25 January 2018
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Here’s what the Doomsday Clock is telling us, and the message isn’t reassuring, South China Morning Post, 1 February 2018
Featured Image: Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists move the Doomsday Clock’s hands to two minutes until midnight at a news conference in Washington on January 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters [South China Morning Post]
