End of the world News

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How many times will this earth be destroyed? Let's take a look at some of many world end scenarios, that have either come and gone, or are still coming.

Paris - What was first reported to be the "doomsday asteroid" when it was first discovered in 2004, 99942 Apophis will fly by Earth on Jan. 9. Scientists have discovered that the asteroid is 20 percent larger than first thought.

As people start getting silly, or should we say nervous, about the impending end of the world next week, a Chinese inventor says he has outdone Noah, with his own type of ark.

Washington - The United States government has taken to the blogosphere to reassure nervous citizens that the world is not going to end on December 21st.

Just when you thought you had heard the craziest news about the possibility of an apocalypse on December 21, 2012, along comes another story. A Ukraine travel agency, selling tickets for exclusive tours to Heaven and Hell.

As December 21, 2012 soon approaches, the Mayans have weighed in on the talks of "doomsday." To the Mayans, this is not true and that the talks of the world coming to the end are misinterpretations.

Mexico - As December 21st approaches, archaeologists and anthropologists are trying to convince those who believe the end of the world is a little more then two months away that the end of the Mayan calendar was not a prediction of the end of the world.

Covington - Self proclaimed doomsday prophet Ronald Weinland was found guilty this month of federal tax evasion. The preacher reportedly attempted to use his belief in the end of the world as part of his defense.

Beijing - A ominous mushroom cloud formed over Beijing at 7 p.m. on June 14, swallowing up the entire city skyline, accompanied by thunder and lightning. The cloud caused mild panic as people feared that it was harbinger of an impending end-of-the-world cataclysm.

Breathe a sigh of relief. Another Maya calendar has been found and there is absolutely no mention of December 21, 2012.

With the New Year comes another prophecy. On Dec. 21, 2012, the world will end ... again. But before there is a mass rush to donate the house and the car to charity, NASA calls the prophecy poppycock.

Tapachula - Tourist officials in the city of Tapachula in southern Mexico have set up a digital clock to count down to the end of the world on December 21, 2012. December 21, 2012 is the date many people believe the ancient Mayans predict the world will end.

Mexico - A German archaeologist Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in Australia, says he has been studying Mayan tablets which make reference to 2012. The archaeologist says the tablets do not predict the end of the world, but the beginning of a new era.

Mexico - The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have admitted that they have a second reference to the date 2012 as "end of the world" on a carved fragment found at an archaeological site in southern Mexico.

Renowned doomsday prophet, Harold Camping, has predicted that this coming Friday will mark the end of the world. This is not the first of these types of predictions made by Camping.

The 89-year-old head of Family Radio network in Oakland, Harold Camping, who predicted May 21 as the day the world will end, is now singing a different tune. He is now saying that judgment day was a spiritual event and that it is not detectable for us.

In response to the end-of-the-world certainty espoused by Christian minister Harold Camping, atheists nationwide are planning 'rapture parties' this coming weekend to celebrate their ongoing existence.

An ad I saw in the subway last Saturday grabbed my attention. It says that the Bible guarantees that the much-feared Judgment Day will be upon us on May 21. As a lover of science and evidence, I couldn't help but take a look at the claim.

A small group of Christians is claiming that the world' will end this month. Led by Harold Camping of Family Radio, the group believes mankind faces the Rapture on May 21, and is preparing for the end of days.