Are The End Times Upon Us?

A lot has been going on in the world as of late, and there are those among us who say that Armageddon is drawing near. They point to increasingly volatile weather around the world, war, terrorism, earthquakes, and tsunamis. These naysayers claim that the Bible has somehow foretold these horrors as being early signs of the end of the world.

Thus far I have treated such talk as utter nonsense. Mother Nature has always been a cranky old bat, political differences have often been settled by the sword, nutcases have always sought to kill in the name of one god or another, and tectonic plates occasionally shift violently. So until now I really didn't feel there was anything to worry about.

But after this weekend's news, I'm no longer so smug. Sometimes things happen that defy all conventional wisdom, and cause a total reversal in the natural order of the world. Up becomes down; north becomes south; day becomes night; and a previously oppressed people reject the gift of democracy.

I speak, of course, of the Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston breakup.

I'm pretty sure I saw something about that in the Book of Revelations.