A Brief History of the End of the World

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Mr. Beat goes through a brief history of people predicting the end of the world and then being completely wrong about it.

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat and Shannon Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Dyalla, Density & Time, Kwon, Joe Bagale, NoMBe, and Corbyn Kites.

Here's an annotated script with footnotes

Sources/further reading:

Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual for the End of the World by Jason Boyett

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A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization by Jonathan Kirsch

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According to one poll, nearly four out of ten American adults believe that we are currently living in the end times. According to another poll, 83% of people living in Afghanistan said the end times would happen in their lifetime. According to yet another poll, 10% of people around the world think the world is probably going to end THIS YEAR. Oh wait, that was a poll taken in 2012. Well, I guess the world DIDN’T end in 2012, after all. Oh hey…yeah…remember that? Back in 2012 when a lot of people were freaking out about the world ending? There was even a movie that got in on the fun. A really crappy movie. Anyway, the 2012 phenomenon was when a bunch of people thought either world-ending or world-transforming events would happen on or around December 21, 2012, the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle described in an ancient Maya calendar. Yeah, that date came and went and the end of the world did not, in fact, happen.

But humans have been saying the end of the world is near. I should clarify, that the end of the end of the world is near FOR HUMANS for at least a couple thousand years.

Here in the United States, it’s often certain Christians are the ones who won’t stop talking about the End Times, often paired with the return of Jesus Christ. But it’s not just Christianity that has been all about apocalypticism, or the belief that the end of the world could happen any day. No, no no no no. Other religions have got in on the fun, too.

Here’s a brief history of the End of the World.