«Most in this room will recall
the apocalyptic warnings of the Club of Rome, more than 40 years ago.
Not exact matches
Health secretary has
warned of a possible 270 deaths due to an apparent IT error, but experts say the numbers do not stack up
Jeremy Hunt has described the failure of the breast screening programme to invite some older women for a mammogram in apocalyptic terms, warning of a possible 270 deaths and...
Matthew's version
of this saying occurs in the
apocalyptic discourse (Mt 24:23 - 25; Mk 13:21 - 23), combined with a
warning against false Messiahs and false prophets.
Paradoxically, the
apocalyptic warning is intended to remove the
apocalyptic threat by acts
of apocalyptic transcendence.
Apocalyptic warnings, however legitimate, should not encourage the over-simplifying (to say nothing
of the conspiratorial mentality) that often shows up in Christian circles.
After months
of warnings and fear, the Day
of Rapture, as predicted by
apocalyptic Christian broadcaster Harold Camping, passed without apparent calamity.
Local radio is
warning of gas shortages and
apocalyptic traffic.
Local radio is
warning of gas shortages and
apocalyptic...
After his
warnings about an approaching tropical cyclone
of apocalyptic proportions fall on deaf ears (don't they always?)
The eShop finally took off in late Summer, activating a StreetPass feature was a rarity (though I did hit gold one day during a Disneyland visit), and
of course a combination
of Nintendo's
apocalyptic warnings, and news media exaggeration made the «3D headache» issue seem like the 3DS was going to kill your children Scanners style if they dared to look at the 3D with the slider all the way up.
Such language merely makes us sound like another voice in a clamour
of competing,
apocalyptic religions, each one
warning in its own way
of «the end
of the world» and our need to repent, worship the true God / prophet / cause etc..
Told that our depravity would bring
apocalyptic wars and the end
of all things, the listener might be uncertain whether the
warning came from a moralizing preacher or a concerned atomic scientist.
In 2010, psychologists at the University
of California Berkeley conducted an experiment on undergraduates and found that people tended to discount the most
apocalyptic warning if it challenged their view
of a stable and orderly world.
When we hear about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, it's usually through sensationalist articles that either declare it to be the economic savior
of mankind or
warn about the
apocalyptic risks
of not shifting away from fiat currency.