{"id":3594,"date":"2022-10-17T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:30:59","slug":"beware-the-apocalypse-looms-darker-than-the-shadows-of-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/beware-the-apocalypse-looms-darker-than-the-shadows-of-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware: This Apocalypse Looms Darker Than the Shadows of Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The apocalypse predicted by Stephen Hawking is scarier than any Halloween haunted house.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-3602\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Apocalypse-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A Scary Apocalypse\" class=\"wp-image-11221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Apocalypse-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Apocalypse-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Apocalypse-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Apocalypse.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chernobyl kindergarten\/Gerhard Reus on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He said the demand for energy from overpopulation will ultimately burn us up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cBy the year 2600, the world\u2019s population would be standing shoulder to shoulder and the electricity consumption would make the Earth glow red-hot.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong> Stephen Hawking, Tencent WE Summit, 11\/4\/2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He said if the heat doesn\u2019t get us first, aggression and artificial intelligence will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the nuclear threat from Russia, and images of apocalypse creep in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Many regard Hawking as a once-in-a-lifetime genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with his outstanding work in science came world-ending predictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The earth burns up in less than 600 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artificial intelligence will outperform humans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aggression is our biggest threat to cataclysmic war.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bible offered similar predictions long before Hawking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The earth will be destroyed by fire. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 Peter 3:10<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pride and arrogance is inherent in every heart. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jeremiah 17:9<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aggression will increase with escalating wars. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Matthew 24:6<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-apocalypse-shelter-1-nbsp-live-for-others\"><strong>Apocalypse Shelter #1:<\/strong>&nbsp; <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Live for others<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Ten days before Dad died, he told me I was the youngest son, and so my job is . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;Hold it together.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong> Claude Blaising<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That means being centered every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centered on what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my last visit, Dad and I watched the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of complaining or moaning, he would casually ask . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How&#8217;s Judy? (my wife)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How&#8217;s Jack? (my son)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How&#8217;s Lizzy? (my daughter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How&#8217;s Kate? (my daughter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How&#8217;s Trudy? (my mother-in-law)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How&#8217;s that lake? (Lake Athens)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Just days before he died, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-make-your-dad-last-forever\/\">Dad<\/a> lived the way he always did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Others<\/em> centered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dad didn&#8217;t have to get ready.&nbsp; He lived ready.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-image-3622\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Claude-Blaising-94th-birthd-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ready Apocalypse or Not\" class=\"wp-image-3622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Claude-Blaising-94th-birthd-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Claude-Blaising-94th-birthd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Claude-Blaising-94th-birthd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Claude-Blaising-94th-birthd.jpg 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dad greeting the future on his 94th birthday\/Kate Blaising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-apocalypse-shelter-2-live-untied\">Apocalypse Shelter #2: <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Live untied<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another way to free yourself from trauma is to stay untied from possessions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ind\"><strong><span class=\"JesusWords\">\u201cDo not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,<\/span><span class=\"JesusWords\"> where moths and vermin destroy,<\/span><span class=\"JesusWords\"> and where thieves break in and steal.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"JesusWords\">But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"JesusWords\"><strong> where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp; Matthew 6: 19-20<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I have thought about this reference, &#8220;treasures in heaven,&#8221; many times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">People suffer more from possessiveness than they do pain or depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It&#8217;s the obsession of possessiveness that keeps folks from letting go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The happiest people let go of their possessiveness early and often by giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Possessiveness and possessions are not the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">But, since so many tie their identity to possessions, they never discover the great <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/snatch-joy-dad-always-meant-give\/\">treasure of release<\/a>.&nbsp; The treasure of giving.&nbsp; And that&#8217;s when you find the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-apocalypse-shelter-3-nbsp-live-authentically\"><strong>Apocalypse Shelter #3:<\/strong>&nbsp; <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Live authentically<\/mark><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Live the way you believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Death is not a threat when your actions line with your values because you stay ready for the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I&#8217;m convinced there are four ways to live consistently with your beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Four parts of a truly authentic life.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-3637\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Be-authentic-blog.jpg\" alt=\"Escape apocalypse with authenticity\" class=\"wp-image-3637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Be-authentic-blog.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Be-authentic-blog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Be-authentic-blog-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Four parts of a truly authentic life\/Jacob Lund\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">And if you keep these four in harmony, you will live a happy and satisfied life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Embrace beauty<\/mark> daily. 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