God promised that the great deluge will never happen again. Maybe not by His hands, but He never said anything about what He will do if man is hell-bent on doing it on his own. And there many indications that point to the fact that man is intent on duplicating what God has done to punish the wicked during the olden times.
Not many subscribe to the idea that out planet is perhaps on its last gasps after centuries of abuse but with resources depletion and environmental degradation increasingly making lives of people difficult, there just might be reason to start packing for the livable planets now. Rule out the red planet. The Martians will definitely relish having their vengeance after that ridiculous movie, Attack of the Martians where Jack Nicholson played US president. But why go far? The moon is right at out doorsteps. The problem is that we will probably bring along with us the same problem that we have right here. Some science guy will probably propose taking the moon out of its orbit and moving it far away from earth just like the guy in the Asimov novel, the title of which I forgot unfortunately, proposed.
Most people believe that science will find the appropriate solutions to our resource and environmental problems on time. Science will find ways to permanently deal with the global warming phenomenon. Man is brilliant and has gone a long way since his predecessors lived in caves and battled gargantuan dinosaurs for the right to rule earth. Look where he is now. He has turned the planet into a tiny village with his fast planes and ships, computers, cell phones and other telecommunication novelties. Teleporting is not far off. Just like what Harry Potter was wont to do when he needed to be at some place in a hurry. He has television sets, portable music when he is feeling down and lonely. Life is good. For some that is and it may not last.
Science can definitely find the solutions to resource depletion and environmental problems but science cannot change what man is. There lays the problem. You will wonder why only about 20% of man lives in relative comfort while the rest lives in squalor and poverty despite advances in both social and physical sciences.
Man has the inherent capacity to turn good into bad. Consider the religious wars of the past centuries and present- the crusades and the 30 years war, the holy wars of the Muslims- the Jewish persecution, the inquisitions, all in the name of God. And how about the slavery which Christians practiced? The great wars that killed millions of people? The apparent disregard of the environment for the sake of profits? God's message and command can be summed in a few words: Love others as you love yourself. You are brothers, He said. Killing and exploiting is definitely not love. Worse by doing them we show that we do not even love ourselves.
Have things changed for the better? Has man changed his colors? Is he less acquisitive? Less self-centered? Less inclined to use violence to get what he wants? After science has found the appropriate solutions to global ills, will these natural tendencies not block the way towards effective implementation? If the answer to these questions is yes, then, yes the end is near.
