enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Doomsday - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday

    Doomsday may refer to: Eschatology , a time period described in the eschatological writings in Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios of non-Abrahamic religions. Global catastrophic risk , a hypothetical event explored in science and fiction where human civilization or life is at risk of partial or complete destruction.

  3. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock

    The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [1] Created by J. Robert Oppenheimer [ citation needed ] and maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor , not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked ...

  4. Doomsday (DC Comics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(DC_Comics)

    Doomsday is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Created by Dan Jurgens, the character first made a cameo appearance in Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) before being fully introduced in Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (December 1992). [2]

  5. Global catastrophic risk - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk

    A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, [2] even endangering or destroying modern civilization. [3] An event that could cause human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's existence or potential is known as an " existential risk ".

  6. Category:Doomsday scenarios - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Doomsday_scenarios

    Doomsday scenarios are possible events that could cause human extinction or the destruction of all or most life on Earth (a "true" or "major" Armageddon scenario), or alternatively a "lesser" Armageddon scenario in which the cultural, technological, environmental or social world is so greatly altered it could be considered like a different world.

  7. List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted...

    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final ...

  8. 2012 phenomenon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

    Some believers in a 2012 doomsday claimed that a planet called Planet X, or Nibiru, would collide with or pass by the Earth. This idea, which had appeared in various forms since 1995, initially predicted Doomsday in May 2003, but proponents abandoned that date after it passed without incident. [ 130 ]

  9. Doomsday cult - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_cult

    A doomsday cult is a cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism, including both those that predict disaster and those that attempt to destroy the entire universe. [1] Sociologist John Lofland coined the term doomsday cult in his 1966 study of a group of members belonging to the Unification Church of the United States : Doomsday ...