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Science/Tech See other Science/Tech Articles Title: Will Asteroid impact Earth this September 22...? PravdaMainForum...RobertD... Conspiracy theorists are predicting a cataclysmic climate event which will destroy civilisation - in just three months' time. End-of-time predictors on various blogs and websites have come up with the period between September 22-28 as the likely time frame for the impending catastrophe. Many biblical theorists maintain the events will trigger the Rapture and the start of a seven-year-tribulation. NASA / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY super-impact.jpg Space disaster: Artist's impression of a 'super-impact'. A very large asteroid, about 800km in diameter, strikes the Earth These theories, which are restricted to tiny minority of churches and groups, have been dismissed by scientists and are thought to be well wide of the mark. Fortunately for us, almost all asteroids are destroyed due to the extreme atmospheric friction heating they receive, breaking up into harmless shards that burn up before hitting the ground. NASA has made asteroid detection a high priority. A spokesperson said: "NASA knows of no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth, so the probability of a major collision is quite small. "In fact, as best as we can tell, no large object is likely to strike the Earth any time in the next several hundred years." They are also developing strategies to help to identify asteroids that might pose a risk of hitting Earth and developing options for planetary defence. Nevertheless, this hasn't put off the conspiracy theorists. They believe the events will spark the emergence of the Illuminati-sponsored New World Order (NWO) who will take charge of world affairs. Many accounts of the apocalypse theory being expounded online agree that the event will be a climate catastrophe. Most also say that the climate disaster will be caused by an huge asteroid impact which politicians know about but haven't told us. Climate disaster: The theories predict massive apocalyptic climate events The date most often quoted for the Rapture event in September 24, with others saying a few days either side. Some have even predicted the events will be started by CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. One blogger, said: "The CERN logo is 666, the sign of the beast in a circle. "The CERN collider looks like the all seeing eye or stargate we see so much of." In 2011, Christian broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on May 21 of that year. He said that ‘Judgement Day’ would take place on May 21, when Jesus would return to Earth and the “righteous” would be taken up to Heaven. Camping, who ran Christian broadcast channel Family Radio, was reportedly “flabbergasted” when no one was “raptured” on that date. www.mirror.co...ptember-5840806 Report The fact that the army is deployed in the largest military exercise yet makes me think there is something else afoot they don't talk about. So I'm looking for something, and this came up. The Truth About the “September 2015 Asteroid Impact” By admin – June 29, 2015Posted in: Comets and Asteroids Maybe you have seen one of the alarming videos or emails circulating around the internet claiming that the End is Nigh. The claim is that an enormous dinosaur-killer of an asteroid is going to smash into the Earth sometime between 15-28 September 2015. The scary predictions say that the asteroid will come down in the Atlantic Ocean near Puerto Rico, causing a “300ft tsunami” and a “Magnitude 12” earthquake which will lay waste to the eastern seaboards of the USA, Mexico and central and southern American nations (European nations will be devastated, specifically Spain, Holland and England, too). Thirty million lives will be lost in the month after the impact, and 40 million more are destined to die from plagues and in civil disorder in the following seven months. Is this terrifying vision of the future going to happen? Unsurprisingly the answer is absolutely no. This prediction is false. Radar imagery of the near Earth asteroid Toutatis taken by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar in December 2012. Thanks to studies like this the orbit of Toutatis is well understood. There is zero possibility of this asteroid hitting Earth over the entire interval over which its motion can be accurately computed, which is about the next four centuries. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) This prediction is not based on science. No known asteroid or comet is on a collision course with Earth. I am only writing about this nonsensical claim because over the years I have learned that there are people who become genuinely distressed and anxious by false predictions of disaster like this. If you are very worried by this false story and in live in the UK, why not call AnxietyUK on 08444 775774 to discuss your concerns with a sympathetic listener? Similarly if you live in the USA, there are resources listed on the ADAA website that you may find helpful. The claim that this doomsday asteroid is heading our way apparently originated from one Reverend Efrain Rodriguez who has since 2010 promoted in videos and interviews his belief that this forthcoming disaster has been divinely revealed to him. Rodriguez does not claim to have discovered the asteroid or to have calculated its orbit, contending instead that its approach was supernaturally announced to him. He says “God showed me a large rock, an Asteroid, entering the airspace of the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, and exiting Mayagüez, heading to the ocean. This will be at 2am. This rock will be making impact in the sea between the island of Mona and Mayagüez. It will hit an active earthquake fault found in that area of the Caribbean, causing a very strong 12 point earthquake that has never been seen. 12 degrees means the Presence of God on the Earth.“ He sent NASA a letter in November 2012 outlining his bleak view of the future but received no response. I imagine it was filed under “G” for Garbage. Rodriguez says that world governments are aware of the approaching menace but are cynically going to evacuate their leaderships to safety without warning the general populace because a population reduction suits their globalist political agenda. However Rodriguez disapprovingly says that the USA is planning to try to avert disaster: “They are preparing spacecrafts to receive and destroy the asteroid upon arrival to Earth. Also, Obama sent about 40 missiles to PR [Puerto Rico], to try to destroy the asteroid in the sky, so that it may fall on Puerto Rico, and not at sea. The prophet of God Efrain warned them not to press the Buttons “Do No do it!” he said. “Do Not interfere with the plans of the Lord.” In reality, no such spacecraft or missiles exist. His belief that even attempting to save millions of human lives is wrong says much about Rev. Rodriguez and his theology. He seems to preach a grim gospel of despair, offering no future but misery to his congregations. To be fair to Rodriguez, he seem to have disassociated himself from the September 2015 dates, but these are being promoted by his followers notably someone operating under the name “Light of Mary”. Rodriquez professes that the impact is definitely coming but he cannot say exactly when (except that the impact will occur at 2am and there will be a full Moon in the sky). A lunar eclipse (which is not called a “blood moon”) will be visible over the Americas and western Europe on 28 September 2015 (for more on this amazing spectacle- you should go outside and watch it- see our article The Truth About the Blood Moon Tetrad) and some disaster hoax proponents declare this to be ominous but this is, like all prophesies of doom linked to eclipses, merely superstitious nonsense. It is significant that Rodriguez has in the past stated precise dates for his apocalypse (in 2013 and 2014) but these have passed by without incident. Rodriguez has also predicted other events, notably the death of one his critics, but none of these have happened either. Rev. Rodriguez is unsure of the disaster’s timing but is certain of its location. According to him Puerto Rico is to be devastated because of its (in his view) uniquely sinful society. In his own words: “Puerto Rico will be the epicenter of Jehovah’s wrath. The island is polluted with sin, adulterers parade in churches, pastors just want tithes and offerings“ Meteorite-impact-in-earths-early-history An artist’s depiction of the impact 65 million years ago which ended the reign of the non-avian dinosaurs. Nothing like this is predicted for the near future. (Image credit: Don Davis/NASA) Despite his hopeless message and failed prophesies, Rodriguez has many followers worldwide who have proclaimed him to be a prophet and compare him to Noah and Abraham. Rev. Rodriguez makes no secret of his strong political opinions (he seems to intensely dislike President Obama) which are heavily featured in his proclamations. Thanks to the currently remarkably toxic and irrational political climate in the USA this has meant his views have been even more widely circulated by people who may not believe in his apocalyptic visions but want to promote his paranoid-seeming current affairs agenda. Among many unusual declarations from Rodriguez are his claims that guillotines have been procured for executing critics of President Obama and that thousands of French, German, Russian and Chinese soldiers are already stationed in Puerto Rico with the intention of seizing control from the local authorities after the disaster (surely if Rodriguez is correct about the impact zone, Puerto Rico would be among the worst places to base this invasion force…) Ridiculous as these may sound, unfortunately thousands of people seem to take these seriously. Deliberately adding to the confusion are other supporting emails and YouTube videos alleging that “Jade Helm“, a US military exercise scheduled for July to September 2015, is a cover for disaster preparations. The giant radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has an important role in studying near Earth objects. Here are radar images of 2km wide asteroid 1992 UY4 made from four days’ observation from Arecibo in August 2005. (Image credit: Lance Benner/Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Of course there is a very, very small chance that in the near future a dangerous impact could occur. Astronomers around the world know of 1593 Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) at the time of writing. This may sound an alarming large number but the criteria to be put on the list is very wide. PHAs are broadly defined as all asteroids 150 m (500 ft) or more in diameter which could come within 0.05 au (about 7.5 million km or 4.65 million miles) of Earth. This distance is about twenty times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Objects on the PHA list are monitored and the details of their orbits refined to predict the possibility of close approaches to Earth. One asteroid on the PHA list, 2014 UR116, has been linked by some parties to Rodriguez’s false prediction. Discovered by Russian scientists, asteroid 2014 UR116 poses no impact threat to Earth (or any other planet) for at least the next 150 years. Other asteroids, 2012 TT5 and 2015 GA14, have been untruthfully named by some websites and newspapers (whose editors should be ashamed of themselves) as possible impacting objects in September 2015. Again this is untrue, on 23 September 2015 GA14 will pass about 0.2 au (1au=93 million miles or 150 million km) of Earth, so it will miss Earth by 30 million km! On 24 September 2015 2012 TT5 will come to about 0.055 au of Earth, so it is going to miss Earth by 5 million miles! During this “close approach” 2012 TT5 will be twenty times further than the Moon from the Earth. No comets or asteroids are currently known to be on orbits which will ever cause them to collide with Earth. Compared with other natural disasters such as earthquakes and severe storms, the hazard from asteroid or comet impacts is small. Reverend Rodriguez has no known scientific qualifications or connections. His prophesy of disaster is nonsense and appears largely based on his religious and political prejudices. Science has not predicted that a giant asteroid or comet is going to devastate Earth this September. If anyone sends you an email or a link to a video about this foolishness read or watch them if you really want but please do not take them seriously. The people who spread this sort of stuff ought to be ashamed of themselves. You might also find this video interesting. You may also be interested in our other articles covering false predictions of comet disasters. Just read the comments to see how afraid or angry some people were about these back then, yet nothing happened and we are still here: 10 Things You Need to Know About Comet ISON 10 Facts You Need to Know About Comet Elenin (Article by Colin Johnston, Science Education Director. Updated 2 September 2015. Quotes from Rev. Rodriguez used above found at www.heavenvisit.com/Efrain_Rodriguez.php ) www.armaghpla...oid-impact.html Report Confirmed-Imminent Disaster Ahead! Wait Until You See What President Obama Is Going To Do Next Month! What Is About To Be Birthed Could Mean the Start of Hell On Earth! (Videos) Monday, August 17, 2015 6:32 (Before It's News) September%20Events%20That%20Are%20Going% The mystery continues surrounding September, especially September 23, 2015. What will happen? Will September be the beginning of the end as we know it? Are all these things that keep popping up about September coincidence? Could be, but I don’t think so. Take a look at the prophecy below, for example given by Patricia Green. Her prophecy confirms that we are in serious trouble! “September 23rd is the day Obama makes a pact with the devil. It was not by chance that the Pope and Obama are meeting on the Day of Atonement. (September 23, 2015) They will make a pact that will seal the fate of the United States of America. My vengeance will be poured out from this point forward. (September 23rd) There is no turning back. Tell My people to draw close to Me in these last days. Tell them to purify their hearts by the washing of the water of My Word. Tell them to ask My Spirit to expose any wickedness within themselves, so they can repent and be clean. I am returning for My Bride without spot or wrinkle. I am coming for a pure Bride. Only those who are purified by My Spirit and My Word are My Bride. There will be no pretending when I return. Many will say, “LORD, LORD, did I not prophesy in Your Name, heal the sick, cast out demons, and bring people into Your kingdom?” And I will say to those who had impure hearts, “Get from Me, I never knew you.” This is the time for self-reflection. If you judge yourself in this season and repent of your hidden sin, your sin will not be exposed to your shame. Now is the time to purify your own hearts. Now is the time before My vengeance is poured out.” —Message from the LORD given to Patricia Green on July 29, 2015. FEATURE VIDEO beforeitsnews...os-2471920.html Edited by RobertD, Poster Comment: Zarkov...... Atossa, , said: My lifespan is predetermined. I'm ready whenever God decrees my time is up. . Nobody is really ready to die because there is always another dot to connect, another post to make, another forum to be banned from. Every day is a new life to live. Every day is a new mystery to solve, a new discovery to be made, a new car to be bought, a new experience, another chance to put a cherry on your chocolate ice cream. Even Jesus was not ready to die even after he knew his earth time had expired. Death is the end of the game and it means you lost. Nobody wants to lose. One is not ready to die until one no longer cares to see what happens the next day. Atossa Zharkov You don't speak for everybody. You don't speak for me and you certainly don't speak for Jesus. Tomorrow [Sept 3] Putin is in China celebrating global jew/nwo victory... in other words... the globalist Babylonian jew/nwo rocks on. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
I'll take the under on the 22nd destruction by asteroid wager. It's a winning bet either way.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
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