My short answer is no, we are not living in the End Times. However, the meaning of the end of time has always been one of interest to me. Is it referring to the end of humanity? nature? our world? Earth? Does this question in actuality just highlight our anthropocentric view of the planet we live on? These are the questions that have intrigued me throughout my studies and have been heightened through class discussion. Why I do not think that we are living in the End Times, I do think that the impacts of the coronavirus will alter the way we live. With less global production in almost every field of consumer goods, our planet has already experienced a dramatic decrease in the emissions that continue to destroy our environment. I hope that the positive impacts of this decrease do not go unnoticed. If there is any good that comes out of such an evil and unprecedented virus, I hope it is that we learn to better appreciate the nature around us that some of us are just now leaning on to get through our quarantined days.
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At the start of the semester, REL 361 staged a debate: Are we living at the “end of the world”? Half of the class answered yes, the other half answered no. Has your opinion changed? Stayed the same? REL 361 weighs in.
REL 361 – What would you argue now?
At the start of the semester, we staged a debate: Are we living in the End Times? About half the class argued that yes, we are, and the other class argued no. Has your opinion changed? Stayed the same? What would you say now?
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