Post by Zadkiel on Mar 27, 2016 10:50:45 GMT
According to a religious myth, earthquakes have been increasing in frequency and/or intensity in recent years. This claim is often heard in connection with end-time prophecy - predictions about a coming end-of-the-world scenario. This is commonly called TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It). Conservative Christians generally interpret Matthew 24:6-16 as predicting the precursors that will be observed prior to the tribulation, rapture, the second coming of Jesus, the war of Armageddon, etc. Matthew 24:7 states: "...there will be earthquakes in diverse places". Near the close of the 20th Century, many religious conservative anticipated the end of the world in their immediate future, perhaps in the year 2000. They naturally assumed that the Bible's predictions refer to the present time and that earthquakes are currently on the increase. Actually, they are decreasing. Geologist Steve Austin said on ICR that he has a data base containing information on about 4 million earthquakes. Their frequency has been decreasing during the 20th Century.
