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Term Paper Title	FIRE OR ICE?
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FIRE OR ICE?

Some say the world will end in fire, some in ice.  Some have even gone as far as to say the world already has ended - once in fire and once in ice.  With the coming of the new millennium, hordes of paranoid doomsday "prophets" jam our newspapers, radios and TV's to warn us of an impending apocalypse.  With all these different people saying different things for different religious, social or cultural reasons, who are we to believe?  Is there some substance to what these people are saying?  Perhaps if we were to find a common thread, a pattern of sorts, then maybe it would all fall in place.  Is there a connecting pattern lying within the tangle of apocalyptic prophecies?
     The following  patterns are interpretations of several religious and historical prophecies.  These are largely opinion-based interpretations, so their true meaning may not be what the original person or group had intended.  As with any non-concrete research as this, facts will vary.
     As far as a time that the end is supposed to come, many of the prophecies focus around the new millennium; especially between 1999 and 2280.  There is a larger concentration involved in the 2010-2020 range.  For one, the majority of psychics claim they cannot see past 2012 in the future.  Also, the Mayan calendar, recently revered as a major clue holder, ends on December 21st, 2012.  The Mayans believe time on earth will roll over into "fourth dimensional time" in 2013, following the end of civilization.  Another interesting point involving this time frame centers around the ozone hole.  Between the years 2010-2020, the hole is expected to be at its most dangerous levels.  This could in turn be the cause, but there are more connections to be made regarding events that are prophesied to happen during the apocalypse.
     When dealing with the events to occur at the end, one could possibly divide them into two major categories:  natural disasters and manmade disasters.  Natura...

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