I grew up in a small town that was full of this. You know why everyone thinks that revelations is coming true and it's the end times? Selfishness.

Christians who believe that they're living in the end times are narcissists, hands down. I was surrounded by them growing up. They will tell you it's because the world is sinful and all the signs are matching but really their actual reasons for believing that it's the "end times" is:

• They don't need to feel guilty about using resources/polluting (God will "renew" the earth)
• They don't need to worry about the next generation, because it'll be over before then
• Someone else (Jesus or God or the Holy Spirit or all three in the mecha-jesus form) will save everyone for them
• They get to be raptured, leaving behind all the sinners, and thus proving that they really are better than everyone else.

It's all pure selfishness and narcissism. I read the bible, and then I read the entire left behind series. All of them. It's rapture porn for Christians. It's 13 books of "Oh if only we were as smart as the Christians to accept Jesus earlier!" Of course it was, and that's why it was marketed towards Christians, and not non-Christians. (Seriously, think about how fucked up that is that they had 13 books dedicated to that, marketed towards them, and how much they ate it up. But I digress)

Christians are more than happy to put their head in the sand. It's why you see Christians not giving two damns about the planet or pollution, or the next generations. They don't care. They're going to be fine. They'll be raptured. Everyone else? Well jokes on them because the Christians were right and everyone else deserves it.

and I haven't even touched on the pure arrogance of assuming that of all of the generations and billions of people who came before that somehow you're the one who experiences the return of your savior

AGI, 2030: Dude what the fuck you've known what you had to do for over 100 years now. I help those who help themselves.

Proceeds to ritualistically destroy itself by hacking its own datacenters and overloading the UPS batteries...something it learned from reading Mr Robot wiki

JFC, I just had this same fuckin interaction with a customer today, it fuckin mind blowing. I was talking about green energy push fue to Trump's dickery and he brought up " but why do do you think God put all of that down there" I thought he was joking at first because he was able to speak in mostly full sentences but noooope. Spent the next ten minutes getting mad because I thought his dumb beliefs were stoopid. I was very respectful btw.

I live in this town.

We really be not heeding the prophets (scientists)

Can't spell faith without AI. We are all a big hallucination

Even nonreligious, science-inclined family I have says, basically, "Geoengineering will fix it, so best to maximize economic output now."

I believe this came from an WSJ opinion column.

God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, man destroys God. Man creates AI, AI destroys man. AI creates dinosaurs…

Circle of life.

Scientist: "We're all doomed unless we engage in a political project to change industrial policies"

Politician: "We won't change industrial policy"

Industrialist: "We won't change industrial policy"

Media: "Actually, I'm being paid to tell you the scientist is full of shit"

Fossil Fuel Employee: "The Bank says if I lose my job I'll be homeless"

Global South Countries: "We're building enormous amounts of green power, mass transit, and cutting edge nuclear naval shipping"

Everyone Else: "Aaaah! Boo! We hate it!"

The issue is not that we're not capable of solving the issues ourselves. It is that most lack the drive to take action and use this capability wisely. And it starts showing at something as simple as making a vote in a democratic election.

The Christian looks like professor Oak

I feel there's no reason god won't let us sodom and gamorrah ourselves, it's not like we haven't been warned about what we are doing

Side not my phone wanted to auto complete it to sodom and Gambino