Our Obsession with the Apocalypse

It is no brainier to simply understand that from time immemorial our undeniably obsession and apprehension about the concept of apocalypse have left us quite gullible.

Whether it’s bad news about the world coming to an imminent and a catastrophic end or watching the dozens of Hollywood movies depicting survivalists beating all odds on the silver screen over the decades, all have assisted in festering our obsession with the apocalypse.

As an apocalypse nerd, I thinks finding the reason for our doomsday obsession and why it does exist is actually relevant. According to listverse.com, there are ten reasons responsible for humans' obsession with apocalyptic events. But for our argument here I've decided to select these four amongst the lot: An inflated sense of self importance, provides a sense of meaning, it gives a sense of power and it's predicts the end, especially in the Christian Bible.

 Because of our self inflated sense of self importance, we go around with the notion that the world revolves around us and everything should be about us. We think that power to control circumstances beyond our imagination can be manipulated by our intellect and according to our desires.

Understanding the nature of the universe; which consists of order and chaos, we try to provide a sense of meaning in the midst of everything. power being a basic human need, it becomes evident that our obsession with apocalyptic events is all about controlling others and the world around us. And because apocalypse is predicated- Christian eschatology (religious theory about the end of the world), adherents of the faith look forward to its fulfilment.

Over the years, the Hollywood film industry have tried endlessly to satisfy that insatiable taste of the American viewer with diverse apocalyptic movies. Over the years, movies scripts have been written and acted upon that left us some sense of recognizable elements of our universe society remains: after series of catastrophic events --in order to allow us identify with. The urge to glance at the remain of our destroyed city or town. Sometime, characters in the moves make us identify with them as the engage themselves in the use of our technologies.
I Am Legend: seeing actor Will Smith as Robert Neville driving through a deserted Manhattan streets haunting a deer makes the scene more related to the viewer. Whether we sit down to really watch dooms day movies like Armageddon, Independence Day, or the Fifth element, there is always that awareness that at the end humanity will emerge victorious (P.328).

References

http://listverse.com/2013/01/02/top-10-reasons-humans-are-obsessed-with-the-apocalypse/