… [the study] examines US public attitudes regarding global climate change, addressing the puzzle of why support for governmental action on this front is tepid relative to what existing theories predict. Introducing the theoretical concept of relative sociotropic time horizons, the authors show that believers in Christian end-times theology are less likely to support policies designed to curb global warming than are other Americans… authors provide empirical evidence to suggest that citizens possessing shorter ‘shadows of the future’ often resist policies trading short-term costs for hypothetical long-term benefits. — “Study: Christian end-time beliefs block climate change control”

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349388#ixzz2STHwlOoc

Extremely NOT FUNNY Mayan apocalypse news

This from Chile, via an Australian online newspaper:

THREE members of an alleged cult accused of sacrificing a baby to save the world ahead of a Mayan apocalypse, have surrendered to police.

Police in Chile were still hunting for the alleged leader of the cult who is believed to have fled to Peru, after the baby’s mother and three other suspects were arrested on Friday.

The baby was burned alive on November 23 at a farm outside the city of Quilpe, some 110 kilometres west of Santiago.

Police reported on their Twitter account that one of the women wanted in connection with the doomsday killing surrendered early Saturday and was promptly jailed.

Read more here.

This is precisely the problem with apocalyptic imagery and cultural fascination: There’s always some disturbed person who will not only take it literally, but will also then find it necessary to act on it.

mudwerks:

(via Fantasy Ink: Magnus Robot Fighter)
Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD #1, February 1963. 


The Holy Scriptures of the Robot Apocalypse…

mudwerks:

(via Fantasy Ink: Magnus Robot Fighter)

Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD #1, February 1963. 

The Holy Scriptures of the Robot Apocalypse…

(via kscottbradbury)

plusplusdance:

Worst apocalypse ever #thesimpsons #apocalypse #death #toll #0

plusplusdance:

Worst apocalypse ever #thesimpsons #apocalypse #death #toll #0

patternclash:

you will know us by the end of days.

(click image to listen)
1. Day - Bill Callahan
2. Sometime - DIIV
3. Fortune - Felt
4. Say It (Bohemians cover) - Grand Trine
5. Island Song - U.S. Girls
6. Just Another Honkey - Faces
7. In The Weeds - Picastro
8. From The Morning - Nick Drake
9. Wasteland - The Jam
10. Amplifier - Kurt Vile
11. Plain and Sane and Simple Melody - Ted Lucas
12. Last Kind Words - Geeshie Wiley
13. Cumberland Gap - Frank Fairfield
14. Here to Stay - The Wanted
15. Black Water - Timber Timbre
16. Amazing and Wonderful - Peaking Lights
17. Shangri-la - Dirty Beaches
18. Avi - Grimes
19. Katie Cruel - White Magic
20. Night Way - Robbie Basho
21. December - Unwound

And here’s another nominee for apocalypse playlist …

patternclash:

you will know us by the end of days.

(click image to listen)

1. Day - Bill Callahan

2. Sometime - DIIV

3. Fortune - Felt

4. Say It (Bohemians cover) - Grand Trine

5. Island Song - U.S. Girls

6. Just Another Honkey - Faces

7. In The Weeds - Picastro

8. From The Morning - Nick Drake

9. Wasteland - The Jam

10. Amplifier - Kurt Vile

11. Plain and Sane and Simple Melody - Ted Lucas

12. Last Kind Words - Geeshie Wiley

13. Cumberland Gap - Frank Fairfield

14. Here to Stay - The Wanted

15. Black Water - Timber Timbre

16. Amazing and Wonderful - Peaking Lights

17. Shangri-la - Dirty Beaches

18. Avi - Grimes

19. Katie Cruel - White Magic

20. Night Way - Robbie Basho

21. December - Unwound

And here’s another nominee for apocalypse playlist …

zombies-werewolves-and-monsters:

Zombie Huntinghttp://zombies.futtoo.com/zombie-hunting

Now that’s a motivational poster.

zombies-werewolves-and-monsters:

Zombie Hunting

http://zombies.futtoo.com/zombie-hunting

Now that’s a motivational poster.

The end of the world was taking a lot longer than we had imagined, and we grew bored of even that. — (via wolfshepherd)