LOL -= I was thinking about the Mayan prophecy about "the End" in 2012 - ditto Nostradamus, Hopi, etc...
"The End" isn't the end of the world...but a way of civilization = a new way to be brought about. Maybe God, through kerzillions of years experience in the same amount of other planets in the Super Universe, knows the average length of time a populated planet takes to either succeed or fail = and right now, it looks like the inhabitants of this planet ain't never gonna get it right.
Time to start over?
Merry Christmas to you and your family.