On Apr 21, 3:56=A0pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Irvin Baxter has been on Coast at least once before, in
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06.
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> http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2008/04/21.html
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> Mon 04.21
> Rev. Irvin Baxter will discuss how 2008 could be the year of greatest
> prophetic fulfillment in 2,000 years, which includes horrific wars,
> peace treaties and the Mark of the Beast.
Could be Art Deco's God "Strangelet" will come forth this summer to
cinderize the world! Must be prepared for the Art Deco's End Times
Party - "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the
beginning and the end" (Rev. 22:13).!:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0421edit2apr21,0,2462467.story
There's a chance that the world, maybe even the universe, could be
swallowed by a black hole this summer.
Maybe you didn't notice this bulletin from the outer limits of
particle physics and a federal court in Hawaii. Maybe you get protons
and neutrons mixed up. Maybe you still don't get how in quantum
physics a particle can exist in two different places, billions of
miles apart.
Let us explain=97not the quantum part, but the federal court/end of
universe stuff.
Scientists plan to fire up the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva,
Switzerland, later this summer. As its name suggests, the collider is
a big machine that flings protons around to collide and re-create
conditions last seen a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. This
is supposed to give us new insights into nature. Or, according to a
federal lawsuit, it could doom not just the planet, but the entire
universe. But, we hasten to add, that's only if the collider misfires
and disgorges something called a "strangelet" that could transform
this planet into a giant lump of what physicists call "strange
matter."
Don't ask.
We're not expecting the world to end this summer, and neither is
California Institute of Technology theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.
He's very excited about the new collider and advises us not to worry
about the potential for global catastrophe. "We are on the threshold
of something big, of [discovering] new symmetries of nature, new
dimensions of space and time, or the forces that hold us together. The
reality is much more interesting than the possibility of the end of
universe."
He's right about that. Armageddon makes a good movie, but . . . then
what?
The Earth's atmosphere is bombarded by high energy rays at velocities
much faster than what the collider could muster. If catastrophe were
going to happen, Carroll says, it would have happened already. But
while highly unlikely, there's no scientist who will say with 100
percent certainty that it won't happen. Science doesn't deal in those
kinds of absolutes. And some decorated scientists have suggested that
the real risks of such experiments have been underestimated. Gulp.
Contemplating the instant extinguishment of the Earth, and possibly
the Universe, is an awesome thing. So how should the world await the
Hadron's inaugural fling? Celebrate? Pray? Have a good meal, just in
case it's the last?
How about a moment or two of silent contemplation? This would give
everyone time to remember about how puny and inconsequential many
worries and fears are, at least compared with vast stretches of
geologic time. (The last time we tried that, we resolved to eat more
corn dogs and key lime pie. Because you never know.)
The way we see it, we're already living on borrowed time. The latest
estimate of the Earth's demise: 7.59 billion years. That's when Earth
will be yanked from its orbit by a red Sun, scientists now predict. Of
course, Doomsday could come sooner. There are asteroids out there that
could collide with Earth. And, of course, science could inadvertently
play a role. Some scientists worried that the first atomic bomb
explosion could "ignite" the atmosphere and incinerate it like a giant
barbecue. Those fears proved overblown, just as we're sure the Hadron
fears will be.
And if we're wrong? Just look for the correction, the day after never.
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