With each year, I notice more and more "end times" propaganda taking root in western Christian circles. From the long-winded, evangelical Facebook post, to the fear mongering billboards along the highway, to the insinuations of Christmas store employees assisting people finding Nativity sets. 


Ma'am, I don't need your assistance in finding repentance before the apocalypse. I need a Nativity set with a St. Salome figure.


But I digress.


People certainly have a lot of time on their hands if they are able to sit and sift through all the so-called “signs of the apocalypse” we are supposedly seeing. After a brief internet search, here are some familiar events, famed institutions, and societal themes that may tell of the end of the world:



More than two thousand years of Christian history proves that we will never know when the end is coming. But, to be safe, let’s go through modern evidence for these signs and symbols, and discuss them.