One of the most prevalent topics in
today’s society is that of an impending apocalypse. Whether it is the Biblical
Rapture or something else, nearly everyone seems to think that world is quickly
coming to an end.
The word Apocalypse translates literally
from Greek, and means; a disclosure of knowledge or lifting the veil of
recognition. However, this sense of the word did not enter the English language
until the early 14th century. In a religious setting it is often
considered to be the disclosure of something hidden. There are many other
meanings for the word, and the Webster Dictionary defines it as, “a great
disaster: a sudden and very bad event that causes much fear, loss, or
destruction.”
There are theories on top of
theories about the end of time, but probably the most talked about and favored
is that of a zombie apocalypse. Shows like The Walking Dead and movies like
Dawn of the Dead are just fanning the flames. Zombies are easily one of the
biggest fads in today’s society, with even Video Games such as Call Of Duty getting in on the brain-eating action.
Every day more and more people are
hopping on the zombie bandwagon and preparing for the inevitable Zombie
outbreak. People are hoarding food and building shelters, hoping to be prepared
for the event. It is a world-wide epidemic, but mostly concentrated in the U.S.
Just another statistic proving that The United States is in the bottom
percentile of countries in education, and intelligence.
-Riley Dyer
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