23 Myths Of Doomsday

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Just read at Srila Prabhupada's personified astrology about the myths of doomsday - is it realy such a widespread understanding?

 

Preaching will be very nice after the war when both of them, especially Russia, will be finished....... ( S.P. Morning Walk Conversation (World War III) April 4, 1975, Mayapur)

 

 

 

 

MYTHS

http://personifiedastrology.org/myths.htm

 

Here are twenty-three myths that are repeatedly heard (some much more often than others) that this document tries to dispel.

• MYTH #01: Almost everyone will suddenly be killed on doomsday.
  
• MYTH #02: Most people would be quickly killed by the bomb blasts, thermal radiation, or radioactivity.
  
• MYTH #03: You can build an adequate shelter in your basement.
  
• MYTH #04: You must filter the air coming into a shelter to remove the fallout.
  
• MYTH #05: Water would become radioactive.
  
• MYTH #06: There would be no dangerous radioactivity after a couple of weeks.
  
• MYTH #07: Radiation sickness is not contagious so there is no danger in assisting those affected.
  
• MYTH #08: Food exposed to radiation becomes radioactive and is therefore not edible.
  
• MYTH #09: If you have a special radiation suit (like you see in the movies and on TV) you will be protected from the radiation.
  
• MYTH #10: New crops of food grown in future years will not be radioactive.
  
• MYTH #11: There is no such thing as a fallout pill.
  
• MYTH #12: There is a fallout pill that will protect you from all radioactivity.
  
• MYTH #13: There would be dangerous radioactivity for thousands of years.
  
• MYTH #14: There would be no dangerous radioactivity after a couple of years.
  
• MYTH #15: You are prepared if you have a two weeks emergency supply of food stored.
  
• MYTH #16: You should be prepared to be self-sufficient and be able to survive on your own.
  
• MYTH #17: Any survivors would have to live the rest of their lives underground.
  
• MYTH #18: Life after doomsday won't be worth living.
  
• MYTH #19: You need not make any preparation because you are either going to die in the holocaust or be saved (religious connotation).
  
• MYTH #20: The bombs today are so large and there are so many they will destroy the world.
  
• MYTH #21: You will receive adequate warning from your government.
  
• MYTH #22: You will receive no warning, and there is no hope if you do.
  
• MYTH #23: One of the primary targets will be nuclear power plants.