Another Asteroid of Doom

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen

Are we dead yet? Are we dead yet? An asteroid was supposed to hit the earth and kill millions of people, and it missed us by a long shot. This has me on the prod. No, I was not hoping for massive destruction and the deaths of millions of people that would resemble Earth under ten years of leftist dominance. What bothers me is click bait.

Credit: Credit: NASA / Don Davis

Sensationalism sells. Good journalism and actual reporting, not so much. We saw it in the wold posts about President Trump, anthropogentic climate change, "proof of evolution" articles, among other things that don't tell the truth and ignore important facts. Many people are click bait masters, but social media didn't seem interested in suppressing the fake news.

"NASA warns..." No, not really.

• Scary news in the Daily Mail read, "140,000 ton asteroid set to narrowly miss Earth in February may destroy SATELLITES... and it could hit us for real in 2020".
• How about this headline to hog-tie your attention? "Asteroid shock: NASA breaks silence as killer asteroid approaches Earth TODAY. There was no silence to break, but after the build-up, they did put in the last paragraph that the asteroid should safely miss us.
• This wicked video alarmed people, but I wonder if their comments were jokes or if they did not stay to the end. It was essentially a graphic representation of the Daily Express story linked just above. Shameful, but nice graphics.
• This one from February 14 appeared cautious at first, then put in scary stuff at the end: "NASA Finds Huge Asteroid Approaching Earth On February 15"
• Forbes was not happy with the scaremongering: "No, The Asteroid Is Not Going To Hit Earth"

Yes, the world is going to end in a big way, but on God's timetable. The possible good that can come out of scary things like this is that it can prompt people to consider their own mortality and where they will spend eternity.