AWAKE! September 2012 | Doomsday—Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy

Doomsday scenarios about the end of the world are not new. What are the facts and what does the Bible say?

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The Fascination With Doomsday

There are numerous predictions about the end of the world. Are they fact, fiction or fantasy?

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Consider six scenarios that people fear could bring doom to civilization as we know it.

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According to the Bible a great change is coming. What lies ahead?

YOUNG PEOPLE ASK

What kinds of benefits and challenges can you realistically expect from marriage?

Jesus spent his life declaring “the good news of the kingdom.” Did his message die with him?

Learn what a modern zoo can offer you and what they do to protect endangered species.

WAS IT DESIGNED?

What can fish teach us about how to reduce car crashes?

THE BIBLE'S VIEWPOINT

Why have many people abandoned organized religions? How does God want to be worshipped?

Learn how medical discoveries and inventions by such men as Avicenna contributed to the foundation of today’s modern medicine.

Read how leading experts from over 40 countries responded to information on medical alternatives to blood transfusions.

Subjects include: Medical tourism in Asia, multitasking, passive smoking, deaths caused by earthquakes, and Russia’s high suicide rate.

You can eat it, drink its juice, and extract essential oil from it. Learn more about this versatile fruit.

This month learn about a grateful leper, Moses, and Jehovah’s Witnesses in Madagascar.