Questions tagged [eschatology]
For questions concerning the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity. The concept is commonly referred to as the "end of the world" or "end times".
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What connects the Welsh and English Gogmagog with the Hebrew Gog and Magog?
The guardian statues outside London's Guildhall, the building that houses the administration of the Corporation of the City of London, are known as Gog and Magog. Originally they were understood to be ...
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Is the apocalypse prophesied by Hesiod mentioned elsewhere?
In Works and Days Hesiod outlines the successive Ages of Man. His description of the current times, the Iron Age, includes a doom and gloom prediction of the destruction of mankind at the hands of ...
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Did Ragnarök influence the Apocalypse of John?
In my younger days I was convinced the story of Ragnarök was influenced by the New Testament's Armageddon. As I started to learn about the existence of pagan ideas in Christianity, I began to wonder ...
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How did Masih ad-Dajjal lose his eye?
In Islamic eschatology, Masih ad-Dajjal is a one eyed false messiah:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said. "While I was sleeping, I saw myself (in a dream) performing Tawaf around ...
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