https://www.israel365news.com/364719/kabbalist-dismisses-gloomy-doomsday-clock/
the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is set to release its 2023 setting for the Doomsday Clock.
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe as determined by a group of scientists who take into account threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances.
The clock is currently set to 23:58:20, 100 seconds away from doomsday, the closest it has ever been to midnight since its inception in 1947. And while the scientists warn that global threats have increased, one rabbi Kabbalist dismissed the scientific evaluation, explaining that “until God’s mercy ends, the world cannot end, no matter what men do.”
In January 2022, the report by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited several reasons that the election of Joe Biden was cause for optimism. It noted that the new administration had renewed strategic stability talks with Russia, was working to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, and had returned to the Paris Climate Accords The scientists on the board of the Doomsday clock lauded “the return of science and evidence to US policy-making in general, especially regarding the COVID-19 pandemic,” and “a more moderate and predictable approach to leadership”.
Nonetheless, eleven months ago, the report warned that the trends that threatened global well-being were not reversing.
“In view of this mixed threat environment—with some positive developments counteracted by worrisome and accelerating negative trends—the members of the Science and Security Board find the world to be no safer than it was last year at this time and therefore decide to set the Doomsday Clock once again at 100 seconds to midnight,” the report warned.
This assessment was echoed by President Joe Biden in October when he warned of the dangers of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“’We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis’ in 1962,” Biden said at a private fundraising event in New York. “[Russian President Vladimir Putin] is not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons. I don’t think there’s any such thing as an ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.”