Distraction Asteroids

My usual diet of Covid and non-Covid news stories was interrupted this morning by a Politico story that caught my eye. "Whose job is it to prevent Armageddon?" the title asks. Who indeed?

Apparently Congress, when it is not busy with other things, is trying to get someone at the White House to identify who is responsible, but no less than four administrations have ignored the assignment. 

Question for Christians, since I don't know: is Armageddon supposed to be prevented? My understanding is that it's the place where the final forces of Good and Evil meet in the End Times (according to Revelations, which I've never read). But if it's ordained it should happen, then, um, who are we and all that? Right?

On the other hand, Politico and Congress seem to think that somebody needs to stop the long line of asteroids that try to connect with earth every now and then--and I have to say I would agree that's a good idea. I remember seeing the Lars Von Trier movie Melancholia and thinking, what would happen if another thing-a-ma-jig (including one the size of a pyramid mentioned in the Politico article) collided with us? Wouldn't we be toast?

Yes. Yes, we would. 

The article says that NASA is launching some sort of Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which certainly sounds official and purposeful. Yet, we need international cooperation, according to many experts, though God only knows if we will get some.

Apparently there are three million asteroids, which are actually "minor" planets (who knew)? Any one of them could easily create the basis for a "cataclysmic event" -- as if we don't have enough of those already.

Of course, I want my cataclysms tamed as much as the next woman--and suffice it to say someone is running around huffing and puffing to deal with all of these planetary emergencies. The only thing left to ask, I suppose, would be: is anyone trying to interrupt Armageddon itself?

Because the idea of Good fighting Evil at the End of Times sounds pretty dire, too. What if Evil wins? What then?

You could say you don't want to think about it, but I'd have to ask if it wasn't at least a distraction from worrying about Covid, which seems to have no intention of getting interrupted ever, at least up here in the Upper Midwestern Hotspot states. And being sick to forever of the whole SARS thing, I can only distract myself with thoughts of asteroids and End Times.

Maybe someone can make a movie about it, or maybe they already have (wouldn't now be a great time to watch Melancholia?) In any case, I think Congress needs to sign NASA up for being officially responsible. Before Thanksgiving, even.

Don't you?

Asteroid: SciTechTrend