Bad news everybody, according to the Internet’s finest minds the world is going to end today. After humanity survived eclipse after eclipse going right back to the birth of our species, it, apparently, is not going to make it through being briefly in the shade.
Conspiracy theories surrounding April 8th’s total solar eclipse have been as numerous as they are stupid. Some have involved the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), even claiming that the facility is taking time away from its usual research activities in order to contact a
Another conspiracy states that there will be a “
A popular idea, leading to the term
The evidence for this conspiracy theory is, again, entirely vibes-based, and aims to tie the eclipse to Biblical passages. A video posted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for instance, claims that God is using the eclipse to communicate with us (having somehow lost his voice since Biblical times).
“God declared the Sun and the Moon were for signs,” the
Meanwhile, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green
While prominent conspiracy theorists wink at biblical signs, over on social media less prominent conspiracy theorists are claiming the signs are pointing to a Rapture. One idea, if you can call it that, is that the eclipse is a sign of the apocalypse because the path of totality passes over seven US cities named Nineveh.
“In 2 King 14:25: God commanded Jonah to travel to Nineveh and warn the city of destruction; their evil reached God’s limit. The path of the eclipse over America will pass through towns named Nineveh: directly over those towns in Indiana and Ohio, and close to other Ninevehs elsewhere. The path also crosses close to Jonah, TX,” one such
As Snopes points out, the path of totality actually only
In reality, the eclipse is an awesome and interesting celestial event, with the main risks being to your