* * * * * It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine > A perfect storm of religious prophecy, astronomical phenomena, global > conflict, financial instability and natural disaster is conspiring to make > this month’s “blood moon apocalypse” the most dreaded doomsday ever. > > On Sept. 28, God and science will collide in spectacular fashion with the > fourth lunar eclipse in just two years — a series known as a “tetrad” — > each coinciding with a Jewish holy day. > > The current tetrad of blood moons has fallen on April 14, 2014 (Passover), > Oct. 8, 2014 (Feast of the Tabernacle), April 4, 2015 (Passover), and Sept. > 28, which marks the first day of this year’s Feast of the Tabernacle. > > According to the mongers of doom, this tetrad — the ninth to coincide with > Jewish holy days since Jesus Christ — bears the signs of Old Testament > prophecy heralding the end of times. > > And the fourth and final of the lunar eclipses will also be a Super Moon, > making it appear larger than usual and probably even more frightening to > those convinced they’re about to meet their maker. > Via Instapundit [1], “Doomsday prophets: Don’t buy green bananas with blood moon coming | New York Post [2]” Ooh! It's the end of the world as we know it … again [3]! Or … well, if not the immediate end of the world then the start of a long and painful process … maybe [4]. Actually, if history is anything to go on [5], sit back, relax, have a Mai Tai [6], and enjoy the super blood moon [7]. [1] http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/214950/ [2] http://nypost.com/2015/09/18/doomsday-prophets-dont- [3] http://alma-geddon.com/ [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Moon_Prophecy#Overview [5] http://www.abhota.info/ [6] http://liquor.com/recipes/traditional-mai-tai/ [7] http://earthsky.org/tonight/total-lunar-eclipse Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .