It's the end of the world as we know it...

[shopgirl]

and I feel fine...
-R.E.M.

I'm curious to know if any of you are into predictions about world events and the end of time? I know that it might sound silly to some of you but I've been interested in this since about the third grade. I remember worrying about the coming of the year 2000, even then!!! I also remember feeling worried about the world coming to an end during the Gulf War. That of course came and went, but now we're faced with yet another war in the Middle East. I stopped reading predictions and subjects related to it, such as Nostradamus. It just gets to me.

What I remember learning is as follows:

Supposedly the end of time will be the result of a third world war, or simply a nuclear war, fought with nuclear weapons. The man who is supposed to be the center of this world war will wear a blue turbon. He will have come from a poor family, but will have risen to great wealth.

However, I remember seeing or reading of predictions that say the third or fourth (I can't remember) world war will be fought with sticks, implying that we will not possess the same resources to fight a war as we once did b/c of a previous nuclear war.

So, what am I getting at?

Do any of you worry about where this war is heading?
Or simply, do you worry about the end of time?
What are your thoughts and opinions? Religious or secular.