This was on the news this morning and I've been thinking about that very topic all day long.
Personally I think Prophecies (in some cases) are very very true. Nasa was built on a spot prophecied hundreds of years before America was even founded for starters.
No that is not proof that prophecies are real or come true in every case but in the case of the question at hand....yes I do think it is true and have for several years (over 20).
Being religious I have came to this conclussion on my own after researching some things. There are more than just the St. Malachy's prophecy pointing in this direction though it seems that most religious text actually seem to be very vague on the subject.
There is however certain things that I have found which make me doubt that it will be as stated by most mainstream religions due to conflicting prophecies even in the religious text.
Trivial little things like the fact that Satan is not mentioned even once in the original translation of the book of revelation (less than 10 times in the entire bible actually). Then there is the stories of the end from other religions that are not quite the same as the doomsday prophecies of "Americanized" christianity....
Did you know that there were actually "5" versions of the book of Genesis? Of the 5 versions only in 1 did it actually say that "God" created the heavens and the earth....the rest say he looked up from his throne and beheld the earth, transforming it as a gift to his children.
To many questions....to many lies....to many people trying to make religion "politically correct" or "Socially acceptable" by the masses of lunatics. To many books missing and hidden away from those who fear of losing their illusionary power over the masses of sheep.
In short.....yes its coming...yes it will be bad...yes it will be good...yes lots will pay...yes lots will be rewarded...in the end I think humanity will awaken from its dream with clarity of vision and a new purpose in their existance and maybe finally ready to join the rest of reality. Then again we might just *wink* out of existance....
Dev