>It is only in the last couple of centuries that we have begun to grasp that our existence might one day cease to exist forever What about all the ancient worl

>It is only in the last couple of centuries that we have begun to grasp that our existence might one day cease to exist forever What about all the ancient world religions who wrote books about how the world was going to end one day and everyone is going to die? Surely eschatology already covers this topic, albeit in a manner lacking the citations and p-values which "truth" requires these days.