Right now:

• Judaism awaits its Messiah.
• Islam awaits its Mahdi.
• Christians see Armageddon on the horizon.
• New Agers believe that we are on the brink of enhanced
  awareness and contact with extraterrestrials.
• Others the world over suspect a plot to subjugate
  mankind in an emerging world order.
• Still others have the sinking feeling that the world
  is spinning out of control.