Fear Comes From Lack of Understanding
The use of language to persuade, convince, or even control is a tactic by which fear of the unknown is leveraged to create uncertainty. There is a natural fear or scepticism of things that are not fully understood and this observation has been used through generations to exploit those that do not understand.
The more knowledge and understanding that is accumulated, the less reason there is to fear the unknown, as it comes into the light as being understood by inquisitive minds seeking the truth.
Apocalypse: Maybe the End, Maybe Not...
Definition
The complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation.
An event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale.
Origin
Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.
late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church Latin apocalypsis "revelation,"
The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into English as pocalipsis c. 1050, "Apocalypse" c. 1230, and "Revelations" by Wyclif c. 1380).
Its general sense in Middle English was "insight, vision; hallucination." The meaning "a cataclysmic event" is modern (not in OED 2nd ed., 1989); apocalypticism "belief in an imminent end of the present world" is from 1858.
Lifting the Veil
So the definition goes with the story of "the end times" (revelations: to reveal) but I find that contradictory to the etymology. Unless the knowledge that is unveiled will somehow bring about complete destruction, the expanding of knowledge and understanding can only dispell fear and quell misunderstanding.
From the etymological roots this definition might be more accurate: A disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind. A "lifting of the veil," or "revelation." Revealing of knowledge.
Knowledge is power and literacy is slavery unless critical thinking is applied.
-Aahabb-
References:
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/
https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/
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