This thread reminds me of the time when I was a senior in college and majoring in physics and math. I had a math teaching job at the local high school in the afternoon. Every day at the end of the class I would talk a little bit about science. The day that I remember best is when I started talking about the theory of the heat death of the universe which was taught in thermodynamics. The theory is that the universe will get colder and colder as time goes by until all life will cease. A boy stood up and reminded me that the bible said the earth would be destroyed by fire and I assured him that the heat death theory didn't rule that out. That night I got a call at home from the principal who had been getting calls from irate parents all afternoon and he asked me to never discuss anything in class that contradicted the bible.
well technically, when the Sun goes Nova, the Earth will be consumed by"fire" along with other inner planets...
consumed by fire may not be so improbable, considering humans might try to nuclear each other out, all u need is a trigger
"Seep found near BP well, source says BP reportedly not complying with administration's demand for more monitoring ...Methane might be escaping through cracks in the seafloor, ..." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38273995/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf