ODD developments
If I was watching for signs of the Rapture or whatever it's called, I'd be looking for extremely ODD developments in the most "progressive" and "enlightened" parts of Europe. These ODD things are sudden reversions to the same actions that the "progressives" have just spent 50 years eliminating.
1. Zoos killing their own animals when there's no reason for it. Last year a Danish zoo killed some giraffes who weren't unhealthy or old. The giraffes could have been sold to other zoos, which is a perfectly common and profitable procedure. Zoos trade animals the way sports teams trade players. Now we have a Swedish zoo killing 500 lizards, again for no particular reason:
Until now, zoos have been the center of PETA-style animal "rights" and the center of "endangered" species nonsense. But even before PETA, preservation was always the basic mission of zoos, because their existence depended on the survival of their animals. These pointless killings violate the original purpose as well as the newer purpose.
2. The anti-circumcision movement in those same countries. I can't figure this out at all. Circumcision simply makes a body part easier to clean and maintain. That's why it was included in Natural Law along with rules about diet and menstruation. Religions have sacralized the rules, but the rules were just experimentally determined helpers for survival. This anti movement is spreading especially in Germany, where other movements with a similar flavor would be instantly and harshly punished. The people who are pushing this movement are ALSO the same people who push trans surgery, and harshly punish people who fail to use the correct pronouns. Well, which is it? Surgery on private parts is MANDATORY or surgery on private parts is FORBIDDEN? It's both, and if you don't know which is which at the current picosecond, Room 101.