Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has weighed in on whether the world is coming to an end.
During a Sunday interview with new TV host Sharyl Attkisson, the former neurosurgeon said that one could “guess that we are getting closer” to the end of the world as we know it if we are approaching the Biblical “end of days.”
The comment was first flagged by BuzzFeed.
“Do you think we’re at the end of days?” Attkisson asked.
“You could guess that we are getting closer to that,” Carson said. “You do have people who have a belief system that sees this apocalyptic phenomenon occurring, and that they’re a part of it, and who would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if they gain possession.”
The former CBS News investigative reporter went on to ask the 2016 hopeful if there is “a chance to change the course,” noting that it is “something that is prophesied.”
“I think we have a chance to certainly do everything that we can to ameliorate the situation,” Carson said. “I would always be shooting for peace. You know, I wouldn’t just take a fatalistic view of things.”
A spokesman for the Carson campaign did not return a request for comment.
“You could guess that we are getting closer to that,” said Ben Carson. in Politics on LockerDome
